Slow cooked Curry
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Just seen a post from Smiffy the giant re slow cooked curry which in turn made me post [quote=smiffy180]
Question I have been pondering really. Why don't you see people post curry as a lets say a BB diet for example. Normally it's brown rice, chicken and broccoli or the likes.
I normally make mine with chicken, tomatoes, peppers, garlic maybe mushrooms and slap a load of spice / curry powder and water posdibly some chicken stock. Not cooked in fat etc.
I wouldn't think so but does spice use a lot of calories or is it more the fact a lot of curry have cream in or take always well you can see the fat floating in them.
Rubbish question I suppose but sometimes eating healthy can also mean bland. Seems a simple way to make things taste better to me or am I missing something here ?
Question I have been pondering really. Why don't you see people post curry as a lets say a BB diet for example. Normally it's brown rice, chicken and broccoli or the likes.
I normally make mine with chicken, tomatoes, peppers, garlic maybe mushrooms and slap a load of spice / curry powder and water posdibly some chicken stock. Not cooked in fat etc.
I wouldn't think so but does spice use a lot of calories or is it more the fact a lot of curry have cream in or take always well you can see the fat floating in them.
Rubbish question I suppose but sometimes eating healthy can also mean bland. Seems a simple way to make things taste better to me or am I missing something here ?
theshrew said:
n a post from Smiffy the giant re slow cooked curry which in turn made me post
Question I have been pondering really. Why don't you see people post curry as a lets say a BB diet for example. Normally it's brown rice, chicken and broccoli or the likes.
I normally make mine with chicken, tomatoes, peppers, garlic maybe mushrooms and slap a load of spice / curry powder and water posdibly some chicken stock. Not cooked in fat etc.
I wouldn't think so but does spice use a lot of calories or is it more the fact a lot of curry have cream in or take always well you can see the fat floating in them.
Rubbish question I suppose but sometimes eating healthy can also mean bland. Seems a simple way to make things taste better to me or am I missing something here ?
Often using spices, especially making proper curry sauce, means frying them off in oil but no, there isn't some hidden fat source in there, it's oil, cream or from the meat sometimes. Question I have been pondering really. Why don't you see people post curry as a lets say a BB diet for example. Normally it's brown rice, chicken and broccoli or the likes.
I normally make mine with chicken, tomatoes, peppers, garlic maybe mushrooms and slap a load of spice / curry powder and water posdibly some chicken stock. Not cooked in fat etc.
I wouldn't think so but does spice use a lot of calories or is it more the fact a lot of curry have cream in or take always well you can see the fat floating in them.
Rubbish question I suppose but sometimes eating healthy can also mean bland. Seems a simple way to make things taste better to me or am I missing something here ?
Pick better takeaway restaurants if there's blobs of fat floating in it though, that's not right at all!
Edited by FlyingMeeces on Wednesday 28th September 10:52
I always see a home made curry as a very healthy meal. Apart from frying the spices in a little oil, there's nothing unhealthy in there.
If I'm doing a beef curry i'll often fry the meat first then drain the fat off.
Just avoid using butter, ghee, cream, full fat Yoghurt or large quantities of oil.
If I'm doing a beef curry i'll often fry the meat first then drain the fat off.
Just avoid using butter, ghee, cream, full fat Yoghurt or large quantities of oil.
I dry roast the spices a little rather than fry them and sauté onions and garlic dry - if they stick a splash of water gets them moving again. TBH I missed the fat the first couple of times, but now it's the norm and when I go out for a 'proper' curry it invariably tastes oily and greasy. IanCress said:
I always see a home made curry as a very healthy meal. Apart from frying the spices in a little oil, there's nothing unhealthy in there.
If I'm doing a beef curry i'll often fry the meat first then drain the fat off.
Just avoid using butter, ghee, cream, full fat Yoghurt or large quantities of oil.
Yep, do home made curries myself and you can easily do a healthy one, I substitute cream for low fat natural yoghurt for example.If I'm doing a beef curry i'll often fry the meat first then drain the fat off.
Just avoid using butter, ghee, cream, full fat Yoghurt or large quantities of oil.
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