Which curry do you usually buy from the supermarket?

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Buy the ingredients, it doesn’t take long n guilt free - curry powder, frozen chopped onion, garlic n ginger paste, fry it all for 5 mins, add diced chicken n fry for another 5 mins, add half a tin of chopped tomatoes, simmer for 5 mins n that’s it.

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Superspark76@reddit

Adding a tin of coconut milk at the same time as the tomatoes makes a creamier curry

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

That's the one element I can't stand in a curry, it overpowers every other flavour, it's like eating a Bounty bar while having a curry. I prefer the neutral taste of yoghurt.

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Superspark76@reddit

I find it balances the sharpness it the tomatoes well in a jalfrezi but yogurt would work too

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CrossCityLine@reddit

Coconut milk should be almost the first thing you put in your pan after the spices. You cook it until the oil splits out and then add the rest.

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dom_eden@reddit

There is far more to it than that. Garam masala, fenugreek leaves, cardamom, base curry sauce…

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BeatsAndBeer@reddit

Those are in the curry powder already. Was suggesting a quick alternative to a ready meal to OP. Obvs you can pimp it out if you have more time. I don’t know what you mean by base curry sauce tho.

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dom_eden@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CZDpOLnQk

Base curry sauce or base gravy is what all Indian restaurants start with for a curry and what distinguishes it from curries that just have a simple chopped tomato base sauce.

It's a generic gravy that all curries are built on by adding custom spices - slow simmered garlic, onions, ginger, tomatoes etc. This is what the good curry kits have.

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BeatsAndBeer@reddit

I’m getting hungry for a curry now and its 10am

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BeatsAndBeer@reddit

I do mine similar to this guy. Simmer and blend the initial ingredients then use a hand blender. Coat and grill the chicken with it n with butter etc. I never buy premixed powder or sauces. Most Indian’s don’t.

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EUskeptik@reddit

Totally agree. Every curry must begin with garam masala. ✅

-oo-

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HistoryDisastrous493@reddit

Sounds like a meal fit for people who hate food

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BeatsAndBeer@reddit

Was just suggesting a quick alternative to OP looking for a ready meal.

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Fanny_Flapps@reddit

Yeah that's "student curry" 🤢

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tmr89@reddit

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Adventurous-Ad1585@reddit

Greek yougurt to that too

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

Truthfully, with an Indian Grandma I don’t really do ready-made curry…

Even a moderately skilled cook can perfect a handful of easy and tasty dishes that are also really cost effective and worth that extra little bit of time…

Leftovers can be frozen for next time etc. and the actual cooking process generally consists of one pot and minimal to moderate effort.

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ProperChopperGAF@reddit

Co-op's jalfrezi is better than most other supermarket curries.

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IguanaDog@reddit

None because they’re nasty and making your own is easy!

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Mysterious-Sock39@reddit

Here's the comment I was expecting 😁

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IguanaDog@reddit

😂 learning to make my own was a game changer but I do love cooking and accept others do not 😆

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MoshizZ@reddit

I find the Tesco ones that are just a curry and then I add my own rice. The hot chicken tikka masala isn’t bad.

Nowhere near a takeaway or making your own but pretty decent for a quick meal if I’ve been out late

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miked999b@reddit

Loyd Grossman Bhuna is my favourite. Gonna try these Spice Tailor ones that others have mentioned though!

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wickedwix@reddit

I started making my own and I've never looked back. Coconut milk is pretty cheap and sold in all supermarkets, you can basically make a curry out of anything.

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BastardsCryinInnit@reddit

Coconut milk is pretty cheap and sold in all supermarkets,

If i can, crap coconut milk is pretty cheap. Check the ingredients, always!

Aroy-D and Chaokoh are real deal, even better if you can get the carton, not tin.

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BastardsCryinInnit@reddit

I still love the Asda "nicer" range of ready meal curries... is it Bom... Bom something. The 2 mains 2 sides thing.

Although availability has been patchy as fuck recently. Cant rememeber the last time they had the daal in

I also like Pataks paste pots - the tikka one is especially good!

I also also always have a couple of pouches of Kohinoor Tarka Daal in, I just love it! I eat it like a soup 😂

And not a curry, but, what is a curry without bread? The frozen Shana parathas are insanely good.

I have yet to have a good naan that is comparable to a restaurant - dont get me wrong, i buy and eat shop bought naan but i dont think they are the same. But the parathas are legit.

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OkContribution6454@reddit

Pateks Rogan Josh spice paste is my go to, has been for years.

