Hyderabad
Shorba Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 15 minutes |
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Ingredients
For ground paste
- 150 grams tomatoes or 3 medium tomatoes or 1 cup roughly chopped tomatoes
- 50 grams onion or 1 medium onion or ⅓ cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp green chili or 1chopped green chili
- tsp ½ inch ginger or 1roughly chopped ginger
- 3 tsp to 4 medium garlic cloves or 1chopped garlic
- 2 tbsp grated fresh coconut or 2desiccated coconut
- 1 tbsp chopped mint or chopped coriander or half-half of both
- 1 tbsp to 1.5water for grinding optional
other ingredients
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tejpatta/bay Leaf
- 1 black cardamom/badi elaichi optional
- 2 to 3 green cardamoms/hari elaichi/choti elaichi
- 1 inch cinnamon/dal chini
- 3 to 4 cloves/lavang
- 2 to 3 all spice/kababchini optional
- 1 or 2 single mace strands/javitri
- 4 to 5 black pepper/kali mirch
- tsp ¼turmeric powder/haldi
- tsp ½red chili powder reduce to ¼for a less spiced gravy
- tsp ½cumin powder/jeera powder
- tsp ½garam masala powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder/dhania powder
- 1 cup to 1.25 cups veg stock preferred or substitute with 1water
- salt as required
- leaves a few chopped coriander or mintfor garnish
Instructions
- in a grinder or blender, take the following ingredients - 1 cup roughly chopped tomatoes, ⅓ cup chopped onion, 1 tsp chopped green chili, 1 tsp roughly chopped ginger, 1 tsp chopped garlic, 2 tbsp grated fresh or desiccated coconut,
- tbsp chopped mint or chopped coriander or half-half of both
- grind without adding any water to a smooth paste. if unable to grind to a smooth paste, then add 1 to 1.5 tbsp water.
- heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. add the whole spices - 1 tejpatta, 1 black cardamom, 2 to 3 green cardamoms, 1 inch cinnamon, 3 to 4 cloves, 2 to 3 all spice/kababchini (optional), 1 or 2 single mace strands & 4 to 5 black pepper. if you want you can even skip the black cardamom. though adding black cardamom does give its flavor to the curry.
- saute till the spices become aromatic.
- now add the ground tomato-onion paste. be careful as the mixture splutters. stir very well.
- then add ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp red chili powder (reduce to ¼ tsp for a less spiced gravy), ½ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp garam masala powder and 1 tsp coriander powder.
- stir the spice powders with the rest of the masala paste.
- stir and saute the masala till you see oil releasing from the sides of the paste. the mixture will also gather together and leave the sides of the pan.
- then add 1 to 1.25 cups vegetable stock. its preferable to add veg stock. if you do not have veg stock, then add water. if making for veg biryani, you can also parboil/boil the veggies that will be added to the biryani and then add this vegetable stock to the gravy.
- stir very well and season with salt.
- again stir and bring the curry to a simmer on a low to medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes or till you see specks of oil on top.
- garnish with chopped coriander or mint leaves. serve shorba with vegetable biryani or vegetable pulao.