Easy Curry Sauce – Batch Recipe suitable for freezing
Recipe – 20 servings
Ingredients
- 3 onions finely chopped
- 6 cloves of garlic finely chopped or minced
- 3 tablespoons curry paste
- 2 tablespoons tumeric
- Fresh ginger, thumb size, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 tins of chopped tomatoes
- 1 x 450g tin of reduced fat coconut milk
- 300ml vegetable stock
- Juice of ½ – 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons rapeseed oil
Method
Using a large frying pan, heat the oil over a medium heat. Add the chopped onion and garlic. Fry for 3-4 minutes then add curry paste and tumeric. Continue cooking for a further 5 minutes, stirring regularly, then add in the ginger. Finally add the tinned tomatoes, coconut milk, lime juice and vegetable stock. Cook on low-medium heat for a further 10 minutes.
Keeps in fridge for 2-3 days.
Sauce can be thinned further by adding extra stock or water.
Sauce can be thickened by mixing 1 teaspoon of cornflour with 3 teaspoons of cold water and add to the sauce towards the end of cooking.
Freesing: Sauce can be poured into a strong plastic freezer bag or lunchbox and frozen until required.
Nutrition information per 100g of this recipe
(equivalent of aprox 1/4 jar of standard curry sauce)
Calories: 51, Protein 1.2g, Carbs 3.1g, Fat 3.7g, of which saturates 1.2g, 0.1 g sodium
Chicken Curry
Stir fry chicken for 5 minutes until meat is sealed. Add in desired vegetables and continue cooking for a few minutes before adding in the curry sauce. Simmer for a further 20 mins. Meanwhile boil up some rice or quinoa.
Prawn Curry (a household favourite)
Stir fry veg eg.. broccoli, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, butternut squash and celery for 5 minutes. Add in the prawns and curry sauce and cook for a further 10 minutes. Serve with basmati or wholegrain rice.
