Apple Curry (without a pot)

I'll admit it straight up, this is not my recipe. It's from Simply Recipes and is a recipe for Green Apple Curry. But it's one of my favourites and I couldn't resist sharing it! I've made a few small modifications since I like my curries a little more spicy than the original :)

It's a really easy recipe that I can throw together on the weekend and then freeze it into meal sized portions. On top of that it's dairy free and vegetarian and you totally don't feel like you're eating something healthy at ALL! Excellent student food material!

On top of everything, when my super kitchen friendly flatmate moved out all the cooking paraphernalia went with her, so there went the nice large curry pot I used to borrow for these such occasions! What could I do??? Well, what ay student does when they're in a dilemma, call mom! So my mom was treated to a 8am Viber call in Canada where I was asking her how to substitute a pot. Lo and behold, a RICE COOKER!

Curry in a rice cooker!

Yes that is a picture of my wonderful lunch and dinner being made in a rice cooker! And it worked! Hey, if you can bake a cake in a rice cooker, curry should be fair game too! All you need to do is make sure the switch stays on 'COOK' and not just 'WARM'.

Ingredients

- 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil

- 4 large garlic cloves, smashed with the flat of your knife and roughly chopped

- 1/4 cup / 1 medium sized yellow onion

- 4 Tbsp. yellow curry powder (Or 1 Tbsp red curry powder)

- 2 Tbsp. water

- 1 tsp. butter

- 4 Granny Smith apples (cored, roughly chopped with the skin on)

- 1 tsp. Kosher salt

- 1 1/2 cups water

- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar

Method (this works for a por or a rice cooker)

1. Heat oil and sautee the garlic. Once browned, discard the garlic. 

2. Add the onions and cook until translucent. Meanwhile in a separate bowl mix the curry powder and 2 Tbsp. water to make a paste.

3. Once the onions are cooked, stir in the curry paste. Let bubble for about a minute before adding the butter.

4. Add the apples and salt and just enough water to cover the apples from the 1.5 cups water. Add the brown sugar.

5. Bring to a boil and then simmer uncovered for 30 mins. For a rice cooker, keep the setting on COOK until it starts to boil then change it to WARM to allow it to simmer. Don't cover it. I covered it and ended up overcooking my apples :(

6. If the mixture gets too thick, add more water. Enjoy eating with rice or bread :)