Healthy curry recipe please :)

jessof89

Hi all i wanted to make a curry but i haven't got any good recipes for a healthy one if someone could help me out or direct me to a good recipe online i would be grateful.
Thanks
Jess

carebears1973

Hi Jess,

A vegetable korma from the Indian take away is 1000 calories without rice, but I buy a jar of Korma Sauce from Asda, boil a variety of vegetables (potatoes, sliced carrots, chick peas, shredded cabbage). When they are cooked, drain the water and stir in with the sauce. I put quorn chicken peices in with mine too(I zap them in the microwave for 1 min to cook them)

The jar of sauce is enough to cover veg for 3 adults. I cook 200g of basmati rice and all together it only costs 550 calories and you get a large portion that is really filling!

sk2775

Check out some great recipes on skinnytaste. I have been meaning to try the chicken tikka masala dish. Have never tried it before but I have tried other recipes from this site, and they always come out great.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/search/label/Indian Flavor

jessof89

I'm from the UK and i tend to eat indian curry's however i do like thai curry's also, i have just bought some chicken,lentils, spicies etc i was just going to experiment but was going to see if anyone on here had any suggestions then my idea of wack everything in a pan :P
Thanks
Jess

DuChene2012

You like clams? Log onto www.eatingwell.com and type in "curry" to see all the scrumptious recipes they have!


Red Curry Clams

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/red_curry_clams.html
From EatingWell: May/June 2011

This simple recipe of clams cooked in a spicy Thai red curry sauce takes advantage of prepared Thai curry paste, which is available at well-stocked supermarkets and Asian-foods stores. We call for red curry paste but use whatever type you prefer. This recipe also works with about 4 pounds of mussels. Serve with crusty bread to soak up any leftover sauce.

4 servings | Active Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients

5 pounds littleneck, manila or other small clams
1 14-ounce can “lite” coconut milk
1/3 cup lime juice, plus lime wedges for serving
1/3 cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste, or to taste
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon fish sauce (see Note)
2 cups coarsely chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Wash clams thoroughly to remove any grit.
Bring coconut milk, lime juice, wine, brown sugar, curry paste, garlic and fish sauce to a boil in a Dutch oven or other large pot, stirring occasionally. Add the clams, tossing to combine. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until the clams are open, 7 to 10 minutes. (Discard any unopened clams.)
Stir in cilantro. Taste the broth and adjust the flavors to your taste. Serve in deep bowls with lime wedges for squeezing.

Nutrition

Per serving : 266 Calories; 8 g Fat; 5 g Sat; 0 g Mono; 57 mg Cholesterol; 19 g Carbohydrates; 24 g Protein; 0 g Fiber; 526 mg Sodium; 631 mg Potassium

1 Carbohydrate Serving

Exchanges: 1 carbohydrate (other), 3 lean meat, 1 fat
Tips & Notes

Note: Fish sauce is a pungent Southeast Asian condiment made from salted, fermented fish. Find it in the Asian-food section of well-stocked supermarkets and at Asian specialty markets. We use Thai Kitchen fish sauce, lower in sodium than other brands (1,190 mg per tablespoon), in our recipe testing and nutritional analyses.

JSheehy1965

Jess - Weight Watchers UK do some really great curry recipes. Even though I now live in the USA, I still have my UK WW books and make sag aloo, flat breads and all kinds of curries. Check to see if you can find them online.

JSheehy1965

http://www.laaloosh.com/ct/health-and-food/food-recipes/by-origin/indian/
I found this online as well - it has WW points to it. Looks great!

Monkee8088

mmm bump

jessof89

Thanks jsheehey oh and i keep on seeing people reply bump what does this mean :S

Amy_nz

I love curry too - the one I do is completely made up and not at all authentic but it's bloody good! I had a craving one weekend and just chucked things in a pan and the result was quite nice.

Finely chop an onion, crush garlic and ginger into a paste, and lightly fry them in about a teaspoon of oil until they're translucent. Add Indian spices to taste - I usually add turmeric, fennel seed, cumin, chilli powder (quite a lot of that!), ground coriander, a couple of whole cloves, a couple of bay leaves, cardamom pods if they're in the pantry, and a cinnamon stick. I add whatever I fancy that day - it's different every time I make it.

Cook the spicy paste for a couple of minutes, it'll get all fragrant and yummy.

Take chicken pieces and remove the skin - leaving the skin on adds absolutely nothing in this dish except for calories. Chuck it in the pan and lightly brown, then add a tin of tomatoes and a cup or so of natural yoghurt. Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked. (I usually do it on quite a low heat for a couple of hours, or for 25 minutes in the pressure cooker.) Taste, adjust seasoning, devour.

I like to think it's quite a healthy dish. I usually use a whole chicken and joint it (then make stock out of the carcass - win-win!), and one chook will feed about six. It freezes well too.

JSheehy1965

as in "fist bump" ? That's what I take it to mean

jfcameron23

Burmese chicken curry on allrecipes.com is really good and only 215 calories per serving.

raylenebrooks

my favorite http://weelicious.com/2010/12/22/contest-winner-day-3-chicken-curry/
when I entered it with what I used Per Serving:

cal 247

carb 13

fat 8 I used theighs though

protein 24

I ate over cauli rice

missdaisy79

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And now I've got a link to this thread in my recent topics list too, so I can easily refer to curry ideas

AnaVerasGettingFit

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