Cheater Cupboard Curry

Rating: Absolute beginner easy.

I am fulfilling Jon's promise of shorter prep time on food! A lot of people are sometimes intimidated at the prospect of cooking foods with a regional twist, but curry is seriously the easiest thing to make ever. This recipe calls for almost no skill in the kitchen - all you need is to be able to chop, squish, spoon, stir and wait about 20 minutes. I call it cheater cupboard curry because all the ingredients except the tofu can be found in the pantry, and because I use curry paste.

Cheater Cupboard Curry (serves 4-6)

1 red onion
1 clove of garlic
2 tbsp of vegetable oil
1 16 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 14 oz. can of lentils
1 lb of tofu (I used firm, you could use extra firm)
1-3 tbsp of curry paste (or you can make your own using cumin, garam masala, curry powder, pepper and salt and a little water)

1. Chop the red onion into slightly smaller than bite size pieces.
2. Mince the garlic.
3. Squish the tofu juice out of the tofu until it's dry-ish. Cube the tofu into bite size pieces.
4. Add the vegetable oil to a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Put onion and garlic into frying pan and cook until the onion is getting translucent (about a minute or two).
5. Add the tofu, and turn the heat down a little. Fry the tofu until it's brown on all sides. Remove from heat and take the tofu out. If you don't take the tofu out, it'll get really gross and soggy.
6. Return the pan to heat, this time adding the diced tomatoes to the onions and garlic. Stir in curry paste.
7. Add lentils, and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Return tofu to the curry, cover. Let simmer for another 5-10 minutes.

Serve with rice. Mmm, delicious.