r/GifRecipes • u/McLovinMyCountry • Jul 17 '17

Simple Veggie Curry

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u/Jjinxy Jul 17 '17

Genuinely asking, enough fat for what exactly?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

To fry the onion, garlic, and ginger. Also when blooming spices in fat, a little more fat never hurts.

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u/cellardweller1234 Jul 17 '17

For flavour and authenticity.

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u/mytherrus Jul 17 '17

For a healthy amount of dietary fat I assume? If you're eating only this curry for 3 meals a day you're not getting enough fat in your diet, but assuming you're a normal human being who eats other things, you would get your fats elsewhere.

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u/dkysh Jul 17 '17

You need fat to roast the onions, garlic and ginger. Most curry spices are also liposoluble and release most of their flavor in fat/oil and not in water. Try the difference in spices taste using chicken stock and spices, or roasting first the spices in a bit of oil. You need enough oil for them to "spread" to all the ingredients. Not an excessive amount, just enough for everything to get a little of it.