Mixed Dried Fruit Curry

Name: Mixed Dried Fruit Curry
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: scant ⅔ cup seedless raisins; ⅔ cup blanched almonds; ¾ cup walnut pieces; 2 tomatoes, chopped; vegetable oil, for frying; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; ½ inch/1 cm piece of fresh gingerroot, peeled and chopped; ½ cup shelled pistachios; ⅔ cup cashew nuts; 4 tablespoons light cream, to serve; a pinch of white pepper; ½ teaspoon cumin powder; 1 teaspoon coriander powder; 1¼ cups plain yogurt; 3 onions, peeled and finely chopped; 4 fresh green chiles, finely chopped; salt; ¼ teaspoon garam masala powder; scant ⅔ cup dried apricots; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 3 cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Floyd's Great Curries

By Keith Floyd

Published 2004

About

There are wonderful flavors and textures to this curry and it is surprisingly rich.

Ingredients

scant ⅔ cup dried apricots
⅔ cup blanched almonds
½

Asia
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the apricots in water for 1½ hours, or until soft, then drain and reserve the water. Soak the almonds and pistachios in hot water for 1 hour. Drain and remove any skins, and reserve the soaking water.

Grind half the cashew nuts, adding a little of the reserved water to make a paste.

Add salt and pepper to the yogurt.

Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet, then add th