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Cardamom sauce

This sauce gives a gentle and mild impression of Indian flavours; it goes well with all kinds of fish, meat and vegetables.

Ingredients

• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• [optional: 1 green chili, deseeded and finely chopped]
• knob of butter
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• pinch of turmeric
• 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 100 ml chicken or beef stock
• 50 g Greek yogurt
• salt, white pepper to taste

Method

1. Melt butter in saucepan, added garlic and heat while stirring until softened, a few minutes. Add spices and tomato puree, stir well. Add stock and bring to the boil, cook until reduced to wanted thickness, remove cinnamon stick. Remove from heat, puree mixture and pass through a sieve, add yogurt, mix well, season to taste.