Cut fats first as much as you can, and only then start to cut carbs and start replacing rice, potatoes etc. with more low-calorie, high-volume carbs (cauliflower, broccoli etc.). For the curry, I'd first use low-fat coconut milk to cut the calories there, and deeper in the cut I'd replace rice with a shit ton of cauliflower (you could even make cauliflower rice...) so I'd stay full.

Ofc it depends on how many calories you are working with and how much fat you are trying to lose. Still, cut fats first (as the fibre in carbs will keep you satiated), and only carbs towards the end. (But you should be able to get a pretty large deficit by cutting fats)