Not a great day today. The missus stayed at home and made me do the housework with her. About half way through the morning I was wrestling with the vacuum cleaner and couldn't get it to switch on. Imagine the shame when I had to ask her how to turn on the vacuum. What a stoopid place to put the switch, next to the foot pedal?
Anyway, I decided to try and redeem myself by cooking up a decent curry
But it started off badly. I was aiming for a comfortable heat level for the missus, to try and schmooze her a bit. I stuck in some Thai Chili paste that we found while cleaning out the pantry, I'd forgotten just how hot it was.
So she comes into the kitchen about an hour into the cooking, and tries the curry. She pulls this face like she's eaten a bad scallop and starts whining. She's skullking around the kitchen with a face like a robber's dog, so I figure I better try and fix it. So I diced up a half of a sweet potato and dropped it in the curry. Voila, after about 20 minutes the sweet potato is cooked and some of the heat has gone, and I figure she can handle it.
Of course, she wouldn't admit that it was any better. She's still trying to make me feel bad about the vacuum cleaner incident.
Anyway....here's a good old chicken curry dish....I set the table and tried to make it all purty lookin...
Cooked the boneless / skinless chicken thighs on the grill, after marinating them for a couple hours in coriander powder, garam marsala, paprika, cilantro and thai chile paste.....
Made the Curry with plenty of fresh veggies.......tomato, onion, cilantro, red bell pepper, habanero, garlic etc....used my custom Indian powder blend which is like a kicked-up garam marsala.....I use cumin seeds, turmeric, corainder powder, cardomon pods, fenugreek leaves, hot chile powder, paprika, curry powder, black pepper, sea salt, methi seeds, mustard seeds....
Served with a basmati rice....I like to cook the rice with a half an onion, really picks up the onion flavor....otherwise I'm a real purist about my basmati...I just like to leave it alone...
Made a cucumber and yoghurt dipping sauce...used a good pinch of the hot spice blend, juice from a half of lime, cilantro, greek yoghurt, diced cucumber, salt and pepper....the nan bread was out of a packet...really good though
So I Like to take the nan bread, smear a layer of the cucumber sauce, add some lettuce, tomato, onion, red bell pepper, some of the grilled chicken, then kick it up with a ton of Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 which is brilliant...goes well with anything/everything!! I fold that puppy up like a gyro and stuff it in my face...yeah baby!!
So the strife won't admit anything is good, still sulking about the vacuum cleaner......I ask her what she thought of the curry and she say's "it's interesting".....anyone who says that about your food needs to be thrown out into the street, pronto. 'course ya can't do that with the strife 'cos she owns half yer pepper collection and hot sauce etc....
So I just played it down and ate humble pie (curry).
I had to laugh 'cos I took a picture of her empty plate, and though she left a bit of rice, you can clearly see the tongue marks going through my "interesting" curry sauce !! HA
So i figure I'm too stoopid to use a vacuum cleaner but I can knock together a decent curry.....which would you rather have, a clean carpet or a happy tummy??!!
Yeah baby
Anyway, I decided to try and redeem myself by cooking up a decent curry
But it started off badly. I was aiming for a comfortable heat level for the missus, to try and schmooze her a bit. I stuck in some Thai Chili paste that we found while cleaning out the pantry, I'd forgotten just how hot it was.
So she comes into the kitchen about an hour into the cooking, and tries the curry. She pulls this face like she's eaten a bad scallop and starts whining. She's skullking around the kitchen with a face like a robber's dog, so I figure I better try and fix it. So I diced up a half of a sweet potato and dropped it in the curry. Voila, after about 20 minutes the sweet potato is cooked and some of the heat has gone, and I figure she can handle it.
Of course, she wouldn't admit that it was any better. She's still trying to make me feel bad about the vacuum cleaner incident.
Anyway....here's a good old chicken curry dish....I set the table and tried to make it all purty lookin...
Cooked the boneless / skinless chicken thighs on the grill, after marinating them for a couple hours in coriander powder, garam marsala, paprika, cilantro and thai chile paste.....
Made the Curry with plenty of fresh veggies.......tomato, onion, cilantro, red bell pepper, habanero, garlic etc....used my custom Indian powder blend which is like a kicked-up garam marsala.....I use cumin seeds, turmeric, corainder powder, cardomon pods, fenugreek leaves, hot chile powder, paprika, curry powder, black pepper, sea salt, methi seeds, mustard seeds....
Served with a basmati rice....I like to cook the rice with a half an onion, really picks up the onion flavor....otherwise I'm a real purist about my basmati...I just like to leave it alone...
Made a cucumber and yoghurt dipping sauce...used a good pinch of the hot spice blend, juice from a half of lime, cilantro, greek yoghurt, diced cucumber, salt and pepper....the nan bread was out of a packet...really good though
So I Like to take the nan bread, smear a layer of the cucumber sauce, add some lettuce, tomato, onion, red bell pepper, some of the grilled chicken, then kick it up with a ton of Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 which is brilliant...goes well with anything/everything!! I fold that puppy up like a gyro and stuff it in my face...yeah baby!!
So the strife won't admit anything is good, still sulking about the vacuum cleaner......I ask her what she thought of the curry and she say's "it's interesting".....anyone who says that about your food needs to be thrown out into the street, pronto. 'course ya can't do that with the strife 'cos she owns half yer pepper collection and hot sauce etc....
So I just played it down and ate humble pie (curry).
I had to laugh 'cos I took a picture of her empty plate, and though she left a bit of rice, you can clearly see the tongue marks going through my "interesting" curry sauce !! HA
So i figure I'm too stoopid to use a vacuum cleaner but I can knock together a decent curry.....which would you rather have, a clean carpet or a happy tummy??!!
Yeah baby
