Tonight I’ve made a lentil curry. I was going to do saag aloo but realised I’d cooked the lentils ready yesterday. This dish is about 6 portions and full price would cost approx £2.00. I got some reduced items so it cost me approx £1.10.
Rice-six portions priced at 4p for 100g portion-nice and filling. You could stretch it to 8 portions if you needed to. That would bring it in at 29p per portion including rice.
Ingredients and Method
- Mushrooms (as many as you wish) about 150g-mine were reduced
- 2 onions chopped. Mine was reduced
- saute onions and sliced mushrooms
- Add about 4 teaspoons curry powder(Asda big bag)
- Cook for about 4 mins
- Add two chopped chillies or a teaspoon chilli flakes or a teaspoon chilli powder
- Add 100g cooked lentils-I use Home Bargains ones-89p per 500g
- Add garlic to taste-about 4 cloves minced or some granules
- 2 stock cubes of your choice-I use Sainsbury basics
- 2 tins tomatoes-Home Bargains often have them at 25p. Mine were 30p each.
- 1/4 tube tomato puree-I get mine in Aldi (about 37p a tube)
- I’ve priced everything full price so it can be replicated.
- Value rice from Aldi Asda or wherever at 40p per kilo.
As I don’t actually need to eat this cheaply I’ve portioned it into 6 portions.
Each portion weighs 307g without the rice so larger than your average ready meal.
The cost of 6 portions is 38p per portion
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