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Perfect partners: 21 sides that turn a simple curry into a feast

Take curry night up a notch or two with these flavourful side dishes and accompaniments.

21 recipes
Adam Liaw’s tomato, onion and cucumber raita.
EASY

Tomato, onion and cucumber raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s onion bhajis.

Onion bhajis

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Cherry tomato katchumber.
EASY

Cherry tomato kachumber

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw’s kachumber.
EASY

Kachumber

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Serve this sambal alongside a curry.
EASY

Caramelised onion sambal

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
An Indian-inspired snack of spice roasted potatoes, chickpeas and mint yoghurt.
EASY

Kind-of roasted potato chaat with mint yoghurt and crisp chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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A great little pickle to give as a gift or pack for a picnic.
EASY

Easy piccalilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Dan Lepard
Light and steamy: Devotees of cauliflower rice say it's heaven for those who can't eat grains.
EASY

Indian-spiced cauliflower rice

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Yoghurt naan.
EASY

Yoghurt naan

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
How to make garlic naan (Blue Ducks' recipe).

Barbecued garlic naan

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
One-pot mango chutney.
EASY

Quick one-pot mango chutney

  • < 30 mins
Kheema rice.
EASY

Kheema rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Tomato kasundi.
EASY

Kasundi (tomato relish)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Frank Camorra
This fresh salad goes well with Jill's Indian-inspired pawn cocktail.
EASY

Kachumber and pomegranate salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Green mango chutney.
EASY

Green mango chutney

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
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Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
EASY

Charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person's raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Slice the kernels into the chaat or eat the corn straight off the cob - you choose.

Corn chaat with tomato and tamarind chutney

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Carrot and coriander pilaf.
EASY

Carrot and coriander pilaf

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Jeera aloo.
EASY

Jeera aloo

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This butter chicken-inspired dhal can be made vegetarian - just swap the stock and hold the shredded chook (pictured as a topping).
EASY

Butter chicken dhal

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
The Blue Ducks' mixed-grain dhal is a convenient and healthy mid-week dinner recipe.
EASY

Mixed grain dhal

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy