Red Rus Chavel -- A curry-like sauce to go on rice (low cal)
This makes enough food for 4 with some to spare. The sauce on its own without any rice, fish, or eggs is 66 calories per serving
This is a Parsi dish, usually served with halibut or another white fish (which I can't get locally, so I usually have mine with hard boiled eggs). This is supposed to be served on a bed of rice, but I love it so much I sometimes eat it like a thick soup.
Ingredients
1 can Crushed Tomatoes or 4 tomatoes choppped fine
1/2 can tomato paste
1/2 bunch cilantro (about 5 stems) chopped
4 green chillies (I use thai dragon)
2 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
2 onions, chopped
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/3 tsp turmeric powder
8-12 curry leaves
1/4 cup Sweet Chili Sauce (Thai) or 1/8 cup sugar
1/8 cup Red Wine vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
Directions
- Stir fry onions in olive oil until light brown
- Add garlic, and fry a bit more
- Add cilantro, fry a bit more
- Add chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric
- Add tomatoes, cover and simmer a bit
- Add a splash of Red wine vinegar (I'd guess 1/8 cup)
- Add a big splash of Sweet Thai Chilli sauce (I'd guess 1/4 cup), the half can of tomato paste, curry leaves
- Add some water (about 1 cup, maybe 1.5 if it's really thick)
- Simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally so that it doesn't burn on the bottom. Add water as needed, it should be a watery curry. Taste it as you add the water to make sure you don't dilute too much.
- Oh, and Salt! Add salt as needed.
- If you would like it with fish, add the fish and simmer for 7 minutes or so.
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