Hey Everyone,
My first contribution thread that I felt quite proud of; so I just had to share it! I hope this is the relevant forum to post in, apologies in advance if it's not.
The kids have been asking for curry n rice for their dinner so I threw on the overalls and got to it. Here is the recipe with ingredients and method(s) for the entire thing. Took me 15 minutes.
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Just to further note, my 6 year old son and 20 month old girl went through this like a bullet and asked for more so it's certainly something to note for the future :)
FYI: I used Dipuraja's Curry Base Gravy (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,4375.0.html) for the base (prepared the night before)
Cooking Time: 15 Minutes
Rice: 8 Minutes
Rice Method
- 125g Basmati Rice
- 300ml Boiling Water
Pop into a Microwavable dish, wrap with clingfilm and pierce several times, 4 minutes on full power (800w) then 4 minutes on Medium power (500w).
Main Dish: Ingredients
- 2 tbspn Ghee/Oil
- Ginger and Garlic Paste
- 1 tbspn - Dipuraja's Mix Powder (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,4354.0.html)
- 1/5th tspn Methi
- 2 heaped tbspn Tomato Puree
- 1 tspon Salt
- 100g tinned tomatoes
- 2 tbspn Lemon Juice
- 1 tbspn Natural Yogurt
Main Dish: Method
- Heat the oil up nice and hot, once sizzling drop in the Garlic and Ginger paste and fry for around 15 seconds
- Put in the Methi and continue to fry for a further 5-10 seconds
- Put in the Tomato Puree and continue to fry for a further 15-20 seconds
- Add Base Gravy
- Put in the Mix Powder and quick-fry for around 20 seconds
- Add some base gravy and bring to the boil, leave to sizzle for a good 10-20 seconds
- Put in the salt and leave it for a good 30-35 seconds
- Add more Base Gravy if you need to at any point
- Add the Tinned Tomatoes, stir in and leave to cook for roughly 20-30 seconds whilst constantly stirring
- Now, add your 1tbspn of Yogurt in the centre and leave it there for about 15 seconds
- Stir around the yoghurt and throw in the Lemon Juice
- Add more base gravy (if needed for quantity and/or prevention of sticking)
- Leave to cook off for a further 2 minutes whilst constantly stirring and you have the desired thickness and you're done!
N.B - The adding of Base Gravy adds to the time to cook to bring it up to the same level as the contents already in the pan (hence why it can extend to 10-15 minutes - even though the above method only looks about half of that)