Vegetable Curry

FrostedNipple · 11 Oct 2008 at 18:49

What sort of vegetables go well in a curry? Up to now i have been having chicken curry, but i am finding the cost of meat unbelievably overpriced compared to all the over products i buy.

danza · 11 Oct 2008 at 18:54

Potatoes are a must. Peas, carrots, cauliflower, courgettes, spinach, chick peas etc. are also worth adding too.

Paul11 · 11 Oct 2008 at 18:55

within reason any veg can be used to make a curry

i think experimentation is the way to go ..

Nexy · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:00

I like a bit of fruit in my veg curry (although I guess that makes it a fruit and veg curry). Bannana chunks mix it up a bit. Mixed candied peel, currents and sultanas with a bit of lemon juice and lime juice give a nice citrus freshness.

Haircut · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:00

Just bulk it up with chickpeas and/or lentils.
You can halve the amount of chicken and it tastes great.

If you do want to forgo the meat entirely I would recommend things like potato, cauliflower, courgette, plantain, aubergine and okra.

Paul11 · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:02

Nexy said:
I like a bit of fruit in my veg curry (although I guess that makes it a fruit and veg curry). Bannana chunks mix it up a bit. Mixed candied peel, currents and sultanas with a bit of lemon juice and lime juice give a nice citrus freshness.

whooa, that sounds amazing. never thought of fruit but i cant wait to try it..

FrostedNipple · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:02

ive got some fresh Brussels?

Reginald · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:04

Made a curry once... Decided to mix it up... Added pineapple. Tasted awful!

Haircut · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:06

Reginald said:
Made a curry once... Decided to mix it up... Added pineapple. Tasted awful!

Pineapple goes really well in a dhansak. That's got a sweet and sour flavour from lime juice/tamarind and palm sugar (jaggery) so the flavour of the pineapple really works.

FrostedNipple · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:07

do you have to boil the vegetables before you add them? or just stick them in the sauce straight away?

Haircut · 11 Oct 2008 at 19:10

FrostedNipple said:
do you have to boil the vegetables before you add them? or just stick them in the sauce straight away?

As long as you cook them for an appropriate amount of time it won't matter.

gillywibble · 11 Oct 2008 at 21:34

Eggs!

Begbie · 11 Oct 2008 at 21:47

Egg curry acctually looks quite nice.

Nitefly · 11 Oct 2008 at 21:48

Broccoli, mushrooms, spinach, onion and (chopped) tomatoes makes a damn fine vegetable curry which has gone down well with many people

Atrox Moris · 11 Oct 2008 at 21:53

Curry without meat isn't British. When we were returning from India and all those wonderful places all those hundreds of years ago, do you think the captain said "MEN, these vegetables will not keep! We must salt and spice them!". I think not.

Azagoth · 11 Oct 2008 at 21:56

Atrox Moris said:
Curry without meat isn't British.

Neither is curry, so your point is what?

Begbie · 11 Oct 2008 at 22:02

Azagoth said:
Neither is curry, so your point is what?

Well to be fair most curries we eat are British and not Indian.

Atrox Moris · 11 Oct 2008 at 22:02

Azagoth said:
Neither is curry, so your point is what?

I'm sorry, did I need one?

Atrox Moris · 11 Oct 2008 at 22:03

Begbie said:
Well to be fair most curries we eat are British and not Indian.

Yeah. The Indians I don't think are too keen on our special ingredient.

Nitefly · 11 Oct 2008 at 22:06

Atrox Moris said:
I'm sorry, did I need one?

I know you are, but what am I?