Well it’s traditional making a Curry out of your Turkey leftovers, after all. That’s the last of our Turkey crown. There’s a Turkey thigh in the freezer but I suspect I might suffer a beating with it if I get it out any time soon!

Ingredients:-

450g of Cooked Turkey, roughly shredded
2 Onions, chopped
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
A Thumb of Ginger, grated
1 Bay Leaf
¼ Tsp of Salt
½ Tsp of Turmeric
2 Green Chilles, chopped
1 Tsp of Cumin Powder
1 Tsp of Cayenne Pepper
1 Tin of Tomatoes
1 Tbsp of Tomato Puree
½ Tsp of Spirit Vinegar
2 Tsp of Brown Sugar
The juice of a Lime
2 Tbsp of Cashew Nuts, ground
125Ml of Water
Oil to fry
Fresh Coriander, sliced Lime and Cashew Nuts to garnish

Method:-

(1) Heat the Oil in a large pan and add the Onions, Ginger, Bay Leaf, Salt and Turmeric.
(2) Fry until the Onion is golden brown.
(3) Add the Turkey and cover the meat in the Onion mixture.
(4) Add the Chillies, Cumin, Cayenne and stir well.
(5) Add the Tomatoes and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
(6) Stir in the Tomato Puree, Vinegar, Sugar and Lime juice.
(7) Add the Water and simmer for 10 minutes.
(8) Stir in the Cashew nut powder.
(9) Serve over Rice garnished with chopped Coriander, Lime slices and Cashew Nuts

So 6 serving for us humans, 3 dinners for Smooh the Cat and various sizeable scraps for the Foxes. Not bad going from our £5.01 yellow sticker Turkey. But we’re ready for something different now…..