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Speedy British Steak Tikka & Cardamom Quinoa
If you never thought you could get a delicious dinner on the table in 15 minutes, think again. Holy Cow's range of speedy sauces have been slow-cooked for hours, leaving you to enjoy all the flavour without any of the hard work. Here, you'll serve perfectly cooked British Denver steaks over their flavourful Tikka Masala curry sauce, made using caramelised onions and freshly ground herbs & spices. Serve with fragrant quinoa, coated in an aromatic blend of spices.
High protein
Speedy Sauce
Serving size
Ingredients
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 80g quinoa (Quinoa 100%)
- 1 tsp nigella seeds
- 2 Denver steaks
- 80g greek style yoghurt (Milk)
- 1 midi cucumber
- ¾ tsp green cardamom powder (green cardamom powder)
- 20g baby spinach
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 250g delhi tikka masala curry sauce (Celery, Mustard, Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soya) (Onion (40%), Water, Tomato Paste (11%), Sunflower Oil, Melon Seeds, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Ground Spices (Paprika, Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Black Cardamom, Cumin Seeds, Coriander Seeds), Bengal Gram Flour, Salt, Coriander Leaves, Spice Extract.)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 691
Protein: 50g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 35g
Ingredients
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 Denver steak
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 20g baby spinach (use half)
- 1 tsp nigella seeds (use half)
- 80g quinoa (use half) (Quinoa 100%)
- 250g delhi tikka masala curry sauce (use half) (Celery, Mustard, Nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soya) (Onion (40%), Water, Tomato Paste (11%), Sunflower Oil, Melon Seeds, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Ground Spices (Paprika, Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Black Cardamom, Cumin Seeds, Coriander Seeds), Bengal Gram Flour, Salt, Coriander Leaves, Spice Extract.)
- 0.75 tsp green cardamom powder (use half) (green cardamom powder)
- 80g greek style yoghurt (use half) (Milk)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 685
Protein: 50g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 34g
Speedy British Steak Tikka & Cardamom Quinoa
If you never thought you could get a delicious dinner on the table in 15 minutes, think again. Holy Cow's range of speedy sauces have been slow-cooked for hours, leaving you to enjoy all the flavour without any of the hard work. Here, you'll serve perfectly cooked British Denver steaks over their flavourful Tikka Masala curry sauce, made using caramelised onions and freshly ground herbs & spices. Serve with fragrant quinoa, coated in an aromatic blend of spices.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, a grater, a sieve, a measuring jug & small bowl
Cook the quinoa
- Remove the steaks from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature. Season both sides with salt and pepper
- Add the quinoa to the saucepan and boil for 13-14 mins, until cooked, then drain
Get sizzlin'
- Meanwhile, heat the large frying pan with 1 tsp oil on high heat. Once hot, add the steaks and cook (as a guide: cook for 2-3 mins on each side for medium, or 3-4 mins for medium-well). Quickly sear the edges of the steaks. Leave to rest and cover to keep warm
Curry time
- Reheat the steak pan on medium heat. Once hot, add the tikka masala curry sauce, tomatoes and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person)
- Simmer for 4-5 mins, until thickened. Rinse the spinach, then stir into the pan for the last 1-2 mins, until wilted
Make the cucumber yoghurt & finish the quinoa
- Meanwhile, coarsely grate the cucumber. Place into the sieve and squeeze out the excess water
- Combine the cucumber, yoghurt and a generous pinch of salt in the small bowl
- Once the quinoa is cooked, reheat the empty saucepan with 1/2 tsp oil on medium heat
- Once hot, add the cardamom and cumin and cook for 30 secs, until fragrant. Remove from the heat and mix in the quinoa to coat in the spices. Season with a generous pinch of salt
Plate up
- Thinly slice the steaks against the grain
- Serve the curry sauce into bowls with the spiced quinoa, topped with the steaks. Finish with a dollop of cucumber yoghurt and a sprinkle of nigella seeds
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