Leftover Easter Meat and Vegetable Curry

2# cooked chicken and beef

½ lg. purple onion

3c chopped celery

2T avocado oil

⅓c dried fried garlic

1-2T fresh ground garlic sea salt

1-2T good quality curry powder

1c water

1T sugar

8 oz. coconut milk

Cut the meat into small cubes and slice the vegetables into a 3 quart pot.  Add the oil, stir and simmer.  Cover and let it simmer-saute 5 minutes or so, checking on it and stirring to keep it from burning.  Add the remaining ingredients in the first group.  Simmer covered for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking and burning.  It will be thick.  Once the coconut milk is added, that will thin it out.  Simmer until the celery is tender.  Stir in the coconut milk and serve.  This turned out so flavorful and wonderful! . . . Lin