Low Fat Version of the Meat Curry - 2 Syns

Meat curry - (Low fat version based on the 1946 curry recipe.)

Ingredients:
1 onion
1 apple
300-500g diced lean chicken, lamb or beef
4 tbsp dry instant mash
1 1/2 tbsp curry powder
1/2 tbsp mustard powder
3/4 pint of stock
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice (1/2 Syn)
Zest of one orange
1 tbsp sweetner

200g red lentils

1 tsp sliced almonds if liked (1 1/2 syns)

Method:
Fry the onion and apple in a pan for a few minutes until the onion starts to brown. Then add the meat. Fry lightly then remove the meat and put to one side. Then add the dry instant mash, curry powder and mustard powder to the apple and onion and stir until everything is coated. Then gradually add the stock, stirring as you go. Then add the vinegar, the orange juice, Zest and sweetner. Add the meat back in along with the lentils. Stir this all together. Let the mixture simmer for an 25 minutes stirring regularly (so the lentils don't stick and burn) and serve topped with almonds and served with rice.