free curry recipes

Stirfried crab with curry powder

2007-10-20T04:21:00.000-07:00

I love seafood very much. I think there are many people out there loving seafood the same as me. Our menu today is my favorite seafood dish at all time. Every member in my family loves this menu especially my grandmother. However, we don't cook this menu so often at home because crab is quite expensive back home.

Stir Fried Crab with Curry Powder is one of the most popular Thai food. You can find this menu in every restaurant in Thailand. It is so easy to cook. Usually, we cook this menu with whole crab chopped in pieces. However, somebody finds that it is difficult to eat crab with its hard shell. Alternatively, you can use crab meat or mixed seafood instead of whole crab. The taste is still great, I guarantee. Okay, let's get started now.

Ingredients

1 whole crab (5oo grams) , chopped for 3 or 4 pieces
6 tablespoon of cooking oil
5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 egg
1 green onion (cut into short pieces/1 inch long each)
1 onion (cut into small pieces)
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon curry powder

Preparation

1. Beat an egg in a bowl
2. Put oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, curry powder into the bowl that we already beat an egg. Stir or beat again until all ingredients getting along
3. Put cooking oil in a pan (medium heat)
4. Put garlic in a pan, stir fried for 2 minutes
5. Put crab in a pan, stir fried for 4 minutes or until it is cooked
6. Put sauce that we prepare in a bowl into a pan, then green onion and onion. Stir fried for another 2 minute.

Now you are done. Try it. You will love this menu like I do. If you don't like to eat crab with the hard shell. You can use crab meat or mixed seafood as well. It is easier to eat and to cook. Well, I have to go now. Enjoy your meal.

See you next time.

Joe Sitthiosoth is an average Joe who is passionate about Thai food and Thai cooking. He travels the world, makes new friend and shows them how wonderful Thai food is. His article comes from his real experience during his journey. You can read more from here http://EasyThaiCookingByJoe.blogspot.com

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Two chicken curry recipes

2007-10-17T00:53:00.000-07:00

There are hundreds of curry chicken recipes from every nation which has the generic "curry" in its cuisine. However, most people think of Indian curry when they think of a curry chicken recipe, so here's a very simple one to start you off.

Basic Curry Chicken Recipe

4 chicken pieces (leg, breast or thigh (make that 8)) or 500g (1 lb) of chicken cubes from thigh or breast
Vegetable oil for frying
Large onion, peeled and chopped
Tin chopped tomatoes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 inch fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
2 tbsp ground cumin
2 tbsp ground coriander
½ tsp turmeric
2 fresh green chillies, chopped or 1 - 2 tsp chilli powder
Salt to taste

Heat the oil in a heavy pan and fry the chicken pieces or cubes until lightly browned. Drain and remove from the pan. Add more oil if necessary and fry the onion until golden. Add the garlic and ginger and stir for a minute then the cumin, coriander, turmeric and chilli and stir for 2 minutes. If you don't want the curry to be too hot, remove the seeds from the chillies before adding or leave them whole.

Add the tin of tomatoes and salt to taste. If the mixture seems too dry, add a little water then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30 to 40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.

As with any curry, this one improves with freezing or keeping for 24 hours.

There must be thousands of Chinese chicken recipes but perhaps fewer Chinese chicken recipes than stir fry and so on. Here's one that's very simple to do.

Chinese Chicken Recipe

500g (1 lb) cubed chicken breast
Vegetable oil for frying
1 onion, peeled and sliced vertically (i.e. from root to stalk)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp curry powder
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water
Salt to taste
250ml water

Heat the oil in a saucepan or wok, fry chicken until light brown then remove from the pan and drain. Add more oil if needed and fry the onions until golden then add the garlic and curry powder and fry for 2 minutes

Add soy sauce and water then cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. Stir in cornflour and water mixture and bring to the boil, stirring until thickened. Check seasoning and add salt if needed.

You can include carrots, broccoli, mushrooms or other vegetables of choice to this curry by stir frying them until nearly tender, prior to frying the onions.

As well as India and China, Malaysia and Thailand feature chicken curry recipes in their cuisine. In Thailand, green chicken curry is probably the best known and in Malaysia, Kari Ayam which includes potatoes, coconut milk and star anise amongst the "normal" ingredients of curry powder, garlic and ginger.

