MICRO BIR BASE GRAVY | EASIEST WAY MAKE A SMALL BASE GRAVY FOR YOUR BIR CURRIES | BRITISHIAN FOOD |

[@TheAlastairBrown]

Small Base Gravy Ingredients: 300g onions (about 3 medium-sized onions) 100g carrots 1 potato (130g) 1 green pepper 1 tablespoon garlic-ginger paste 1 tablespoon cooking oil (45-50ml) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon butter 1 teaspoon tomato purée 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder 1 teaspoon mixed curry powder Fenugreek leaves (to taste) 2 cups water Instructions: Prepare the Vegetables: Peel and chop 300g of onions. Peel and chop 100g of carrots. Peel and chop 1 potato (130g). Chop 1 green pepper. Sauté the Vegetables: Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a pot. Add 1 tablespoon of garlic-ginger paste and sauté briefly. Add the chopped onions, carrots, potato, and green pepper to the pot. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and sauté until the onions start to caramelize. Add Water: Add 1/3 cup of water to the pot, stir, and cover with a lid. Cook on high heat, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until the vegetables are soft. Blend the Mixture: Once the vegetables are soft, transfer them to a blender. Blend until smooth. Return to Pot: Return the blended mixture to the pot. Add 1 teaspoon of butter and 1 teaspoon of tomato purée. Add 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder, 1 teaspoon of mixed curry powder, and fenugreek leaves to taste. Add More Water: Add 2 cups of water to the pot. Stir well and cook on high heat until the gravy thickens and bubbles form on top. Final Consistency: Ensure the gravy has the right consistency-not too thick or too thin. Adjust the water quantity if necessary to achieve the desired consistency. Finish and Serve: Once the gravy reaches the perfect consistency and color, turn off the heat. Your small base gravy is now ready to be used in various curry recipes.

[@lafluerpeter9]

Never ceases to amaze me with all the base recipes on youtube from different chefs there is a core consistency of ingredients and a little extra each one brings to their pot. Also the cooking method differs from video to video, some add whole spices in the beginning, and would add the ground spices before blending, some infact fry the ginger/garlic and ground spices before the veg go in. Also with mix powder blends, your the first I've seen low fry dry spices before potting it up, others would do it cold, others will low fry whole spice then grind it down. Well you learn something new everyday.

[@stuartduncan2772]

I've started using a soup maker to do this. Just add the ingredients and switch on. It comes out perfect every time.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you stuart. Glad you liking it

[@fluffybunny7840]

What a good idea….thanks for that🙏

[@paulajohnson1537]

If I could give you two thumbs up I would. You solved my problem of not having to make a humongous batch of gravy for one curry. I'm going to make this today.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

I'm glad my recipes and cooking advice are helping you.

[@LE-xr6fb]

"Making it today," my thoughts exactly. The video is so simple & inspiring that I'm texting my girlfriend what to get from the store while it's still playing! 🤪 Been working @ perfecting my my Korma for about a year now. I'm only a little curious as to why u didn't add any red chilli tumeric or coriander powder to the gravy?

[@chilldude30]

once i saw the channel name Britishindian food i instantly subbed. exactly what i'm looking for!

[@tommurphy4094]

Great to know I don't have to spend 2 hours to do a base gravy. Thanks.

[@shanegahan4341]

Thanks for this...I'm going to make this this weekend...very well explained video 👍

[@dougsbir]

Great video and straight to the point thanks for sharing! Could you use marj instead of butter I did put some ghee in?

[@tehBadboy09]

Hi there my friend, tried this out last night and although I did not have fenugreek it was still brilliant. Can't wait to try a few more of your recipes out. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@robbo1415]

Can’t wait to try this. I currently make my base in my Instant Pot pressure cooker and get good results in around an hour.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

I never tried on a pressure cooker. but i can say you can make this gravy within 30min .

[@Martinwhynot]

Before I saw the video I thought 'how is he using a microwave to make a base gravy?' Ha ha! This is very handy for a quick fix if you need to make 4 or 5 curries up or if you don't have the fridge/freezer space to make your lovely full recipe up. Thanks man!

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you Martin . Yes I just added this micro one for the people who just wanna make a small base for a few curry. It's a day base. Also I added green pepper, normally I dnt add. You know this green pepper to be honest you don't taste anything on gravy if you add. So I think it's better to just skip it.

[@RotationFSX]

Syed, you are knocking out some top class content.. Potato as far as I'm aware not an item to make a traditional home curry sauce with, what does it bring to a base gravy? Is it like a savory thickener?

