Leftover Curry!
This is exactly what it says it the title, a curry using what I had in the fridge, and that included cauliflower leaves and stalks, radishes, some cooked celeriac, a handful of mini tomatoes, an onion and half a packet of wild rocket.
Plenty to make an amazing curry dish!
I’ll say once again, there are somethings that get thrown away in kitchens that don’t need to be, one of those is cauliflower stalks and leaves.
I think I must be repeating myself to the converted by now, but just in case, check out all the FREE downloadables on this site, and you’ll get lots of ideas of how to us leftovers, a curry is definitely there.
And then there are the radishes, not just for salads, and If I had my choice, I’d use them in cooking every day of the week.
Find what you’ve got in your fridge and use some curry spice combinations to make a dish that suits your pallet.
I was gifted a range of spices from Lajina Masala and chose to use the curry masala.
It worked really well and only needed two tablespoons to get the heat that I wanted. The mixture had lots of layers of flavour which meant I didn’t have to add any more to it at all.
Go in, give it a go and enjoy your sweet life!
What You Need
Leftover Hard vegetables e.g: radishes, cauliflower stalks and leaves, celeriac etc
Leftover soft vegetables: tomato’s, cabbage, hard lettuce hearts, peas and rocket etc
1 Tin of tomatoes
Milk
1 large onion-chopped
1-2 Tbs Curry spices of choice - I used Lajina Masala
Oil for cooking
This is what i had!
How It’s Done
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok
Once hot, put in the chopped onion.
Turn the heat down and cook the onion until is transparent
Add the spices and cook on a medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly
Time to add the hard vegetables to the hot onion and spice mixture.
Give them a stir to coat them all
Add the tinned tomatoes to the pan
Another stir, and then add enough milk to make a very liquid paste – See Tip Box
Another mix then place a fitted lid on top and let it cook for around ten-fifteen minutes until the vegetables are fork soft but still have a bite to them
This is the stage to add the soft vegetables (not the soft salad leaves) – See Tip Box
Place the lid back on and let cook for another 5-7 minutes.
Taste and add seasoning if needed - salt and pepper
Serve with or without rice
I used Lajina Masala Curry Masala mix
Tip Box
Add Milk – Add enough milk to come 1/3 up the pan
Veg – There is a difference between cooking the hard veg and the soft veg. hard needs cooking longer. If you have any soft salad leaves, such as soft rocket, only add them 5 minutes before the end of cooking so they wilt
So easy and so tasty!