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Tandoori chicken

2007-10-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

TANDOORI CHICKEN
Ingredients:
6 pieces Thawed chicken, skinned
2 tsp Ground Coriander
2 tsp Masala (Tandoori paste is available)
Red pepper powder
Dash Garlic powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Ground jeera
Soy sauce (or yogurt needed only if tandoori masala is used)

Method
If you are using the ready made tandoori paste then life is a lot easier. Replace all occurrences of masala and soy sauce (or yogurt) with the tandoori paste. Take the chicken and make deep cuts in it (so that the Masalas seeps in quickly). If you are using soy sauce as the base, put some on the chicken pieces and let it seep in the cuts. Rub in the Masalas as a mixture or one at a time. The idea is to let the Masalas seep in the cuts with the soy sauce. You can leave it for little while to seep in. If you are using yogurt, you'll get a more authentic taste since the original TC is after all marinated in it. In this case, mix the Masalas in the yogurt first and then rub the stuff into the chicken cuts as before. The yogurt tends to leave a considerable amount of water behind. DON'T THROW THIS AWAY. Let it evaporate in the oven with the chicken. This will keep the pieces from getting dry if over-cooked. Cook the chicken until it starts turning brown and the cuts you made start "expanding."

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Shiitake onion pakura

2007-10-05T08:19:00.000-07:00

When I've got a craving for a snack with a high mouth feel and belly satisfaction level, I like to have either Japanese-style tempura fritters or East Indian-style pakora fritters (link below). But being the kind of foodie that I am, I often enjoy cross-cultural world cuisine hybrid recipes. I lucked out one day with a great snack combo: shiitake onion "pakura "(pakora/tempura).

They're easy to make, but require a deep fryer and hot oil for best results. (As always, be careful around hot oil. Minimize your distractions.) If you prefer, you can use a heavy cast iron frying pan and shallow fry the fritters. However, they will be denser, so you won't get the light, fluffy but crispy texture. But they're still tasty being pan-fried.

Ingredients

4 parts besan (aka chickpea flour, chana flour, or gram flour). (You can find chickpea/ gram flour in Italian markets, and besan/ chana in East/West Indian and Pakistani markets. Some large supermarkets will also have it in their international section. If you cannot find besan, grind up dried chickpeas in a coffee/ spice grinder.)
1 part tapioca starch or tempura mix (preferred).
Salt + pepper to taste.
Red pepper flake [optional].
1-2 parts water. The amount of water will vary. You want to form a paste that's not too runny. It has to be able to bind the mushroom and onion filling, and stay together in the oil.
1 small onion, sliced into thin slivers and pieces separated.
4-8 canned shiitake mushrooms, sliced very thinly into strips. (If you want more texture, you could also use "wood ear" or "black fungus". It's available in many Asian markets in dried form. Rehydrate a few pieces in a bowl of warm water for 1 hour. Rinse, then cut into thin strips.)
Preparation
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly with a spoon or fork.
Slowly add water until a paste, slightly thicker than pancake batter, starts to form.
Add the sliced onion and shiitake pieces and mix thoroughly.
Heat oil in some safe (heavy) pot or deep fryer. (If you're using a cast-iron frying pan, just shallow fry in about a 1/4 inch of oil.)
Carefully drop in a spoonful of batter at a time. Don't have too many fritters going in each batch, else the oil's temperature will drop, causing the fritters to absorb oil and become greasy.
Fry 2-3 minutes one side, then turn over fritters using a slotted spoon and fry 1-2 minutes on the other. (While the fritters should be golden brown, keep in mind that chickpea flour is very high in protein, burns easily, and stinks when it does so. If possible, try to remove the tiny pieces of loose fried batter as soon as they are cooked or they will burn. If you are using a deep fryer, this might be a bit difficult. It's recommended that you fry the fritters in a heavy stockpot, if you don't have a proper deep fryer and don't want to use a frying pan. The alternative is to not make the batter too watery. This means you have to cook the fritters a bit longer, as they will be thicker.)
Drain on paper towel (kitchen paper).
Presentation Serve with a mixture of hot and/or sweet sauces, including chutneys, sambal oelek (hot chili paste), sriracha (smooth chili paste), plum sauce, sour cream, or onion dip.

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Indian snack food

2007-10-03T11:34:00.000-07:00

Indian children love the Khomcha-Wallah. He wanders the streets, the busier the better, basket of goodies on his head and a cane stool under his arm. When he encounters a likely crowd he sets down his basket on the stool and starts to trade. The basket will contain the half-prepared ingredients of what is known in northern India as chaat - savoury snacks from traditional Hindu cuisine - which may be served in a banana leaf bowl.

One item might be Aloo Chaat which is fried, golden-brown potato cubes tossed with chilli powder, roasted cumin powder and chaat masala**.

Another, Dhai Baras which are split-pea patties. They will be already fried and softened in warm water. To complete the dish the Khomcha-Wallah may add beaten, creamy plain yoghurt with salt on top, and a choice of spice mixes. One mixture will be aromatic and probably contain roasted cumin, black pepper and dried mango powder, another will be hot a fiery with chillies, another sweet and sour like tamarind chutney.

