2 weeks ago, Loyd Grossman's team sent me some #getflavor goodies.
I'm no expert and definitely not a food snob, but I don't usually use pre-made curry sauces.
I live in an area where Asian and Indian spices are readily available and often use fresh spices to make curries from scratch. It can be a little time consuming and I've had a few not turn out so good, getting the right mix is definitely a skill.
The first thing I did when the sauces from Loyd Grossman arrived was look at the ingredients in the sauce, and to my surprise there wasn't one thing in the sauce that I wasn't familiar with.
Sometimes the sauces can have a lot of unnecessary extras. (E numbers and some other ingredients I can't even pronounce)
It was really simple, I used chicken breasts which I cooked for 4-5 minutes before adding the jar of sauce. I transferred curry to an oven proof dish and let it cook through in the oven, for me this enhances the flavour. I added some cherry tomatoes and half a teaspoon of chili powder only to give the sauce some heat, my husband and I love spicy food.
I added some cumin seeds to the rice as it boiled and some natural food colouring.
I also made sag aloo by boiling some potatoes, then frying them in the pan with some butter, garlic granules, curry powder and a little salt. Once the butter was absorbed I added 200g of spinach.
The sauce was great, although I didn't marinate the chicken as I usually would, it had a strong flavour that didn't have a powdered curry taste. Its was really fresh and fruity without being sweet. I will be picking up a few of these as a quick curry alternative.
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