Cheapest recipies.

SunshineBear

This is from memory so forgive the style of writing.

Medium onion chopped and cooked in oil untill golden.
Give it 20 mins on gentle, it will taste better.
Add a spoon of sugar for the last few mins.

2 cloves garlic crushed

Spices:
1TS termeric
1TS corriander (powder)
1TS Cumin
1TS Salt
1/2-1 TS Chilli powder (cayenne)
1/4 TS Ginger

add them and warm through

1/4 tube tomato puree in next
add drop of water and make a paste don't burn it.

Potatoes, same amount as for family of 4 on Sunday roast.
(use spuds that dont go to mush when boiled but hold together)
peel and cut into 2" pieces
Dont rinse as the starch will help thicken it.
mix into 'paste'
add water but dont quite cover the spuds
put lid on and boil gently for 15-20 mins until cooked.
Remove lid turn off the heat and alow steam to evaporate.

It can be eaten cold. I had it for weeks when dieting as my packed lunch.

It is tastier if you use fresh toms, ginger, chilli but more expensive
If you do use fresh fry them off with the garlic.

Add pepper and cardamom crushed with spices to taste.

We often add spinich to the potato and chick pea curry to add greens!

SunshineBear

With both the chick pea and potato curry you can add a bit of gara masalla but only 1/4 teaspoon as it already has most of the spices already put in. It does add a bit of 'depth' just like the cardamon does.

Which reminds me, if you fry cauliflower and brocholli in oil add gara masalla and turmeric and add it to and plate of curry.

chupatti flour becomes chupatties with a dash of oil salt, and water.
Roll it out very thin and dry fry. Great with the dahl.

jumblejack

We also make chappattis with our hm curries & dals.
We tend to use regular plain flour though to no detriment.
Just add enough water to seasoned flour to create a dough. Pull off a ball and roll thinly then cook in a dry pan on both sides.
Get ready to turn the smoke alarm off as the flour tends to 'singe' in the pan.
I find it useful to make one then pop the sizzling hot pan under the running tap, wipe with a kitchen towel (or in OS FASHION, pop on the heat to evaporate water!) then you're good to go again.

Takes a few moments to create fresh chappattis and even a total amateur can have success on the first attempt! Best of all, costs pennies.

Here's looking forward to more OS recipe suggestions OP!

SunshineBear

Yes the fire alarm sounding is a regular at our house as well.

I find that adding oil gives a bit of taste and stops the black smoke a bit. Just s splash of water mind you.

Pink.

Hi SunshineBear,

Those recipes sound lovely, I think I'd like to give the potato curry a go.

We have a number of existing cheap recipes threads that might interest you:

Cheapest recipes???

Meal for two for 50p. Suggestions?

The Cheapest Healthy Meal Ever!

Feed 6 for £1.62

Cheapest meal

Your Cheapest Evening Meal.

cheap, easy family meals

I'll add your thread to the main one later to keep the suggestions/recipes together.

Pink

SunshineBear

Thanks for that, I've added the links at the top as well.

Guess I should have done a search first and added.

Could we change the thread title to cheap curries?

SunshineBear

Will this do it?

Guess not.

SunshineBear

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 washed potato, sliced paper thin (peeling is optional) 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Paprika or chillie powder to flavour

Preparation method

1. Pour the vegetable oil into a plastic sandwich or freezer bag. Add the potato slices, and toss to coat.
2. Coat a large dinner plate lightly with oil. Arrange potato slices in a single layer on the dish.
3. Cook in the microwave for 3 to 5 minutes, or until lightly browned (if not browned, they will not become crisp). Times will vary depending on the power of your microwave. Remove chips from plate, and toss with salt (or other seasonings).
Let cool. Repeat process with the remaining potato slices. You will not need to keep oiling the plate.

I lifted this from the interweb, but when we make them we add salt before microwaving as it makes them crisp better.
Add the flavouring after cooking.

You could always make a batch in the oven while cooking something else. The trick is to get them as thin as possible.

SunshineBear

You can make the crisps with parsnips as well.

Pink.

Hi SunshineBear,

I was going to change the title to cheap curries but I see you are now including non curry recipes so I think it is better suited to the main cheapest recipes thread. As your thread has dropped down the Old Style board I've merged both threads together so that other users will be able to find all the recipes in one place.

This thread has lots of lovely curry recipes that you might like:

Curry Night

I make hm crisps from potato peelings and the children love them. Recipe here. There are more crisp recipes on these thread that may be of interest:

Making crisps!

Homemade microwave crisps

Vegetable Crisps

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