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Dinner in a dash: 15 home-made curries that are quicker (and cheaper) than takeaway

These dishes all take the speedy spice route, whether you’re pining for pumpkin curry, chasing something with chicken or fancy fish. So chuck on a pan of rice and start the clock. These will all hit the spot when you need curry in a hurry.

14 recipes
This Thai-inspired green curry-flavoured chicken dish comes together quickly.
EASY

Grilled chicken with green curry butter

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
RecipeTin Eats’ Golden coconut pumpkin curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin curry

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Charred tandoori chicken wings with crunchy coconut potatoes.
EASY

Charred tandoori chicken wings with crunchy coconut potatoes

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Roasted red fish curry.
EASY

Roasted red fish curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Butter chicken.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s home-made butter chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Red curry barramundi.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s red curry barramundi

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw’s adaptable chicken curry.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s quick chicken curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This butter chicken-inspired dhal can be made vegetarian - just swap the stock and hold the shredded chook (pictured as a topping).
EASY

Butter chicken dhal

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Butter bean curry.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s butter bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Fresh ginger gives this vegan curry a nose-clearing kick.
EASY

Vegan red lentil, ginger and coconut curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Cheat’s korma curry with cauliflower and halloumi.
EASY

Cauli and halloumi korma curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Chickpea and potato curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Chana aloo (chickpea and potato curry)

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Tamarind and tomato chicken curry
EASY

Chicken curry with tamarind and tomato

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
EASY

Charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person’s raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink

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