Some Indian cities have become renowned for a certain sort of chaat - Jaipur for Paapri Chaat (similar to Dhai Baras but served with cubed potatoes chick peas) and Mumbai for Pau Bahji (spicy potato and vegetable curry served in a bun) but it is Delhi which is the chaat capital of India.

Some other chaats are:

Aloo Samosa - little pastry triangles filled with a spicy mixture of small diced potatoes and peas with chillies, chilli powder, fresh coriander, cumin and garam masala.

Keema Samosa - similar to above but including minced beef or lamb.

Aloo Tikki - mashed potato mixed with peas, cumin powder, corn flour, chilli powder and salt, formed into patties and fried until crisp and golden.

Tandoori Chicken Chaat - Tandoori chicken, shredded and mixed with diced green mango, onions, green chillies, coriander leaves and chaat masala**, dressed with lemon juice, oil and chilli powder.

**Chaat Masala is a spice mix made by combining the following ingredients.

4 tsp powdered dried mango

3 tsp cumin seeds, roasted and ground

3 tsp salt

½ tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp garam masala

1 tsp coriander seeds, roasted and ground

½ tsp ground ginger

½ tsp fennel seeds, roasted and ground (optional)

¼ tsp cayenne pepper

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Raksha bandhan recipes

2007-10-01T11:06:00.000-07:00

Raksha Bandhan , also known as Rakhi, is an ancient Indian festival that continues to this day. Its an occasion replete in customs and folklores. On this day sisters tie bands around their brother’s wrist to pray for the safety, success and long life of the brothers. Brothers on their part vow to protect their sisters from all evils. Its also celebrates the deep bonding between a brother and a sister. Its an expression of affection, trust and understanding.

No wonder on this day the sisters love to cook up nice dishes for their brothers. After the band is tied the sister treats the brother to some lip smacking dishes while the brother presents the sister with gifts. Different dishes are cooked on raksha bandhan all over India. Some prefer their own recipes. Here are a few recipes to try out this Raksha Bandhan.

Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:

3 cups Rice cooked with 1 tbsp butter/ghee
1/2 cup thick Tamarind extract
3 tbsp Channa Dal
1 tbsp grated Ginger
2 level tsp Red Chili powder
1 level tsp Turmeric powder
6 Green Chilies slit in two
4 dry Chilies
Curry Leaves - few
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
Salt to Taste

Directions:

Heat vegetable oil till hot. Add chana dal, dry chillies, curry leaves, green chillies and fry until the Dal is golden brown. Now, add the salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, grated ginger and stir for a few minutes on a low flame. Don't let the turmeric and chili powder burn. Boil for 15-20 minutes till the quantity reduces to half and the mixture becomes thick. Put the cooked rice in a dish, add the prepared mixture and required quantity of the Tamarind extract. Mix to the rice and stir well. Keep covered until ready to serve.

Alu paratha

Ingredients:

125 grams plain flour (sifted)
mashed potatoes and chopped onions
60 grams butter
cold water
1 tablespoon readymade horseradish cream
oil to fry

Directions:

Make soft dough with 15 grams of butter and the flour. Soften it with enough water while mixing it. Divide the dough into as many balls as you require. Roll them out into circular or triangular shapes (like you do for chapattis). Fry the chopped onions till light brown, add the mashed potatoes in it and stir-fry for a minute or two. Spread this mixture on the face of the paratha. Then pour the horseradish cream evenly on it. Cover this paratha with another one to make a single thick paratha. Melt the rest of the butter in the pan and lightly fry each of these in low heat.

Samosas

Ingredients:

500 grams boiled potatoes (cut into small cubes)

60 grams ghee
1 small chopped onion
2 green chilies, seeds removed and finely chopped
1 teaspoon ‘garam masala’ (an Indian spice including dried mixture of cinnamon, green cardamom, clove)
oil for deep frying

Directions:

Sauté boiled potatoes, chillies and onion in ghee for about 3 minutes. Mix the ‘garam masala’ well with it. Make small chapattis and put the mixture in it. Shape up the chapatti into a cone and seal the edges with water. Fry these in hot oil until golden brown. Your hot samosas on the Raksha Bandhan recipe list are ready to be savored.

Malpua

Ingredients:

1 litre Milk
1/4 cup Maida
1/3 cup Suji
Ghee
Water

Directions:
Boil the milk till it reduces to 1/2 its quantity. Roast the rava till light brown. Add to the milk along with maida. Ensure that tha maida doesn’t form lumps. It should be a smooth pouring consistency. Heat the ghee. Take the batter in a glass. Pour in circular movements into the ghee to form a small pan cake. Turn over. Take care that it does not become crisp and hard. Make a sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency. Dip the malpua in the syrup and lay out on a plate.

