Keto Curry

Name: Keto Curry
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 (14 oz) cans unsweetened, full fat coconut milk or cream; 3 tablespoons red or green curry paste; 1 teaspoon fish sauce; 2 teaspoons lime juice; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 medium zucchini, diced; ½ red bell pepper, julienned

by KetoFocus.com

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Dairy Free One Pot

A simple keto curry recipe that you can pour over cauliflower rice and add your favorite vegetables and chicken for an easy keto chicken curry recipe. This low carb sauce will quickly become a meal prep favorite as you can pour it over anything!

curried vegetables over rice and topped with sliced basil leaves

brightly colored curry dinner on a plate with a fork

a plate of chicken curry over cauliflower rice with chopsticks

25 Mins

Nutrition Facts

Servings

218

Calories

20.1g

Fat

1.8g

Protein

5.2g

Net Carb

6.2g

Total Carbs

This low carb curry recipe is a game-changer for those who are using the keto diet. It adds so much flavor to all of your boring meat and vegetables. Not only that, but this Thai dish is also very easy to make and efficient, and by that, I mean that you reduce your wastage by using only a few ingredients. It’s a great way to add flavor to all the leftover vegetables or meats that are about ready to expire in your fridge. It is also a good dish for meal prepping, and curry can last for a long time in the refrigerator or the freezer.

a bamboo plate with a curry dish on it next to tea towels

My keto curry also is distinctively versatile, which means you can add your favorite keto vegetables like bell pepper, onion, broccoli, zucchini, asparagus, cauliflower. Or you could add your favorite meats like chicken or shrimp. This keto curry chicken is very delicious from the creamy coconut. And the mild note of heat from the curry paste. The level of spice is what makes this delightful dish perfect for the colder months of the year.

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What is curry?
Recipe Details
Similar recipes others love
Is curry keto friendly?
What's the difference between curry powder and curry paste?
Coconut milk or coconut cream?
Meal prep
Nutrition information: facts & macronutrients

What is curry?

Curry first made its first appearance in India but got distributed to many other Asian countries throughout the same period by traders and people who left India. Curry got referred to as “Kari” in India, and it wasn’t until many thousands of years later that the term had changed to the word we know today.

Curry has been made out of an array of herbs, spices and binding ingredients, such as tomatoes and coconut for years. Murraya koenigii is the infamous curry tree. The leaves and the seeds gets used for most curry nowadays due to its intense curry flavor.

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Curry Sauce Ingredients

2 (14 oz) cans unsweetened, full fat coconut milk or cream
3 tablespoons red or green curry paste
1 teaspoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons lime juice
½ teaspoon salt
1 medium zucchini, diced
½ red bell pepper, julienned

Keto Curry Directions

STEP

1

Reduce the coconut milk

Add one can of coconut milk to a sauce pan. Heat over medium-high heat until the coconut milk boils. Continue cooking at a medium boil until the milk has reduced by ⅓ or ½.
STEP

2

Add curry paste

Stir in curry paste and mix until incorporated.
STEP

3

Add more coconut milk

Add in the second can of coconut milk. Bring to boil and let cook until the sauce is thickened (about 5-10 minutes).
STEP

4

Add more flavor and vegetables

Stir in fish sauce, lime juice, salt and zucchini. Let cook for 2 minutes. Add in bell pepper and cook for 1 minute. Serve over cauliflower rice and add chicken to make keto chicken curry.

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Is curry keto friendly?

When it comes to low carbs, my curry recipe is the best you’ll get with only 5 grams of net carbs per serving. Many curry pastes and powders do contain carbs. The one used in this recipe has 3 grams of net carbs per tablespoon; however, in my keto curry chicken recipe, I use very little curry paste that it doesn’t contribute much carbs per serving.

a plate of red curry sauce over cauliflower rice and vegetables next to some tea

What's the difference between curry powder and curry paste?

When it comes to telling apart curry powder to curry paste, the first thing you’ll notice is the physical difference. Powdered curry is typically a golden yellow-orange color, while curry paste can be red, green, or yellow. Another difference is, of course, the consistency.

While curry powder contains no moisture and is quite dry to touch, paste has a large amount of water and have a texture that can range from smooth, chunky to thick. In most cases, you’ll have to add oil or water to the curry powder. Otherwise, it quickly burns the spices and herbs.

I used red curry paste in this recipe. But, if you have only powder available, you can add a couple of teaspoons of the curry powder as a substitute.

Red vs green curry paste

The difference between red and green curry paste is quite different, from the color of the paste, the heat, to the flavor. Of course, red curry paste has a more intense kick of heat due to being made out of dry red chiles and other ingredients such as turmeric and lemongrass.

Green curry paste has a more subtle heat to it as the paste get made from green chiles. And other spices and herbs such as coriander.

Both red and green curry paste works perfectly with this curry recipe.

red curry sauce over a bed of cauliflower rice and brightly colored vegetables

Coconut milk or coconut cream?

Run out of coconut milk for the recipe? You can always use coconut cream. Of course, cream is a lot thicker than the milk. The cream will provide you with a thick keto curry. You won’t have to boil it down as much. It also has a lower carb count and higher fat count so that may be a benefit to using coconut cream. It still will have the same flavor and won’t affect the heat of the curry.

Meal prep

My recipe is perfect for meal prepping and will save you a lot of time throughout your busy week because you this keto curry can get refrigerated or you can freeze it. You can freeze your low carb curry sauce for up to 3 months. This delicious curry sauce can get use to mix up your meals throughout the week.

Perhaps try to experiment with some meals with different proteins such as chicken to make keto chicken curry or shrimp. Try pouring the curry sauce over some zucchini noodles or even cauliflower rice.

Nutritional information & Macros

Amount Per Serving
Calories	218
Fat	20.1g
Protein	1.8g
Total Carbs	6.2g
Net Carbs	5.2g

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