Learn how to make a delicious curry sauce, infused with coconut milk and spices, to enhance your favorite Italian dishes.

Salsa al curry

Curry sauce with coconut milk is a quick and easy recipe that brings the allure and aroma of Eastern spices to your table. The curry, a fragrant blend with a golden hue, is loved worldwide for its ability to enhance any dish with its intense and enveloping flavor.

In this preparation, combined with creamy coconut milk, onion, and butter, it creates a velvety sauce rich in flavor, perfect for complementing basmati or jasmine rice, chicken salad, shrimp, and grilled vegetables. You can also use it to enrich soups, legumes, and stews, bringing an exotic and refined touch to every course.

Versatile and irresistible, it’s ideal for a quick dinner or to impress guests with an internationally flavored dish. For an even more aromatic result, we toasted the curry powder in the butter before adding the starch and coconut milk: this way, the spices’ aroma will be released even more, resulting in a creamy and fragrant curry sauce that will captivate at first bite.

Here are other must-try recipes with curry:

• Chicken Breast in Curry
• Shrimp Curry
• Curry Chicken Strips
• Curry Rice

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of curry powder
• 1 cup of coconut milk
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. In a pan, melt the butter over medium heat and add the chopped onion. Sauté until translucent.
2. Add the curry powder and toast it in the butter for about a minute to release its flavors.
3. Stir in the cornstarch until well combined.
4. Slowly pour in the coconut milk, continuously stirring to prevent lumps from forming.
5. Season with salt and let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes until thickened.
6. Serve warm with your choice of dishes.

Total Time: 15 min

Cuisine: Italian