Easy lentil curry
Our fast, cheap and healthy vegetarian lentil curry, is comforting and full of flavour. It's also low in fat and freezable for speedy midweek meals.
Sweet & hot vegetable curry
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 6
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- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 3 tbsp Vindaloo curry paste(we liked Patak's Vindaloo with tamarind paste)
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- juice ½ lemon
- 2 courgettesthickly sliced
- 300g cauliflowerflorets (about ½ a head)
- 400ml passata
- 400g can chickpeasdrained and rinsed
- 250g bag fresh leaf spinachwashed
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal142
- fat6g
- saturates0g
- carbs16g
- sugars8g
- fibre4g
- protein8g
- salt1.01glow
Method
step 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the curry paste and fry for 1 min. Add the sugar and lemon juice, cook for 1 min, then tip in the courgettes and cauliflower and cook for 2 mins. Now stir in the passata, plus 100ml/3½fl oz water and the chickpeas, season to taste. Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins. Make up to this stage and freeze or keep chilled for 2 days in the fridge. Warm through, once defrosted if frozen, and continue with the recipe.
step 2
Just before serving, throw in the spinach, give it a stir and remove from the heat once the leaves have just wilted. Serve with boiled basmati rice.
