your best curry recipes please!!

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We are having a curry Christmas. It's just me, dh and ds, so we're having what we love best
I have 2 reliable recipes, both kindly given to me by a neighbour many years ago, but would love to cook a table of about 6 or 7 dishes including some side dishes, does anyone have any tried and tested recipes they wouldn't mind sharing? I have most of the commonly used spices I think.

Thanks in advance! and happy Currymas

If you like mild tangy curries try this, I made it up myself and we have it often if we want a change from a hot curry. This is for 4 people.

Passatta (one bottle)
Curry Powder (2 tbsp)
Coconut cream (1 tin/carton)
Lemon Juice (put in a tbsp at a time as you like)
Coriander powder (2tbsp)
Garlic (as much as you like, I put in lots)
onion (1 sliced)
1lb of cubed chicken or a packet of quorn chunks.

I suppose my:

1. Pick up phone
2. Order a takeaway to be delivered

is not what you're after?

ooh thanks HolyGuacamole, noted and squirreled away to try!

Iklboo we'll probably do that too, but I fancied a bit of a pan-bashing day as a rare chance to go and do a big cookup!

(But yes, the phone will probably come into it!!)

Fry 2 huge onions and garlic slowly until golden. Add some fresh ginger and a can of tomatoes and curry paste. Then blend.

Fry some more onions, add in the paste made from above. Add some sugar, chick peas and spinach and loads more fresh coriander. Cook through then add some creme fraiche and serve. yum !

No recipes to offer just wanted to say wish I was coming to yours for Christmas Dinner!

ooh LOVE chickpeas, will try that one too!
MrsAlwaysRight, I'm sure we can find another chair!

I have the best curry recipe ecer, its a Lamb one and tastes amazing, but i have it saved in my documents as i scanned it from a book, if you give me your email address or email me at

[email protected]

I can email the recipe to you.

ooh ooh yes please! Will email you now, thanks so much!

I get all my recipes from www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_search.php

They are very good.

Goat Curry (also nice with lamb)

Ingredients

3lb goat meat
2 cardamon pods
2-3 cloves
2-3 cinammon sticks
3-4 bay leaves
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1/4 cup sunflower oil
4 medium chopped onions
2 chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato puree
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger
1 tablespoon crushed garlic cloves
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander
1 tablespoon chilli powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon tumeric powder
1 tablespoon garam masala
Salt to taste

Method

1. Heat oil in frying pan and add crushed cardamon pods, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and black pepper. Fry for a few seconds
2. Add onions and fry until light brown
3. Add ginger, garlic, tomato, tomato puree, coriander, chilli powder, tumeric and a little salt.
4. When this is thoroughly fried and oil comes up add the meat (goat, mutton or lamb). Fry until brown.
5. Add sufficent water to just cover the meat. Bring to boil, reduce to low simmering heat, cover and cook until the meat is tender.
6. Garnish with garam masala and fresh coriander.

Serve with roti, nan bread or rice.

this one is amazing

I have made this for so so many dinner parties and everyone has raved about it. I'm toying with going on ""come dine with me" and this would be my dish

This is yummy as a side dish. I add some chilli to mine too. www.grouprecipes.com/sr/38797/muttar-paneer---nigella-lawson/recipe/

And I don't bother faffing with the food processor; it's fine without.

goat curry!!!!

I shall be keeping an eye on this thread. I make a nice madras.

Chicken breast(s)
1 tsp Garam Masala
Lemon juice
Madras paste
Onions
Tin chopped tomatoes

1. cube chicken and coat in garam masala and lemon juice
2. dice and fry onions
3. add chicken and fry till opaque
4. add 2-3 tblspns of paste and stir
5. add tin chopped tomatoes.

Simmer uncovered for 45 mins and serve with whatever.

oooooh lots more and they all sound gorgeous! Thanks all, keep em coming if anyone has any more! Doing the big pan-bash session this evening after a few glasses of wine, before finishing wrapping pressies!

Thai green curry is one of my favourites too.

Don't knock goat until you've tried it . It's very tender and one of the leanest meats around. See here.

This one's a Nepalese veggie curry:

2-3 cloves garlic

1" garlic clove

15 fenugreek seeds

2-3 Tbsp safflower oil

2 tsp salt

1 dried chilli pepper (minced)

1/8 ground tumeric

1/2 onion (diced)

1 carrot (chopped)

1/2 head of cauliflower (chopped)

1 small-medium potato (3/4 cooked, steamed or microwaved) (chopped)

1/2 cup vegetable stock (or 1 cube vege boullion and 1/2 c water)

1/2-3/4 cup chopped tomatoes

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Mince and mix well garlic, ginger, salt, chili pepper (set aside). Cut up all your vegetables in advance. Steam or microwave the potato (skin has good vitamins).

Heat oil (don't allow to smoke). Fry onions until soft but not yet carmalized. Add fenugreek seeds, watch for 1 minute. They should release a nice aroma and turn very slightly brown. Add garlic/ginger mixture, and tumeric. Keep stirring to allow onions and oil to mix in well with garlic and ginger until aroma is released and onion carmalized (watch the garlic so it doesn't burn).

Add carrot, cauliflower, potatoes and vegetable stock. Cook about 3-4 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cook 2-3 minutes more. Serve with brown rice.

gourmet indian website - Lamb Dhansak I can vouch for this, but you'll have to start marinading now .

Also from the same site, the aloo curry - just saag aloo, spinach and potato, so delish.

Have you any chapatti flour?

Chapattis are a total doddle to make, flour oil/ghee & water, very yum, and less heavy than rice.

A dhal would be nice too if you're doing a spread, I could bring one???