I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook.

Inspired by chana saag

This is a really simple curry recipe that uses frozen spinach.

The Quick Lowdown:

• Ingredients: brown onion, ginger, garlic, chilies, butter, cumin seeds, garam masala, frozen spinach, salt and pepper, vegetable stock, coconut cream, cooked chickpeas, rice to serve
• Prep work: I only had to roughly chop the onion, garlic, ginger and chillies then I used my stick blender to puree them.
• Dirty dishes: chopping board, knife, stick blender and jug, saucepan
• Family-friendly: This is not very spicy so would be fine for a family
• Regular rotation worthy: Yes, it was easy and quick with good flavour.

---

Chana saag (or any leftover curry) fried rice

We had this dish the next night, using the leftover chana saag. It was very good and such a clever and tasty way to use up leftover curry. Recipe here.

The Quick Lowdown:

• Ingredients: eggs, ginger, cold rice, soy sauce, frozen peas, leftover Chana saag or other curry, green onions
• Prep work: I had to whisk up the eggs and chop the spring onions and ginger
• Dirty dishes: chopping board, knife, frypan, bowl
• Family-friendly: Definitely
• Regular rotation worthy: Yes. It would be interesting to see what it is like with a more saucy curry.

I often use fried rice to use up leftover bits and pieces in my fridge, but I’d never considered it a way to use up leftover curry. Do you make fried rice to use up leftovers? What kinds of things do you usually put in fried rice?