Bhuna masala
Learn how to make everyday Indian-style onion tomato masala paste easily at home. Make this bhuna masala using stovetop pan and use it in multiple everyday curries and dal.
Servings 1 cup
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced tomatoes around 200 gms
- ¾ cup sliced onions around 100 gms
- ¼ cup grated carrot 1 medium sized
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 cloves
- 2 cardamom
- 1 bay leaf
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a pan and add oil to it. Once it is hot, add cumin seeds, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, cardamon, cloves, and bay leaf to it.
- After a minute or so, add sliced onions and fry them on medium flame until they turn golden brown.
- It took around 8 minutes for me to brown them like this.
- Now add grated carrot and stir it once.
- Then add chopped tomatoes and cook until it is done. All the water release from the tomatoes should be evaporated. It will take around 7 to 8 minutes and depends on quantity and flame.
- Let this onion-tomato mixture cool down a bit. Discard the bay leaf.
- Now take this cooled mixture into a mixer grinder and make it into a fine or coarse paste depending on your liking. Bhuna masala paste is ready to use!