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Three okra recipes

2007-09-28T12:31:00.000-07:00

Although okra is used in eastern Mediterranean and Arab countries, usually in stews and in the USA, breaded and fried, it is in Indian cuisine that it is best known. Called bhindi in Hindi, ladies fingers should be about the size of the ring finger of a small woman; any larger and they will be too tough and hairy to use.

Okra is very versatile and can be stuffed, steamed, curried and fried, but here are a few suggestions for tasty dishes.

Fried Okra

Serves 4 as a side dish

300g okra, cut into pieces
1 medium onion, finely sliced
3 tbsp oil
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp garam masala
2 green chillies, split
Lemon juice
Salt

Heat the oil and fry the onion over a medium heat until lightly browned. Add all the powdered spices and continue frying for a couple of minutes. Add the okra, lemon juice and salt to taste. Mix well, cover and cook for another five minutes until the okra is cooked but still firm.

Okra Curry

Serves 4 as a main or 6-8 as a side dish

500g okra, cut into 2cm pieces
500g potatoes
4 tomatoes, chopped
3 onions chopped
25g root ginger
2 cloves garlic
3 green chillies, halved
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp oil for frying
Salt

Peel the potatoes and either par boil and cut into 2cm dice, or leave raw and cut to about 1cm by 2cm.

Peel the root ginger and the garlic and make into a paste with a little water. You can use a small food processor or just elbow grease and a pestle and mortar if you prefer.

Heat the oil in a heavy pan and add the cumin seeds. Have a lid handy as these may spit. Add the onions, the green chillies, the garlic and ginger paste and fry until the onions are lightly browned. Add the tomatoes, coriander, turmeric, chilli powder, potatoes and ladies fingers, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are done.

Crispy Okra

Serves 6-8 people as a side dish

Oil for frying
500g okra, cut lengthwise into thin strips
1 small onion
2 small tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 tbsp chaat masala (see spice mix below)
Lemon juice
Salt
A large bunch of coriander leaves

To make the chaat masala dry roast 1 tbsp coriander seeds, 1 small dried red chilli,1 tbsp cumin seeds and 2 tbsp black pepper corns. Grind to a powder and mix with 1 tbsp dried mango powder. Store in a small airtight jar.

Deep fry the okra in small batches until crisp and drain on kitchen paper. Toss with the onion, tomato and coriander leaves. Squeeze over the lemon juice and season to taste with the chaat masala spice mix and salt.

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coconut chicken curry

2007-09-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1 1/2 tb curry powder
1 cn coconut milk (about 16 oz) chicken stock or water
1 garlic clove minced
1 green pepper cut in strips
1 md onion chopped
2 tb vegetable oil
4 chicken breasts, boned skinned & cut in 1 dice
4 md potatoes peeled cut in 1 dice

In a large casserole, sauté onion in oil until softened. Add green pepper and garlic and sauté 2 minutes. Add curry powder and sauté 1 minute. Add chicken, potatoes, coconut milk, salt to taste and enough stock or water to cover. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

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Hot and spicy chick peas

2007-09-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Makes 2 servings in 45 minutes
VEGETABLES / Asian (India) / Side Dish / Stove / No marinating

Much of the Indian population is vegetarian, and they enjoy the most extensive vegetable dishes in the world. This is not only because of the predominant Hindu religion with its respect for all living creatures. Also feeding 1 billion Indian people nowadays can be done much more efficiently by growing vegetables in stead of animals. Last but not least: when a refrigerator is not available, it is much easier to use up small portions of vegetables, in stead of having to slaughter and store 1 big animal.

For vegetarian dishes, you will notice that each Indian region has distinct cooking techniques and flavoring principles to prepare them.

You have probably also noticed that there are many, many "curry"-recipes. Actually "Kari" is the Tamil (one of the many languages spoken in India) translation for the English word "sauce". And "curry" is the western way of pronouncing this word.

Before coming to Malaysia, my simple western recipe for using chick peas was to add them in thick soups... Since Malaysia is the melting pot of all Asian cuisines, I notice that there are as much chick pea curry recipes as that there are people here.

Here is one of them: a home-cooked chick pea curry recipe from my Indian friend Ssussi. She uses a lot of fresh ingredients and her recipe takes a bit more of your time than expected for such a simple yet delicious dish.

INGREDIENTS

* 1 can of chick peas (15 1/2 Oz; 439 gr)
* 1 medium onion, finely chopped
* 1 teaspoon ginger, finely chopped
* 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
* 1 green chilly, finely chopped
* 2 medium well ripened tomatoes, seeded and chopped
* 1 tablespoon fresh coriander chopped
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 10 g vegetable oil

* Spices:
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tea spoon "garam masala"
- salt to taste

PREPARATION

1. Drain chick peas, reserving the liquid.

2. Cook the onions, ginger garlic, chilies and turmeric in the vegetable oil until golden and softened.

3. Add the tomatoes and cook to soften, then add the ground coriander and chick peas.

4. Cook for 10 minutes, add the reserved liquid and cook a further 10 minutes.

5. Add "garam masala", lemon juice and stir in the fresh coriander. Cook gently for 2-3 minutes, adding more liquid, if needed, to make a sauce.

