# Base Tomato Gravy

A versatile, restaurant-style base tomato gravy made without onion or garlic, intended to be used as a foundation for various curries.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Dinner
- Diet: vegetarian
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp jeera
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 green chillies
- 1 kg ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 10-12 cashews
- 1 handful curry leaves
- to taste salt
- 1/2 cup water

## Instructions

1. Heat ghee, add jeera, ginger, and green chillies.
2. Add chopped tomatoes, cashews, and curry leaves.
3. Add salt and water.
4. Cook tomatoes until soft, then cool, blend, and strain.
5. Return the mixture to the pan and cook until thick and glossy.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdTtkHSlPuT/
- Creator: Geetha Sanjeev
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/674d2208-4f92-47ab-a133-4022b37e825d
- Extracted: 2026-09-17

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