[Closed] VeggieCurrySTW recipe help - keep your aubergines to yourself.

1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, v. finely chopped
thumb sized piece of ginger, finely chopped
1 large potato, cut into 2cm cubes
Half a cauliflower, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tin chopped tomatoes
140g dry red lentils
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
Sunflower or rapeseed oil
1 tablespoon Tikka (or Medium) curry powder
1 tablespoon Madras (or Hot) curry powder

Use a large pan, with enough oil to cover the bottom
put the cumin and mustard seeds and cook until they are browning
add onions and fry until soft
add the ginger and garlic and 2 tablespoons of water, cook another 3 minutes
add the tomatoes, spices and lentils, cook 5 minutes
add the cauliflower and potato and enough water so that they are just covered.
Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the potato is cooked - everything else will be as well.
Eat with basmati rice or naan.

I have the '50 Curries' book and rate it highly. In it you will find this recipe:

https://growgrosmont.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/cauliflower-and-potato-curry/

It's worth the effort, blimmin delicious.

Edit: ^^ 😆 thats 2 cauli and potato curries sorted. Usefully they are both appreciably different. I do love caulifower and coconut together - it's a big-hitting vegan option, especially if you (in the recipe I linked) instead take the time to first roast the cauli, maybe with caraway seeds, mustard seeds, and a little sea salt. Toss in oil and roast until browning edges but still firm, before adding to the sauce to finish off.

PS the tamarind is essential, err on generous side. I buy one of those little squeezey pouches with recloseable cap. Lasts forever in fridge.

This is pretty tasty if it passes your definition of a curry and simple to make as well.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spinach-sweet-potato-lentil-dhal

[url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Curry-Secret-Indian-Restaurant-Meals-ebook/dp/B002S0KC1M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515053930&sr=8-1&keywords=the+curry+secret ]The curry secret[/url]

Used this for years - make the basic base and the rest is easy.

Have a look at Meera Sodha's vegetarian recipes from 'Fresh India', e.g. [url= https://www.the-pool.com/food-home/food-honestly/2016/34/meera-sodha-on-cooling-summer-curries-when-its-hot-outside ]matar paneer here[/url] and [url= http://meerasodha.com/recipes/curries/ ]on her website[/url] (both vegetarian and otherwise).

Wow! You guys never disappoint with a recipe recommendation, loadsa stuff to read and try there, thank you! I will report back on the results 🙂

This is a great book for vegetarian Indian food, not just curries though:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indias-Vegetarian-Cooking-Monisha-Bharadwaj/dp/185626792X

Easy curry:
Dry roast a tablespoon of cumin seeds until they darken. Add a a tablespoon or two of oil and a finely chopped onion. Fry gently until soft, about 10 minutes. Add 5 cloves sliced garlic, an inch or two of grated fresh ginger, and two or three fresh, sliced chillies. Fry for another minute. Add a can of tomatoes, half a teaspoon of turmeric and a teaspoon of ground corriander, simmer for 20min or so. Add a drained and rinsed can of cooked chickpeas and heat for a couple of minutes. Stir in a pot of (unsugared) Greek yoghourt. Salt to taste. Add chopped fresh coriander before serving.

Might not be quite what you're after as a main curry, but this is a really tasty dahl soup: Great to come home to after a cold ride!

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I don't have a recipe to hand, but I always like to use a squash (you can mash up a few pieces to thicken the sauce) and make sure you toast spices and grind them yourself.

My go to curry recipes are from Anjum Annand's books. Some of the meat and fish curries can be adapted to work with big chunky veg if you fancy experimenting. I find them deeper in flavour than Meera Sodha's which seem (to me) to lack a little bit.

After years of trying various recipes for curries and dhals I've recently been trying the spice mixes from curryfrenzy.com.

Found you can get some pretty tasty results from their mixes. Also used The Spicery before, with top results.

Stuart

That BBC Good Food one is great, been using that for a while with a few variants. There was a chick pea and spinach one there too that was lovely.

To thicken a curry you can blitz an onion in the food processor and use that.
Or use lentils / yellow split peas (dhal).
Or use ground almonds, especially if it's a goan style coconut milk curry.

My goto Veggie Indian food book is:

[url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Indian-Vegetarian-Cookery-Julie/dp/1904010571/ ]Classic Indian Vegetarian Cookery[/url] by Julie Sahni

''The book begins with a simple explanation of all the ingredients and techniques characteristic of this cuisine. Julie also describes every classical blend of curry in the Indian tradition.''

Excellent reading

Tesco green Thai curry paste makes a favourite of ours. Fried onions mushrooms peppers, add blanched cauliflower and sweet potato and plenty of coconut milk.
We usually have it with pork chops.

I have found veg curry can be a bit watery as well, esp cauli. Just like Bigjohn above I use sweet potato and it really gives it a bit of body.

I was on Charlie Bikemonger's site earlier today and spotted the "WeedMonger" link.

Intrigued, as he knew I would be, I clicked on it.

Seaweed. Thickens sauces and adds an "umami" flavour. Might be worth trying?

This recipe from Rick Stein has turned out to be one of my favourites. For months I skimmed straight past it without paying any attention to it.It sounds pretty boring but the flavour is amazing!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/dry_curry_of_cabbage_71527

Either have it with rice, naan, mango chutney or serve it instead of rice along side a saucier curry

More excellent recommendations and tips there, cheers!

Sooooo, we had our first Veggie Curry Banquet tonight, featuring Malvern Riders Cauli and Potato Curry and Rene59s Sweet pot and spinach dahl. It was blinkin' yummy!

Alongside, some Saag Aloo, onion bhaji's, Veg Pakoras, Coconut Rice and Riata (probably none of this is spelt correctly).

This prob won't work, but I took a photo.

https://lesleyarcher.smugmug.com/VeggieCurryBanquet-1/i-784nqMt

Thanks all, I will revisit this thread and use some of the rest of the suggestions in the future, onewheelgood and nedrapier, you're next.