Cook and freeze a vegan red lentil and potato curry from a ChatGPT recipe

Posted: Jun 3, 2026 by Karen Call (@VeganReignmaker)
Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
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Context: The poster runs AI marketing services for local businesses.

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Outcome

The poster asked ChatGPT for an authentic vegan Indian curry with potatoes, red lentils, coconut milk and tomatoes, followed the recipe with a few changes of their own (extra spices, red curry paste, ground cumin in place of seeds), and calls it the best Indian curry. They froze the leftovers in meal-prep containers with rice; the poster says they reheated well over several weeks and the family ate every one.

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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Write a recipe around the ingredients I name, suitable for cooking in bulk and freezing.

Fill in before running:
- Main ingredients: [INGREDIENTS]
- Dietary needs: [e.g. vegan]
- How many portions: [PORTIONS]
- Spice level: [HEAT]

Rules:
- List ingredients with amounts, then numbered steps.
- Suggest swaps for anything I might not have, such as whole versus ground spices.
- Add freezing and reheating instructions, and how long it keeps.
- Keep the steps doable on a weeknight.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: A full recipe with swaps and freezer notes.

You'll know it worked when: it tastes good fresh and still tastes good reheated from frozen.

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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Write a recipe around the ingredients I name, suitable for cooking in bulk and freezing.

Fill in before running:
- Main ingredients: [INGREDIENTS]
- Dietary needs: [e.g. vegan]
- How many portions: [PORTIONS]
- Spice level: [HEAT]

Rules:
- List ingredients with amounts, then numbered steps.
- Suggest swaps for anything I might not have, such as whole versus ground spices.
- Add freezing and reheating instructions, and how long it keeps.
- Keep the steps doable on a weeknight.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Point out any ingredient whose texture suffers in the freezer and how to handle it.

Output: A full recipe with swaps and freezer notes.

You'll know it worked when: it tastes good fresh and still tastes good reheated from frozen.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://x.com/VeganReignmaker/status/2062225729757012443

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