Food Fix: Curry in a Hurry!

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Need fast food in a flash? Follow our super-fast recipe for a mouth-watering dish full of eastern promise that is quick, cheap and kind to the hips!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 onion, thinly sliced (If you can't stand teary eyes, cheat like me and buy Waitrose multipack of chopped onions. Freeze what you don't use).
1 clove of garlic
2 teaspoons of dried ginger
1 teaspoon of dried chillies
200g can of chopped tomatoes
200g skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoon garam masala spice
3 tablespoon low fat yoghurt
Handful of chopped/torn coriander

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan/wok and add the sliced onion. Fry until the onion begins to colour slightly.
2. Add the crushed garlic, ginger and chilli to the pan and cook briefly.
3. Add the can of tomatoes and half a cup of water to the mix and bring to the boil.
4. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir in the chicken, the garam masala and cover. Increase the heat and cook for 6 minutes.
5. Reduce the heat and stir in the yoghurt slowly.
6. Lastly, sprinkle the curry with coriander and serve with warm chapattis and if you're brave - a pot of Lime pickle!

Cooking time: 15 minutes (let's face it, it's not the most labour-intensive task).
Meal cost: £3.38 per portion (cheaper than any curry I've ever ordered).
Serves: you and a friend (easy on the garlic if it's for that special someone).
Sense of achievement at cooking a meal from scratch: priceless!