It wouldn’t be Christmas without turkey curry…
I know, I know… but I’ve got half a bird clogging up my fridge and Hubby and #1 are mad for a curry. I got Anjum Anand’s wonderful ‘Indian Every Day’ for Christmas and she has this brilliant idea for a basic curry paste that, once you’ve knocked up a batch, you can keep in the fridge (or freeze in little portion sizes in an ice cube tray) so I’ve used this, but hey, there’s always Sharwoods. I was also desperate to make Naan breads and she has a recipe for these (I’ve just kneaded the hell out of them and they’re currently resting, so I’ll let you know how they turn out). Here goes then…
Easy Turkey or Chicken Curry
Big glug vegetable oil (oooh, about 3 tbs?)
2 red onions
1″ chunk of ginger
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons curry paste
Half an enormous child-crushing turkey (or 4 chicken breasts, cubed)
Tin tomatoes
Tin coconut milk
Right, so heat up your oil in a nice heavy based pan and add the chopped red onions and the grated ginger and garlic. Cook on low until the onions are browned. Add your cooked turkey (or raw chicken/prawns/whatever) and the curry paste. Stir around so the meat is completely covered and if you’re using raw chicken, until it’s pale and not translucent.
In a blender, whiz the tin of tomatoes with half the tin of coconut milk and add to the meat. If you like it less creamy you can substitute chicken stock for the coconut milk. Bubble away on a low flame (or put a lid on and bang it in a low oven) for around 30 – 45 minutes. If you want to leave it a bit longer (say if you’re using lamb), watch the liquid, you may need to add more. Because Hubby is asbestos-stomached, I cook it like this, and then after I’ve dished Hubby’s out, I add the final half of the coconut milk for #1 and me.
And that’s it. Serve with rice and your lubly home-made peshwari naans (clever, me.).
Glad to see you all had a great Christmas – mine was very relaxing with lots of dog walking to get rid of all those extra calories consumed! It kept Taffy happy!
Happy New Year to you and all your fellow readers and bloggers xx
Thanks!
I really think you shouuld do some sort of beginners easy cooking online class thingy, EM. I’ve made so many of your dishes for dinner now, and have loved most of them. I would LOVE some more easy, weekday dinner ideas. Just a thought!!