Curries can also be made a day ahead, so are a great way to feed a crowd. Make one or two the day before and relieve some of the stress. Or, better still, divvy up the duties and get each guest to bring their favourite to share.
Here are some suggestions to get you started. Serve with accompaniments such as green tomato or mango chutney from Urban Forager and a bowl of Brownes Dairy Greek yoghurt (add chopped cucumber and onion, a little lemon juice and a dash of cumin for a quick raita). Add some naan or roti bread and you have the makings of a wonderful night in.
When you’re pushed for time, it’s hard to go past this super-easy vegetable curry. It takes about 10 minutes to chop up the ingredients – including fresh carrot, pumpkin and mushrooms – and only slightly more to cook them all. It may be short on cook time but it’s big on flavour, and you can change the vegies according to taste.
If you have an air fryer, this yellow curry is sure to impress even the non-vegetarians. A whole cauliflower, par cooked, is rubbed with a jar of Turban Chopsticks yellow curry paste and cooked until golden. Garnished with coconut flakes and coriander leaves, it looks a treat, too.
Introduce your guests to a new kitchen favourite with this chicken curry. Alongside all the spices you might expect, including turmeric, ginger and cumin, comes a teaspoon of black lime chilli powder. Produced in the Wheatbelt by Australian Black Limes, Australia’s first producer and cultivator of black limes, it’s a real flavour burst.
This mango chicken curry also uses local ingredients in interesting ways and takes no time to prepare. Made with Bannister Downs Dairy’s Mango Smoothie, everything is popped into the slow cooker and left to cook low and slow. choose your favourite red curry paste,
Laksa may be considered more a soup than a curry, but this chickpea and pumpkin beauty is laden with all the curry flavours, including coconut cream. It’s given an extra kick with Bluey Zarzov’s Hotsauce, so there’s plenty of heat for those who like their spice.
No matter how you (or your guests) like your curry, there is bound to be one to suit – from India to Thailand, Japan to Sri Lanka and many places in between, we are spoilt for choice. So gather some friends, get them to make one of their choosing, and settle in for curry night. It might just become a regular thing.
