How Much Curry Sauce Per Person?

As a guide, allow 200 ml sauce of curry sauce per adult (normal appetite).

For a curry served with rice, a good guide is about 200ml of sauce per person — enough to coat everything generously without drowning the plate.

How much to make

• Light: ~150ml each
• Normal: ~200ml each
• Hungry: ~300ml each
• Child: ~120ml each

For a curry night for six, that’s a little over a litre of sauce. Curry is very forgiving here — it reheats and freezes beautifully, and most people are happy to have extra sauce for their rice or a naan to mop up — so making a bit more than the numbers suggest is always welcome.

How much curry sauce for 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 people

Portion sizes

• Light: 150 ml sauce per person
• Normal: 200 ml sauce per person
• Hungry: 300 ml sauce per person
• Child: 120 ml sauce per child

How this is worked out

For a curry served with rice, allow about 200ml of sauce per person — enough to coat the rice and any meat or veg generously. Scale up for a curry night where people want plenty to spoon over, and remember curry reheats and freezes well, so leftovers are no bad thing.