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[sophie_1003]

I am keen to be able to cook more meals from scratch and could do with some suggestions for fail and fool proof recipes, anyhting not too tomatoey (my boyfriends problem, not mine!) and particularly want to be able to make a nice curry from scratch! TIA

[sophie_1003]

that all sounds delish hammerman! I don't mind cheating a little bit, for example, using curry paste but not keen on the cook-in curry sauces so would rather not use these!

[bushbaby_de]

Here is my very easy but very yummy cheat's curry. Its got passata in it but it doesn't actually taste tomatoey if you see what I mean! the stuff I use out of a jar is because I'm lazy, not because its complicated, so use fresh garlic, ginger, red chilli and coriander if you prefer.

serves 2

1 tablespoon Pataks biryani paste
1 teaspoon lazy garlic from a jar
1 teaspoon lazy red chilli from a jar
1 teaspoon lazy ginger from a jar
1 teaspoon chopped coriander from a tube
125ml passata (about half a carton)
70ml chicken or veg stock
tablespoon of butter
200g chicken/turkey, cubed
half an onion, sliced
couple of tablespoons of double cream or creme fraiche
black pepper

Put the butter, curry paste, onion, garlic, chilli, ginger and coriander in a pan, stir together and heat gently until sizzling. Add the meat and stir to coat, cooking for a few minutes until the chicken skin has all gone white or lightly brown. Then add the stock and passata and bring to the boil. simmer for about 15 minutes until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened. If not thick enough, take the lid off and turn up the heat for a couple of minutes. Once cooked, season with black pepper to taste and stir in a couple of tablespoons of cream to desired consistency. Serve with rice. YUM!

[poodicat]

Sophie what type of curry? their a so many different types and strengths