M has to go on course today and so I get to eat things I normally can't eat when she's around. Today, its chicken curry, the really spicy kind that i love. M can't handle the spice. D visited today to make use of the internet and so I cooked a huge pot of chicken curry and we had it with prata that he bought from the shops near his place. Its really dirt cheap 99p for a packet of 5 frozen prata and it doesn't taste half bad. It amazing when i came over to the UK seven years, it was practically impossible to buy it here. Now its everywhere, even in Asda. Since M isn't around and I suck at taking photographs, something D has constantly reminded me, I got D to take it for me. You be the judge, whether its alright. [M: The photo is actually quite good.]
Anyway, my chicken curry is probably the Chinese kind in that I fry diced shallots with sambal chilli, then add in chicken marinated with salt and curry powder. Fry it for a while till you see the oil released from the chicken. Add in potato chunks which have been fried with some salt. Mix it all together. Add water and simmer till the chicken is cooked. Pour in some coconut milk and season. Serve with nice fluffy crispy prata. Oh, D cooked the prata and he can actually flip the prata up and down on the frying pan. I keep expecting him to drop it on my kitchen floor. Luckily, he didn't.
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In Scandinavia, they love their smoked herring, which I don't fancy that much. But it gives you more reason to go over to Stockholm, eh?
The next time you cook curry, try substituting plain yoghurt with coconut milk (healthier) or if you are into spicy, don't add any milk at all...cook it a bit longer, it will still have a nice consistency. Also, try adding in some mustard seeds when you fry the onions and chilli paste, makes the curry fragrant. Just some fusion Indian-Chinese curry suggestions. :)
oh...for the nice consistency without the milk, also try boiling the potatos (instead of frying them) and dumping the potatos (half soft) and the water used to boil them into the curry (dont add so much water in the beginning la). The starch gives a good consistency too.
i think i shall cook me some curry soon. :)
Heh i tried them all, milk, yoghurt even coffeemate mixed with water when I didn't have any coconut milk or milk. Still, the best of them all is coconut milk. Of course, for health considerations, I normally use milk. The mustard seeds idea is intriguing, i will try it one day if I happen to get my hands on mustard seeds.
I prefer frying my potatoes as I don't want it to dissolve into the curry. Heh, I have even tried roasting the potatoes first before adding them to the curry.
Going to cook pork ribs curry next week.
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