Onions in curry

Peanut seller on Indian bus

My hosts near Uzes have both travelled extensively in India and have adoptive Indian families. This affords the rare privilege of watching the Indian housewife cook…The secret to a decent curry is not only in grinding your own spices…a couple of cloves, cardamon pods, coriander seeds, turmeric, garlic, ginger, bay leaves, cumin,  but also in grinding the onions. Don’t slice or chop…grind. This way you get that fantastic brown sauce. I also pop the mustard seeds in the oil prior to everything else. I like to add yoghurt or coconut milk or creamed coconut. Sometimes I put in peanut butter. I always add fresh coriander at the end.