West African Curry

Posted by Hillibee

Serves 4 at 4PP each (2.5 VP)

This is adapted from an old Slimming World recipe, but is so easy and tasty.  I use quorn in the recipe, but I've also made it with de-frosted, cubed tofu, or some large flat mushrooms chopped. It's even better the following day once the flavours have been allowed to develop further. The original recipe wasn't veggie and didn't use banana, but I found the fruit took some of the heat out of it without making it too mild.

Don't be put off by the long list of ingredients!

1 large onion, chopped

1 tablesp olive oil

1 level teasp chilli powder

1 level teasp curry powder

1 level teasp turmeric

1 level teasp ground cumin

1 heaped teasp garam masala

1 heaped teasp coriander

1 vegetable stock cube

1 level tablesp tomato puree

1 garlic clove, crushed

14 oz tin chopped tomatoes

300g pack quorn pieces

1 banana, sliced

In a bowl, mix together the spices, crumbled stock cube and tomato puree.

Using a heavy bottomed saucepan, fry the onion gently in the oil until soft, then add the garlic and cook gently for a further 2 mins.

Add the spice mixture and fry over a low heat for a couple of minutes stirring constantly. Add the tomatoes and cook for a few more minutes, still stirring.

Turn down the heat, cover and simmer gently for 30 mins, adding water if necessary. Add the quorn pieces and cook for a further 20 mins. Add the banana* and cook for 10 mins.

If you serve it with rice, remember to add the extra points!

*I usually throw in some frozen spinach at this point if I have any in the freezer

Freezes well