Jamie Magazine
By Jamie Oliver
Jamie’s Christmas curry
With roasted cauliflower & aubergine
2 hrs 10 mins
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serves 6
About the recipe
It'll put fire in your belly and tick all the boxes on the pure enjoyment front, which is exactly what you want!
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Ingredients
1½ teaspoons fennel seeds
1½ teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
1 medium cauliflower
groundnut oil
15cm piece of ginger
9 cloves of garlic
20 finger aubergines
3 medium onions
2–3 fresh green chillies
1kg ripe tomatoes
1 cinnamon stick
150g cashews
100g coconut shavings
1 pomegranate
SPICE BLEND
1 teaspoon cardamom pods
2 teaspoons turmeric powder
3 dried Kashmiri red chillies
7 cloves
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
INDIAN TEMPEH
3 cloves of garlic
1 small handful of fresh curry leaves
1 tablespoon brown mustard seeds
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6.
- Using a pestle and mortar, grind the fennel and coriander seeds, and chilli flakes until fine.
- Place the cauliflower on a sheet of tin foil, rub in half of the ground spices and 1 tablespoon of oil, and season with sea salt and black pepper.
- Wrap the cauliflower in the foil, pop it on a roasting tray and bake for 30 minutes, or until tender, removing the foil for the last 15 minutes to give it a gnarly crust. Remove and set aside.
- Peel and finely grate the ginger and 6 cloves of garlic. In a bowl, combine two-thirds of the ginger, the grated garlic and the remaining half of the spice mixture.
- Make an incision in each aubergine with a small sharp knife, then rub the ginger mixture into each one, along with a drizzle of oil.
- Place the aubergines in a small roasting tray and cook in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until softened and starting to split. Set aside.
- Make your spice blend. Split the cardamom pods, add the seeds to a mortar with all the other ingredients, then grind well.
- Peel and finely chop the onions, then deseed and roughly chop the chillies and tomatoes, keeping them separate. Peel and finely slice the remaining 3 cloves of garlic.
- Place a large pan over a medium heat and toast the ground spices for 1 minute, or until aromatic.
- Stir in 1 tablespoon of oil, followed by the onions, green chillies, sliced garlic, and the remaining ginger. Cook for 10 minutes, or until the onion and garlic are softened and coloured.
- Add the tomatoes, cinnamon stick and 200ml of water and let it simmer over a low heat for 30 minutes.
- In a blender, blitz the cashews with 4 tablespoons of water until you have a smooth paste, then stir this into your curry. Cook for 5 minutes, or until thick and fragrant.
- For the tempeh, peel and finely slice the garlic, then add to a frying pan over a medium heat with a splash of oil, the curry leaves and mustard seeds.
- Fry for 1 minute, or until crisp, then drain on kitchen paper.
- Chop the roasted cauliflower into florets and stir into the curry along with the aubergines.
- Top the curry with the tempeh and shaved coconut. Halve the pomegranate and bash it, cut side down, with a wooden spoon so the seeds come tumbling out. Scatter the seeds over the curry, then serve with chapatis on the side.
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