As a one-time vegetarian, I love vegetable or pulse-based curries. I’d choose them over meat-based ones any day. I’m also a fan of tamarind paste—it adds amazing tangy flavour to any curry.
Last week, I made a veggie curry using the left-overs in the fridge and combining them in a rich sauce. Had I been the only one eating it, I would have added cauliflower but my husband hates the stuff and veggie dishes are a hard sell to him so I left it out.
Recipes often specify coconut milk, which is fine if you need a whole tin of it. I keep packets of creamed coconut in my store cupboards (fridge in the summer) as it’s much more versatile. You can use however much you need without waste, and it can be a thickener or made into a cream.
Vegetable Curry
- 300g mushrooms, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 large carrot, cut into batons
- Half a red pepper, sliced
- 1 large courgette cut into chunks
- 400g tinned tomatoes
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1tbsp tamarind paste
- 50g creamed coconut, finely chopped
- 1tbsp rapeseed oil
- 2 chillies, chopped
- Salt to taste.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Strictly speaking, you should put the onions in first, fry till translucent, then add the peppers, courgette and carrot, cook for five minutes and add the mushrooms last. I’m too lazy to add the veggies one by one so I threw them all in at once and cooked for about six minutes.
- Add the curry powder, tamarind paste and chillies and cook for another minute. Add the chopped tomatoes and bring to the boil. Mix in the creamed coconut and turn down to a simmer. Cook for about five minutes. The creamed coconut will thicken the sauce. Add seasoning to taste.
- To make it more of a main meal, You could add some fresh chicken stock to this and turn it into a sauce for chicken thighs or throw in a good handful of cooked prawns and cook for a minute to warm through. Another worthy addition is two or three balls of frozen spinach. Defrost and warm through beforehand, obvs.
Allow about 15-18g of carbs per portion. Serve with naan breads (low-carb version here) or rice for the carb-lovers in your life.
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Sounds fabulous Emma.
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Thanks Gaz!
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Many thanks for sharing this lovely recipe idea Emma.
Good tip about the creamed coconut 🙂
All the best Jan
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Thanks Jan!
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I am not familiar with courgette. I am goign to start looking to find what we call it in the US.
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You say potato, I say po-tay-to….
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I have been thinking about making a vegetable curry this week. So thanks! X
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No probs!
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I didn’t do it but I’ve saved to Pinterest for next week. X
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Made it for tea. It was really delicious! Thank you very much. 🙂 X
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Rick said:
“I am not familiar with courgette. I am goign to start looking to find what we call it in the US.”
Hello Rick, I believe you call it zucchini.
https://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.com/2019/01/make-some-courgette-zucchini-fritters.html
All the best Jan
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