Recipe: Delicious Vegan Makhani Sauce

Vegan Makhani Sauce.

You can cook Vegan Makhani Sauce using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegan Makhani Sauce

1. Prepare 3 tbsp of Butter (Nutlex for vegan option).
2. Prepare 10-12 of Cashew nuts soaked.
3. You need 1 of Cinnamon stick.
4. You need 2 of Green chillies.
5. It's 1 inch of Ginger rough chopped.
6. It's 2-3 of Garlic Cloves whole.
7. You need 1 of Onion roughly chopped.
8. It's 3 of Tomatoes roughly chopped.
9. It's 1 Tbsp of Oil / Ghee.
10. Prepare 1 Tbsp of Kasturi Methi.
11. Prepare 1 Tsp of Red chilli powder (Kashmiri mirch).
12. You need 1 Tsp of Coriander Powder.
13. Prepare to taste of Salt.

Vegan Makhani Sauce instructions

1. Soak cashew nuts in hot water and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes..
2. In a pan take 2 tbsp butter, once the butter melts add cinnamon stick, green chillies, garlic, ginger and cashew nuts and saute till cashews are golden brown in colour..
3. Add onions & tomatoes and cover to cook for about a minute. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook further till the tomatoes go mushy and can be easily mashed with back of the spoon. Switch the gas off and keep it aside to cool down completely..
4. Once the mixture is at room temperature grind the mixture, make sure the cinnamon sticks also grinds properly..
5. Now run the paste through sieve and if needed add some water and discard the residue collected in the sieve..
6. Use the same pan as before and add 1 tbsp butter and oil, if not making vegan then you can use ghee. Once the butter melts add red chilli powder and add the sauce over it. Mix well and cover and simmer further for 1-2 minutes..
7. Mix the sauce and add coriander powder, salt and dry roasted Kasuri Methi. Simmer further till oil separate from the sauce..
8. Add water to the gravy, depending on what you plan to make. If you are making sauce in advance then do not add too much water..
9. Let the sauce completely cool down before refrigerating it..

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