I made a completely from scratch vegetable curry with spinach, potato and chickpeas for my Foodie Friday vlog to show how I use my curry paste. I also made some naan/flatbreads from THIS RECIPE and took some of my home made mango chutney from the freezer. Recipe HERE.
I worked out that if I got a similar takeaway from my favourite local Indian restaurant it would cost me £12.49 for a vegetable curry (£8.99) plain naan (£2.50) and a portion of mango chutney (£1) and that excludes delivery or fuel costs to collect it!
Everything I used was a freezer or storecupboard staple.
My version:
- Curry paste 28p
- Onion (1/3) 10p
- Frozen spinach (180g) 21p
- Chickpeas (1/3 of a can) 18p
- Potatoes (1/2 of a can) 40p
- Coconut cream (1/3 carton) 20p
Vegetable curry: £1.37
(3 naan breads: SR flour 40p + Yoghurt 17p = 57p)
1 naan bread: 19p
Mango chutney: 25p
Total cost: £1.37 + 19p + 25p = £1.81
You could make it for even less than that depending on prices where you live. Plus I used organic flour for the naans.
The above portion of curry could easily stretch to 2 people served with rice as well. And it was just as good as my local takeaway version! 😋