Sweet & hot vegetable curry

This superhealthy veggie curry will appeal to the tastebuds of vegetarians and meat eaters alike

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  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.
  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.

Per serving

142 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 16g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 4g, salt 1.01 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006.

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Taste team comment

'A tasty and impressive Indian recipe that will suit vegetarians. Your guests will think that you've spent hours in the kitchen - but you don't have to!'

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  • 07 November 2007

    tomphillips rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I'm not that great a cook but I found this nice and easy. Turned out to be absolutely delicious - my flatmates were impressed. As a student as well it's quite good to freeze then microwave when I need a quick meal later in the week. I served it up with some rice too.

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  • 11 November 2007

    Nikita commented on this recipe

    One of my more successful dishes. Very easy and quick and I'm sure alternative vegetable could be used.

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  • 18 March 2008

    sarahj rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    fed a big crowd on bonfire night, went down a storm! add plenty of lemon to give it the perfect sourness

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  • 09 June 2008

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make. I used frozen spinach which worked fine.

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  • 14 January 2009

    Eibhlin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    this is a fantastic way to use up any vegetables that you happen to have.

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  • 25 January 2009

    PolyVinylBride rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was really easy lovely stuff, I absolutely love the hot tanginess of the sauce. I changed it slightly by adding mushrooms and red peppers, and I used broccoli instead of cauliflower. I also added a tin of chopped tomatoes instead of the passata, and also made my own vindaloo sauce. To lower the GI rating I used a tbsp of Agarve syrup instead of the brown sugar. Really recommend this and would definately make again!

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  • 31 May 2009

    Bryntirion commented on this recipe

    Hi Guys, It would be great to have a simple momochrome recipe print rather that a print of the entire screen as this might save people time and money. I don't know about others but all I need is cler instructions rather than pictures! Keep up the good work Cheers Kieran

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  • 01 August 2009

    Uberbabe commented on this recipe

    tried cutting and pasting the ingredients and recipe instructions into word? I do this and print it out in b/w.

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  • 10 August 2009

    Gillh007 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    First dish I've done and not given 5 stars. For me the taste wasn't there, rather dull. Won't be doing again. :0(

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  • 19 August 2009

    weeble cooks rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really enjoyed this dish. I served it with flatbread. The recipe is on this site

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  • 24 September 2009

    sarahb commented on this recipe

    made this for my vegetarian friend and they loved it, will it agan

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 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 courgettes , thickly sliced
  • 300g cauliflower florets (about ½ a head)
  • 400ml passata
  • 400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 250g bag fresh leaf spinach , washed
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142 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 16g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 4g, salt 1.01 g

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