The Biryani was made with a Schwartz Chicken Biryani recipe mix with roasted spices (30g)..3.5 syns, I shopped at Tesco and bought it, it serves 4 so with the half a syn for the whole curry added, round it up to 4 syns making it 1syn per portion of Biryani and curry yummy!
You add an onion, chicken, rice, and frozen peas to the mix, instructions are on the back.
Vegetable Curry for Chicken Biryina
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Syns per Serving | Green - Syn Free / Original - ½ Syn
Servings | 4
Ingredients
- Fry Light
- ½ tsp black mustard seeds
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 2 curry leaves
- 1 green chilli, finely chopped
- 2.5cm (1 inch) piece root ginger, finely chopped
- 2tbsp curry powder
- 1 small cauliflower, broken into florets
- 1 large carrot, sliced thickly
- 113gm (4oz) French beans, cut into 2.5cm (1 inch) lengths
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- ¼ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 57gm (2oz) frozen peas, thawed (2 Syns Original)
- 142ml (¼ pint) vegetable stock, made with Vecon
- fresh curry leaves, to garnish
Method
1. Heat a large heavy-based saucepan sprayed with Fry Light and fry the mustard seeds and cumin seeds for 2 minutes until
they begin to splutter.
2. Add the onion and the curry leaves and fry for 5 minutes.
3. Add the chilli and ginger and fry for 2 minutes. Stir in the curry powder and fry for 3-4 minutes.
4. Add the cauliflower florets, sliced carrot and French beans and cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the turmeric, chilli powder,
salt and tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add the thawed peas and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
6. Add the stock. Cover and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 minutes until all the vegetables are tender.
We had it with a Tesco Finest MINI garlic and corriander naan bread, from a 4 pack, 8 syns each.