Serve with "naan bread", "chapati" or as a side dish.

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Thai green curry (chicken)

2007-09-23T07:42:00.000-07:00

When I fist visited Thailand I was captivated by the country, I found that curries soon became a definite favourite meal for me! One curry in particular was the green curry.

Serves 4-5

1 lb of chicken breast
2 teaspoon of light soy sauce
2 teaspoon of rice wine (if you have it)
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
2 teaspoon of corn flour
2 tablespoon of groundnut oil
3 shallots fine chopped
3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
2 cm ginger (chopped)
3 tablespoons of green curry paste
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
1 red chilli
1 whole lime (sliced into 4)
Half a block of coconut
Two cartons of concentrate coconut milk
2 teaspoon of sugar
Large basil plant leaves
15 baby corns

1. Cut the chicken into chunks and combine in a bowl with: soy sauce, rice wine, sesame oil, and the corn flour. Mix well and let stand for about 40 min.

2. Heat the wok or pan with the ground nut oil in, add the chicken with some of the chopped garlic and stir fry for about 3 min or until the chicken is just done.

3. When done transfer the contents of the wok to a colander to drain the excess oil.

4. While the chicken is draining add a little more nut oil to the wok along with the shallots, garlic and ginger and chilli, stir-fry for about 3 min.

5. Then add the curry paste along with the rest of the ingredients, (except the basil leaves), bring to the boil and then simmer for a while until sweet corn softens.

6. Return the chicken to the wok for about 3 min and stir in the basil, remove limes.

There you have it! A Thai green curry fit for a king.

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Three vegetable curries

2007-09-22T03:21:00.000-07:00

A flavorful, mild curry powder or curry paste, or a bottled curry sauce, makes just about any combination of vegetables into a gourmet meal. Try these recipes and then experiment with your own favorite vegetables, whole grains and beans. Serve the curry over cooked whole grains. If you like, serve the curry with small dishes of your choice of -- mango chutney, hot lime pickle, chopped salted peanuts (or my favorite, the small Spanish peanuts), lime wedges, shredded coconut, sliced bananas, chopped cucumber, plain yogurt. Each diner can dress up the curry with their own selection of condiments.

Green Bean-Potato Curry
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons curry powder
pinch cayenne, or to taste
3 cups bouillon
6 medium potatoes, cut in bite-size pieces
1 28-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes, chopped
3 cups green beans (fresh or frozen) in 1" pieces
1 bunch green onions, sliced thin
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Cooked brown rice, barley or other whole grains of your choice

Bring the onion, garlic, spices, bouillon and potatoes to a boil and simmer 30-40 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Add the tomatoes, beans and spring onions and cook 5-10 minutes more, or until the beans are just crisp-tender. Serve over cooked whole grains.

4-6 servings

Mushroom Mix Curry
4 medium red potatoes, cut in chunks
2 cups bouillon
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon mild curry powder
1 teaspoon grated fresh gingerroot
pinch cayenne, to taste
1 16-ounce bag frozen pepper-onion mix
1 16-ounce bag frozen corn-black bean mix
1/2 pound button mushrooms, quartered if large
1/2 pound portobello mushrooms, cut in chunks
Cooked brown rice, barley or other whole grains of your choice

Cooked barley or other whole grains of your choice Bring the potatoes, bouillon and seasonings to a boil in a large pot. Reduce the heat and simmer 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are just tender. Add the frozen vegetables and mushrooms; return to boiling, then reduce the heat and simmer 5-10 minutes. Add more bouillon if the mixture seems too dry. Serve over cooked whole grains.

4-6 servings

Any Vegetable Curry
2 onions, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 cup bouillon
1 tablespoon curry powder
pinch cayenne, to taste
6-8 cups vegetables (choose at least two and as many as you like, such as potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, zucchini, yellow squash, etc.), cut in bite-size pieces
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 can chick peas, undrained
1 cup yogurt
Cooked brown rice, barley or other whole grains of your choice
Lime wedges
Bottled mango chutney

Cook onions, green pepper and spices in the bouillon to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the longer-cooking vegetables (potatoes, carrots, etc.), return the pot to boiling, reduce the heat and simmer 10-15 minutes. Add the shorter-cooking vegetables, raisins and chickpeas and cook 5-10 minutes more, or until all the vegetables are tender. Just before serving, stir in the yogurt. Serve over whole grains, accompanied by the lime wedges and chutney.

