How do you make Chinese curry sauce...?!
How do you make Chinese curry sauce...?
....like you get from a Chinese Takeaway
Answers:
This is the type of curry sauce sold in Chinese take-aways. People often buy it with potato chips or French fries. It can also be eaten with rice. The recipe comes from a friend who used to own and run several Chinese take-aways and is an excellent cook
Ingredients
? 2 tbs. oil
? 3 cloves garlic, chopped
? 1 inch piece ginger, peeled and chopped or sliced
? 2 tbs. plain flour
? 2 tsp. curry powder (Madras or similar from Chinese grocers)
? 2 tsp. salt
? 1/2 -1 tsp. chilli powder (depends upon how hot your curry powder is)
? 1 tsp. sweet paprika powder
Buy ingredients from a recommended supplier, Spices of India. For more information, see here.
Instructions
1. Mix curry powder and flour in a bowl and keep aside.
2. Heat oil.
3. Add ginger and garlic and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
4. Add flour and curry powder mix and allow it to bubble.
5. Add salt, paprika and chilli powder. Stir.
6. Add enough water, a little at a time, to get sauce consistency. Bring to boil and simmer briskly for a few minutes. Turn the heat off. This is the basic curry sauce like the ‘take-away, shops and people generally buy it with chips/French fries, as a dipping sauce.
7. You can also use it to make take-away style curries. When you are ready to cook a curry, like chicken, prawns, pork or boiled potatoes etc., heat 1 tbs. oil in a wok, stir-fry the chicken/prawns/meat/potatoes and add the curry paste. Continue to stir-fry for a few minutes. Add a little water, if you want more gravy.
8. Serve hot, with rice or noodles.
Notes
? You can also add any of the following; fried onion slices, cooked carrot slices, pineapple chunks, peas, beans etc.