Sauce and Spice

Or what to do with leftover curry.

I made a big batch of Chicken Korma the other day, and there was plenty left over.
I could just freeze it - and have the same meal again another day- but as there was more sauce than chicken left in the pot, I decided to use it up in different ways.



Firstly, I made a super quick dhal (using tinned lentils and tinned onions- but you could cook your lentils and onions in the normal way too of course.)
Just mix 1/2 tin onions( or 1 chopped onion gently fried) and 1 tin of green lentils ( water and all) with 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp minced garlic and 1 tsp finely chopped chilli. Add 300 ml leftover curry sauce and simmer for 20 minutes or so.

Green Lentil Dhal

Next I made a Goan Curry Soup. Just blitz the leftover curry with 300ml chicken stock, 1 tsp chilli, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp turmeric and 1 cup of apple juice.

Blitz together your ingredients

Serve with some cooked rice or coconut cream to thicken.

Goan Curry Soup

Lastly I had a choice of two dishes ( only enough leftover sauce for one- but here are both the recipes so you can choose.)

First of all, a Tarte à l'Indienne ( or Curry Quiche).

Mix your leftover curry sauce with 4 beaten eggs and a splash of milk or coconut/almond milk.

Pour into a pre-cooked pastry case ( 23 cm in diameter ) and bake at 170 degrees until set and golden. (Aprroximately 1 hour- but keep checking).

Tarte à l'Indienne

Lastly, try this Curried Gnocchi Tray Bake.

You can make your own gnocchi from leftover cold mashed potato or cooked pumpkin ( or use a storecupboard packet for speed).

To make your own, mix 2 cups of cold mashed potato or mashed pumpkin with 1 egg yolk and 1 cup of flour, salt and pepper.

Form into little balls and flatten slightly with a fork. 

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and drop the gnocchi in one by one. As they cook, they will rise to the surface. Skim them out with a straining spoon and put them in a buttered dish.

Cooked pumpkin gnocchi

Mix the little dumplings with cooked broccoli, chard, spinach or leeks and your leftover curry sauce.

Gnocchi ready for the oven

Sprinkle over some breadcrumbs and bake until golden and bubbling in a hot oven (180 degrees) for about 20 minutes.

This is a one-pot dish, and needs nothing else with it- so plate up and enjoy!

Curried Gnocchi Tray Bake

And so ends my tale of leftover curry sauce. I hope it inspires you to make some spicy saucy dishes yourselves.

Nothing left for me now except the washing up.