6-8 servings

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Shrimp curry salad with cashews

2007-09-21T05:02:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

4-cups Boston lettuce, cut into bite size pieces
1-cup Sweet peas, frozen
12-ounces Shrimp (frozen, cooked, peeled & deveined, thawed, Drained and remove tails.)
2-stalks Celery, sliced
1¼-cups Shoestring potatoes, canned
½-cups Cashews, chopped

Curry Dressing

(See recipe below)

Instructions:

Cook and drain peas according to directions on package; rinse with cold water and drain. Make Curry Dressing; set aside.

Combine peas, shrimp, lettuce, celery, and dressing; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for three hours to let flavors blend. Just before serving stir in shoestring potatoes and cashews; divide into four plates and serve.

Ingredients & Instructions for Curry Dressing:

½-cup Mayonnaise or sour cream
2-tablespoons Lemon juice
1-tablespoon Milk
1-teaspoon Curry powder
⅛-teaspoon Lemon pepper

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl; makes about ¾ cup of dressing.

Serves 4

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Chicken curry recipes

2007-09-20T04:24:00.000-07:00

These chicken curry recipes are easy, quick and delicious. Just check these out and I'm sure you'll be amazingly surprised.

So put your hat on and get ready for some quick easy chicken curry recipes:

>> Curry Chicken Casserole

4 c Chicken - chopped up not too small
2 pk 10oz. frozen broccoli cooked and cut in halves OR
2 bn Fresh broccoli
1/2 t Salt & pepper
2 cn 10oz. cream of chicken soup
1 c Mayonnaise
1/2 c Cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 c Soft bread crumbs
1 t Curry powder
1 t Lemon juice
1 T Melted butter

Use cooked chicken (or better yet cook some up fresh). Place cooked broccoli and then chopped chicken in a large casserole. Mix together soup, mayonnaise, curry powder, lemon juice, salt & pepper. Pour over the chicken and top with cheese. Toss bread crumbs in melted butter and sprinkle over the top.

>> Chicken Curry

4 skinless boneless chicken breast about 7 oz. each
15 to 16 oz.can garbnzo beans rinsed/drained
1 small onion thinly sliced
1 small red bell pepper chopped
1 cup snap pea pods
9 ounce jar mango chutney
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder (to 2 tsp. to taste)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 cups hot cooked rice

Layer chicken, beans, onion, bell pepper and pea pods in 3 1/2-4 quart crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients except rice; pour over mixture in slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 6-7 hours or until vegetables are tender and juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Serve over rice. Serve with condiments such as: shredded coconut, chopped peanuts, lime soaked banana slices, raisins and grated eggs.

Makes 4 servings.

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Bengali red dal curry

2007-09-19T04:49:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Gourmet Indian Recipe Series. Today is the spicy dish that has eyes, your mouth and forehead watering and sweating with excitement, the Bengali Red Dal Curry.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups red lentils, 3 1/2 cups water, 6 serrano chilies (or 3 jalepeno) either whole or sliced in quarters, 1/4 tsp. turmeric to taste, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 4 tbsp. ghee butter or vegetable oil, 1 cup minced onions, 1 cup chopped tomatoes, 1 tbsp. grated fresh ginger, 2 tbsp. ghee or vegetable oil, 1 tbsp. panch phanon mix, 4 dried small red chilies, 1-3 cloves garlic

Method:
1. Rinse lentils well, add water, serrano chilies, turmeric and salt.
2. Bring carefully to boil and cook over low to medium heat, partially covered, for 25 minutes.
3. Cover and cook another 10 minutes. Adjust salt.
4. While lentils are cooking, cook onions in a frying pan in the oil until they are golden brown (approximately 10 minutes), stirring constantly.
5. Add tomatoes and ginger and continue cooking until the tomatoes decompose into a delicious and fragrant mush (approximately 8 minutes.)
6. Stir constantly so that tomato mixture doesn't stick. Turn heat to low if necessary.
7. Scrape out this mush into the lentils and stir it in. Let lentils sit while you make the spiced oil.
8. Do a quick rinse of the frying pan, without soap, and dry thoroughly.
9. Add the remaining 2 tbsp. oil and heat over medium high heat. When oil is hot add panch phanon mix and heat until the seeds begin to pop, about 15 seconds.
10. Add red chilies and fry for another 15 seconds, until they turn a little darker.
11. Turn off heat and add the crushed garlic and let sizzle for about 30 seconds. Stir this mixture into the lentil/tomato mixture and serve with rice. Adjust salt. BON APÉTIT.....

