Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons (20g) Vegetable Oil
  • 2 Medium (300g) Onions
  • 2 (6g) Garlic Cloves or 2 Teaspoons Garlic Puree
  • ½ Teaspoons (2g) Ground Ginger
  • 2 Teaspoons (6g) Garam Masala (or any medium curry powder)
  • 1 Teaspoons (3g) Chilli Flakes
  • 1 (160g) Red Pepper
  • 1 Large Sized (150g) Chicken Fillet
  • 1 Tin (400g) Chopped or Plum Tomatoes
  • 1 Tin (390g) Green Lentils
  • (200ml) Cold Water
  • 1 Mug (300g) Easy Cook Rice
  • 1 Small bunch (10g) Fresh Coriander (optional)

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Method

  1. Peel and finely chop the onion, peel and crush the garlic, and de-seed and chop the red pepper.
  2. Cut the chicken into small pieces.
  3. Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Fry the onions until they're soft.
  4. Add the garlic, ginger, spices and red pepper. Cook slowly for 5 minutes.
  5. Drain and rinse the green lentils and add to the saucepan with the chicken, chopped tomatoes and cold water. If using plum tomatoes, chop them up using a spoon when in the pan.
  6. Cook on a low heat for about 30 minutes until the chicken is tender.
  7. Cook the rice as per the instructions on the packet.
  8. Chop the coriander (optional), add to the curry, and serve the curry with rice.

Time Saver Tips

You could use a low-salt, vegetable or tomato-based cook-in sauce instead of the garlic, dried ginger, garam masala, chilli flakes, chopped tomatoes and water. The spices could also be replaced with 3 or 4 teaspoons of curry powder.

Cost Saver Tips

This recipe is a good way to use up leftover chicken. Or you could try replacing the chicken with leftover vegetables or more pulses for a vegetarian option. You can also use ground coriander instead of fresh coriander.

Nutritional Information

Based on a single serving of 476g (% of an adult's reference intake)

Energy

463 kcals ( 23 %)

1,883 kJ ( 23 %)

Fat

0.7 g ( 4 %)

Saturates

83.5 g ( %)

Sugar

10.3 g ( 11 %)

Salt

0.2 g ( 3 %)

Detailed nutritional information

Per 100g Per 476g serving
Energy Kcals 97 463
Energy Kj 396 1,883
Protein 4.5 g 21.6 g
Total Fat g g
Saturated Fat 0.1 g 0.7 g
Carbohydrates 17.5 g 83.5 g
Total Sugars 2.2 g 10.3 g
NSP Fibre 1.7 g 8.2 g
Sodium 16 mg 74 mg
Salt 0 g 0.2 g

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