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Ok-Pumpkin-6203@reddit

None. Far nicer to make your own. And far less expensive.

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KeefsCornerShop@reddit

Just buy Spice Tailor packs,.and chicken separately. it's restaurant-quality flavour and beats any ready meal.

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MindTheBees@reddit

I wish more people took a chance on these - I was genuinely surprised (as an Indian) at how good they are and far better than any ready meal I've had.

We have added in Indian veggie burritos into our weekday meal rotation (paneer + spice tailor packs, chuck in some leftover rice, cashew nuts and mango chutney/lime pickle) and it's genuinely banging.

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Iwantedalbino@reddit

Their daal is decent. Good for a wfh lunch

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Toffeemade@reddit

Thank you I will be putting this to the test.

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KeefsCornerShop@reddit

You won't regret it! 15 mins prep. Game-changer.

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leobeer@reddit

I make my own base gravy a couple of liters at a time, portion them up then freeze them. Easy to make a curry when you feel like one. A couple of weeks ago a local supermarket had Pataks curry kits reduced to giveaway prices in their bargain cage. I bought some butter chicken kits and they were surprisingly good. I happily paid full price for them during today’s shop.

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AdministrativeShip2@reddit

I buy a jar as a base sauce. Then add onions, peppers cooked spices etc to finish.

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Substantial-Bug-4998@reddit

Pataks curry pastes (not the sauces)

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CoffeeandaTwix@reddit

Only the Chinese chicken curry style if I wanted a quick mild curry. If I wanted anything spicy, I would just buy spices and cook it myself because most of the sauces seem to be bland, creamy or just taste of tomato.

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Muayry@reddit

I’m awkward/picky as fuck with most foods. I would never in a million years cross my mind of buying a supermarket curry.

My Dad was insistent on me trying the Aldi chicken tikka masala as he had made one and was too full to finish it. I was pleasantly surprised. I wouldn’t go out my way for it, but if you’ve had a long day and cba to cook.. they’re bang on.

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CharieRarie@reddit

We get the supermarket curry bags sometimes for a lazy dinner. They have 2 curries, rice, naan, sides.

Not as delish as a takeaway or homemade, but keeps us fed.

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Iwantedalbino@reddit

This is our go to. We then get the Korma meal for the kids to share and the mixed starter pack.

We did once use the Indian in the village for popadoms and dips but the disappointment from the staff was palpable.

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tmr89@reddit

Not Tesco. Their curries have no flavour and are terrible

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NecroVelcro@reddit

A jar of Tesco tikka masala sauce. I don't tend to buy ready meal curries as the proportions are wildly off for me: I want three times the curry and half the rice.

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Princes_Slayer@reddit

I’ve bought curry sauce pouches by indigrand previously and thought they were similar to curry house sauces. https://indigrand.com/product-category/pouch-range/

They’ve changed their packaging judging from this site and I’ve not had anything recently, but used to love their butter chicken sauce and saag sauce. Husband loved their madras

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antlered-god@reddit

None. I make my own

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420o@reddit

ASDAs Bom Bahia range is decent. Tikka biryani and beef madras are quite nice for a frozen ready meal.

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RiskItForAChocHobnob@reddit

The Aldi specially selected butter chicken

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Puzzled-P@reddit

I enjoyed their Jalfrezi. If I'm honest I don't know what a Jalfrezi is supposed to taste like but I enjoyed it anyway.

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Serious_Clerk_8923@reddit

I cook without any of those and use spices... use a teaspoon of garam masala and around 2 or 3 Maizona Chicken cubes. Add frozen chillies if you like spice. Best taste ever.

These supermarket packs are not the one.

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ShortFlamingo3409@reddit

Lidls £3.99 curries are really good but they don't do rice (so Uncle Ben's it is). ASDAs curries for two (chicken tikka masala and Butter chicken for me) are nice and they do pilar rice and sides.

Really great when you're too tired to cook.

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Enough_Response@reddit

M&S Microwave Chicken Saag.

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NoodleDoodlesocks@reddit

Mayflower extra hot powder. Quick and easy to prepare.

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Background-Royal2513@reddit

I don't find the jars of ready made sauce that nice, so I tend to buy a madras powder, fry it off with onions garlic and chicken, and add tinned tomatoes. For ready meals it would be something spicy-ish like jalfrezi or madras, but I often end up going for the low cal/high protein ones which tend to be tikka masala, and these often have cauliflower and lentils in as well.

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