Curry too hot...any solutions?

[jacquettalux]

I've just made a lentil dahl and accidentally added too much 'easy chilli.' I'm a bit of a wimp and it's really hot - I've just downed two pints of water!

Can I do anything to salvage the other three portions?!

[SurgeHopper]

Coconut milk?

[blamethecat]

Add more tomatoes/stock/coconut milk and lentils to water it down, maybe some honey too ?

[Meet0nTheledge]

Eat it with big dollops of natural yogurt.

[bassackwards]

Yes, definitely yoghurt. Or plain rice on the side.

[mumsiedarlingrevolta]

When it's too spicy DD has either scoop of creme fraiche or once when we didn't have any she put a dollop of Philadelphia cream cheese which she said was delicious!

[AnnaMagnani]

We had this yesterday.

Both of us ate as much as we could then agreed never to speak of the meal ever again.

[sackrifice]

A dollop of mayo swirled in

[Lucked]

Do you have more lentils to make more and then mix them so that it is only half as strong.

[brizzlemint]

Add coconut/natural yoghurt or cream - and drink milk with it when you eat it, water just makes it worse.

[CarpetGate]

Add a tin of tomatoes.

[catinboots99]

Sugar

[FusionChefGeoff]

Yoghurt or coconut milk

[Yossarian22]

Make a plain batch, mix the two together and freeze the portions.
You could go down the add yoghurt route but the chilli will still avenge you .... on the way out 🥵

[ApolloandDaphne]

Send it to me. I love very spicy food but DH doesn't. My curries are never hot enough for me.

[anniehm]

Yogurt is the best, if not cream or coconut milk

[PleaseJustSayNo]

Creme fraiche or natural yoghurt

[OrzeiliHapiol]

Got to be something with fat in it to tone down a curry. Water/tomatoes/sugar/stock won't work.

Yoghurt (not 0%) Philadelphia, cream, creme fraiche, a big dollop of butter, anything fatty like that, will all help. Pick a couple of these to be on the safe side. Fat is the only antidote to chilli. Don't drink water - drink milk.

[UnPocoLoco2]

Full fat natural yoghurt.

[jacquettalux]

Thanks so much everyone! I'll try some of these out.