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you ☺️ Yes you are right. Our traditional curry sauce is always made with onion. We don't add carrot or potato on our curry for the gravy. I heard back in days about 40-50 years ago in this country BIR base used to make with only onion. No carrot or potato. And what I have told about carrot n potato why we add into the gravy is for little bit sweetness into the curry. Nothing else.

[@smithy2462]

Thanks brother👌

[@dreamcloud1839]

This is what you call quality ❤️

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

thank you :) i am just trying my best to share my little knowledge.

[@Mmsrasoyiworld]

Nice recipe yummy...

[@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214]

Great simple base gravy, subbed you and thanks

[@pablobar6379]

Awesome

[@russbarker2727]

Kia Ora from New Zealand! It's good to see a recipe where you don't have to spend hours cooking onions, and other veggies. Also nice to see a smaller amount of gravy made. How much does this recipe make please? I presume that you can freeze this too? Thanks, Russ.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Hi Russ. Sorry for the late reply. I was really busy. Yes you can freeze them and you can make about 10 portion with this gravy.

[@kevowski]

A great recipe Syed!! I usually make a big batch and seal in vacuum bags & freeze but your recipe is ideal for those who only need a small amount 👍🏻 Thank you for sharing Kev

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

yes, Kev. A few of my followers were asking me how they can make a small batch just for a few curries. that's why I uploaded this. thank you

[@nmacog]

Excellent Micro Base Gravy, I wanted a small amount to test making a chicken tikka massala and this worked a treat - thank you, new subscriber here !

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you. You can follow my Facebook group, I update everything about my upcoming recipes in this group facebook.com/groups/263744901356568/?ref=share

[@nmacog]

@@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil done !

[@richcurtis813]

Great video chef👍

[@TheHandsomeman]

Grotty pan, optional?

[@amandasoutham6518]

Do you use this base gravey with the tikka curry paste ,you showed us to make in blender ?

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Yes

[@tucker9375]

Looking forward to trying a few of these recipes they certainly look the part, pathia i really want to do, keep up the good work

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you soo much Tuck 😊 If you want any of my recipes pdf file just let me know or drop me an email on this email. [e-mail]

[@tucker9375]

@@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil i think my email went but not 100% sure lol

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

I have got your email tuck. Let me know which recipe you want on pdf. 😁

[@tucker9375]

@@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahilHi Syed is it possible the pathia with base gravy and pathia without base gravy please am loving looking at videos good stuff ill be doing base gravy Wednesday 👍

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

No problem. I will drop an email to you soon. 😊

[@alanturner3933]

Hi Syed, how many curries would that amount of base gravy make, thanks 👏👏👍👍

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

You can make 4-5 curries single portion

[@DrBrunoRecipes]

Looks delicious 👌

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Thank you soo much 😊

[@danielgill797]

The potato, is that there to thicken the sauce so yo don’t need to reduce it to get the needed consistency?

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Hi Daniel, Thanks for your comment. Yes the potato does help to thicken the sauce. But still remember when you make your curry with the gravy make sure the gravy is not thick. If it's too thick add water and reduce it to get the needed consistency. If you don't like potato you can skip it.

[@norton750cc]

vegetable soup.

[@Rekash8484]

can this be made for vegetarian ? no butter

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

You can

[@fluffybunny7840]

Could you also list the products…🙏

[@bobcharters]

Hi. Enjoy your channel very much. However, when I see something that I fancy making there and then, I would like to be able to have a list of the ingredients before I have to be disappointed to find that something important has to go on my next shopping list after watching 10 minutes of appetising cooking. Thanks again.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Hi Bob Thank you soo mich for your comment. I do apologise for the inconvenience. I am going to release an mobile app for all my recipes soon. Join our facebook group CURRY HEAVEN for all the latest updates. Also i have pdf for all recipes. If you email me on this [e-mail] Which recipe you want on written i can drop it to you. Thank you

[@Chef2866]

If you add water before you blend ud get a far smoother sauce

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

I do agree with you. That's what we do in restaurant. Here I am using small blender that's why.

[@andcouncil1]

I find potato spoils it. Cabbage is better.

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

You can add cabbage.. totally up to you.

[@karenjohnson1589]

U missed the masala haven't u?

[@BritishianFoodbychefsyedrahil]

Which masala?

[@ef7480]

Lose the piano player👍

[@ax3226]

Lose the piano music…. 😂