Creamy Curry?

Lately, its my new favorite dish (Curry Vegetable Rice Bowl topped w/ raisins and chutney)... I have it at least once or twice a week.

I thought it was a healthier choice (being a new curry eater haha), but I just began thinking.. uh-oh what exactly is in this dish?
Its probably super high cals! And the restaurant that offers this doesn't have nutrition values or ingredient lists.

Its got a light yellow colour... its definitely got a cream base to it.... is it coconut milk? or cream? or butter?

Any guesses/ideas/takes to this dish? I'm not super familiar w/ curry and Indian food. (Its not authentic Indian)

There most definitely is coconut milk in there. I'd eat it sparingly, if I were you :) What you can do though, is make it yourself, and substitute the coconut milk with either skim evaporated milk or yoghurt.

ive made it using fat free plain yogurt and it comes very yummy.

I bet your restaurant is North Indian & it's creamy because of ghee (clarified butter) & dairy (cream & buttermilk). I bet there is even ghee in their rice.

Southern Indian cuisine is rare to find. There is only one traditional South Indian restaurant in Seattle. I doubt you have one where you live. It's much fresher. I love the book Samayal. It has delicious recipes for dishes & condimants. Super delicious.

It's not hard to replicate North Indian curries. Use vegetable oil instead of ghee, evaporated milk instead of cream, lite buttermilk instead of full fat & tofu instead of paneer.

Lite coconut milk is ok, but I prefer premium. You can dilute it with broth to make a nice curry, but like I said the restaurant you like is probably North Indian dairy laden cream/butter/yuminess.

 

Its sounds similar to my favorite dish...vegetable korma...yummy!!!  My favorite Indian place makes it, and I am sure there is ghee and cream in it!!! sigh but it is such a good treat once in a while!!:-)  And there are plenty recipes that substitue online.