South Indian Vegetable Curry

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I agree about the amount of stock...I only use about two cups. I also throw in some chicken thighs and use curry powder instead of all of the individual spices. Delish!

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Disappointing. This interesting recipe looked like it would have plenty of flavor and kick. It has neither. Won't make again.

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I hate it when people rate recipes they haven't made, but it's the only way to post a comment that I think might be helpful. I gave it the average rating it's earned to date so as not to distort things too much.
I think the quart of vegetable stock in the online recipe (and the American edition of Nigella Kitchen is a mistake in the conversion from the metric measurements in the UK edition. On the TV episode, Nigella says she's adding about HALF a liter of vegetable stock (and it's obvious watching her that she's not adding as much as a quart, plus a 14-oz. can of coconut milk, making a total of approximately a liter of liquid. A liter is just a bit more than an American quart; therefore, 2 cups of vegetable stock should be about right.

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I really enjoyed this curry, but I had to modify it. The quart of stock--like Mike, I question if that is the correct amount--made things too bland. I doubled the ginger, coriander, cumin, and tumeric--and next time I might double the chili flake, as it was not even a tiny big spicy--because I could barely taste them. I added two cloves of garlic to replace the flavored oil, but next time I'll add more. I took the first commenter's advice and traded tamarind and sugar for a tablespoon of honey. The addition of dill at the table was great, but you probably wouldn't miss it if you left it out. The result was a flavorful curry with a disappointing watery consistency, which I served over brown rice.

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Did you really mean a 'quart of stock'?

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This is some awesome curry. I used the leftovers that I had in the fridge, chicken stock instead of vegetable and some chicken chunks. I also didn't have any tamarind paste so I used honey instead and omitted the sugar, served the curry over rice and it was great. I highly recommend!