Anything Goes Curry

It has been many years since I wrote any recipes down and this recipe is as good as any to break the blog drought I think. This is my Anything Goes Curry with which I mean you can use any meat, any veggies, any legumes... anything! I make this dish once a week to use up whatever I have in the fridge. I throw in so much vegetables but the kids don't question it, they just happily eat.

The key to this curry is the curry powder. I don't use Keen's, I only use Baba's Meat Curry Powder but anything from an Asian supermarket will generally do, the flavours will be slightly different but still yummy. The thing to note is the curry powder blend, it should say MEAT curry powder.

In this version I am using lamb. Not any specific cut, rather off cuts. You can get them super cheap from any butcher. It takes a tiny amount of time to cut the meat down and because it's off cuts I dice the meat small so that it doesn't need a lot of time to cook and it doesn't matter what lamb cut it is. If you are going to use big chunky cuts of whatever meat I would suggest browning the meat first before adding to curry.

INGREDIENTS

approx 800g diced lamb (beef, chicken, pork, whatever works)

1 big carrot

1 onion

2 stalks of celery

1 sweet pepper

1 fennel

2 large potatoes

1 bunch of kale or spinach

a handful of curry leaves

4 tablespoons curry powerder

1 teaspoons chilli powder (more if you want a spicier kick)

2.5 cups water 

400ml coconut milk

salt

coconut oil (but use whatever you want)

1. Roughly dice meat and veggies.

2. Sautee carrot, onion, celery, pepper, curry leaves and fennel until fragrant and a little soft.

3. Add meat to the mix and cook for another 10 minutes or so.

4. Mix curry powder, chilli powder and water into a slurry and add to the meat and veg.

5. Bring it to a boil and add potatoes.

6. Add the coconut milk and salt to taste.

7. Simmer until meat is tender.

8. Add spinach or kale.

9. Adjust salt if needed.

10. Cook some rice and/or roti and shovel in face !