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Indian vegetable curry

2007-09-17T04:09:00.000-07:00

Indian recipes are very authentic and at times spicy in taste. But what really adds to its taste is, its spices and condiments which are used in abundant quantity while preparing Indian curries : Here are two recipes of Indian vegetable curry:

Indian vegetable curry:

The required ingredients are:

2 large ripe healthy tomatoes
4 cups water or top water of boiled dal (stock)
2 whole red chillies
1 stalk curry leaves
1 tiny sprig mint leaves
1 tiny sprig coriander leaves
1-2 flakes garlic grated
2-3 pinches clove-cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp. sambar masala
8-10 peppercorns
1 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
2 pinches asafoetida
1 marble sized ball of jaggery or 1/2 tsp. sugar
1 small strip tamarind
1 tbsp. ghee or oil
salt to taste

Method for making:

Put whole tomatoes in boiling water, simmer for 3 minutes, keep aside for 5 minutes. Heat 1/4 tsp. oil in a small pan, add pepper corns and 1 tsp. cumin seeds. Roast till aromatic, grind in a mortar or under a stone till powdered. Keep aside. Remove tomatoes from water, peel away the broken skin.

Grate or mash till fine. To the thick pulp, add roasted whole chillies, all leaves, all masalas, salt, tamarind, jaggery and mash well either with hand or with a hand blender. The ingredients should have blended well into the pulp. Take in a deep pan, add stock or water. Heat ghee in a small pan, add mustard and remaining cumin seeds, asafoetida and allow to splutter. Add garlic and stir, add carefully to the rasam. Bring to a boil, check spices and salt and adjust. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Keep aside covered for 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot as a soup or with steaming hot plain rice and papads. Making time: 30 minutes Makes: 5 servings. Shelf life: Best fresh and hot; though masala pulp may be frozen and used later.

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Madras shrimp curry

2007-09-16T08:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Gourmet Indian Recipe Series. Today is the spicy dish that you thought would never happen.... 2 of your favourite ingredients and dishes combined into One Taste Sensation.....Madras Shrimp Curry

Seafood dishes are prominent along the coastline of India, where the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian Ocean offer rich bounties of fish and shellfish. Jungle areas of India offer mangoes, guava, papaya, bananas, and coconuts. However the use of shrimps or prawns, depending on which part of the world you hail from, is relatively new and untired in many ways given the unique texture and taste of it. However this particular not only expertly combines them it offers a rare treat for your mouth that is unlikely to be matched.

Ingredients: 3 tbsp. canola oil, 1 medium onion coarsely chopped, 1 tbsp. fresh ginger grated & peeled, 1 1/2 tsp. garlic minced, 1 1/2 tbsp. Madras curry powder, 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk, 1 cup chicken stock or low sodium chicken broth, 1 1/2 lb. medium shrimp shelled and deveined, salt to taste, cayenne pepper, 2 tbsp. mint finely chopped, 1/2 tsp. lemon zest finely grated, steamed rice for serving

Method:

1. Heat oil in a large, deep skillet until shimmering.

2. Add onion and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and just beginning to brown (about 7 minutes).

3. Add ginger, garlic and curry and cook, stirring, until fragrant (about 2 minutes).

4. Add coconut milk and stock and simmer over medium heat until reduced by 1/3 and thickened (about 8 minutes).

5. Add shrimp, season with salt and cayenne and simmer over medium heat until the shrimp are pink and cooked through (about 5 minutes).

6. Stir in the mint and lemon zest and serve in deep bowls over steamed rice.

BON APÉTIT.....

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Lamb Dhansak

2007-09-15T05:47:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Gourmet Indian Recipe Series. Today we bring you the curry that everybody is talking about all over the world, Lamb Dhansak Curry!

Ingredients: 500g diced lamb, 1 tsp. cumin seeds, 1 tsp. coriander seeds, 1 tsp. fennel seeds, 4 cardomom pods, 2" cinnamon stick, ½ tbsp. black peppercorns, 2 bay leaves, ½ tsp. black mustard seeds, 1 dried habanero chilli, 75g green lentils, 75g red lentils, 1 tsp. turmeric, ¼ tsp. ground fenugreek, 1 tbsp. HP sauce, 1 tbsp. Geeta’s pineapple chutney, ½ tbsp. brown sugar, 1 pint (550 ml) brown stuff, 1 pint (550 ml) water, 2 tbsp. finely chopped fresh coriander, 2 tsp. garam masala, 2 tbsp. ghee for frying

Method:

1. Grind the whole spices and chilli together.

2. Thoroughly coat the meat with the spices and leave to marinade for at least a couple of hours (preferably overnight in the fridge).

3. Heat half the ghee in a large saucepan and add the ground spice and lentils.

4. Fry for 2 minutes.Add the brown stuff & water and season with salt. Bring to the boil, cover and gently simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to make sure it doesn’t stick.

5. Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil or ghee in a large pan – it must be very hot.

6. Add your lamb in batches (it will spit everywhere so take care) and turn in the fat to brown it.

7. Remove from the heat once the lamb is well browned.

8. When the lentils are ready (they should be quite soft) add the meat, HP sauce, chutney and sugar.

9. Cover and simmer for a further 30 minutes. Add a little more water to loosen as required.

10. Mix in the garam masala, and remove from the heat.

11. Just before serving, stir in the chopped fresh coriander.

(serves 4 people)

BON APÉTIT.....

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Aromatic beef curry

2007-09-14T06:02:00.000-07:00

Aromatic Beef Curry
A beef stew of a different kind is the following aromatic curry.

Ingredients
25ml each butter and oil
2 large onions, sliced
2 tart apples, peeled and diced
15ml curry powder
2 cloves garlic, crushed
5ml each turmeric, ground cinnamon and cumin
750g boneless beef chuck, cubed
7ml salt
50ml mild chutney
25ml brown vinegar
15ml brown sugar
200ml tomato puree
250ml water
2 bay leaves
125ml coconut
100ml sultanas
Cream (optional)

Method
Heat butter and oil and fry onions and apples. Add curry powder, garlic, spices and beef. When browned, turn off the heat and stir in remaining ingredients, except sultanas. Spoon into a large baking dish and bake, covered, at 160ºC for 1 hour 30 minutes. Add more water and stock if necessary, and the sultanas. Cover and bake for 30 minutes longer or until very tender. If using, swirl in cream just before serving.

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Rice noodles with prawn and asparagus

2007-09-13T04:29:00.000-07:00

Serves 3 - 4

225 g/ 8 oz rice noodles

2 tbs vegetable oil

2 or 3 garlic cloves

1 green bird chilli, seeded and finely chopped

125 g/ 4 oz thin asparagus (heads intact, stalks chopped into 1cm/ ½ inch pieces)

1 tbs Thai green curry paste

1 stalk lemon grass (outer layer removed and chopped fine)

4 kaffir lime leaves, finely chopped

3 tbs Thai fish sauce

2 tsp sugar (palm sugar)

225 g/ 8 oz small, cooked, peeled shrimp (prawns)

Method

Soak the rice noodles in boiling water for the time specified on the packet while preparing the sauce. Drain.

Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Add the garlic and as soon as it starts to turn golden, add the chillies, then the green curry paste, stirring constantly.

When the curry paste starts to smell fragrant, throw in the asparagus and keep stirring for another minute or two. Once the asparagus turn a brighter green and begin to soften, add the lime leaves, Thai sauce and sugar.

Add the prawns and cook stirring for a minute or so, until the prawns heat up and the asparagus are cooked through but still slightly crisp under your teeth.

Now, throw in the noodles and keep tossing and turning everything until the noodles are impregnated with all the flavours of the sauce.

Turn into a serving dish and either serve immediately, or serve later at room temperature.

This dish is delicious hot and possibly even better the next day at room temperature. If you ever want to curry favour with a loved one by providing him/her with a delicious lunch box, you can be sure of doing so with this noodle dish.

Note: There are different qualities of rice noodles, just as there are different qualities of pasta. If you are fortunate enough to have the choice, experiment with different brands until you come up with one that you particularly like.

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Malaysian vegetable curry

2007-09-12T05:06:00.000-07:00

Curry is a popular spicy dish here in Malaysia, enjoyed by people of all races. Malays are known for their "dry" curry like rendang, while Indians have a "wetter" variant that tastes equally great (and hot!).

However, most people have a misconception that usually only meat is cooked with curry. Actually, there's a lesser-known dish that uses vegetables to cook a curry dish.

Ingredients
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1. 300g cauliflower, cut into flowerets
2. 200g long beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
3. 250g turnips, sliced
4. 1 carrot, sliced
5. 50g cloud ears, soaked and washed
6. 3 packets of fresh young corn, sliced in half
7. 50g of dong fen (Very thin Mung bean starch noodles), soaked and cut into short lengths
8. 1 tin of button mushrooms
9. 500g coconut meat, mixed with 3 cups of water to make coconut milk
10. salt and sugar to taste
11. half a cup of oil

Ingredients for curry
======================

1. 2 stalks lemon grass
2. 30g of galangal
3. 100g of ginger
4. 20g of tumeric roots
5. 1 piece of tumeric leaf
6. 50g chillies
7. 30g of dried chillies

Instructions
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1. Ground the ingredients for the curry into a paste.

2. Heat the oil and fry the curry ingredients until it is fragrant and the oil seperates from the sauce.

3. Add in the coconut milk and bring it to a boil. Then, add cauliflower, long beans, turnips, carrots and mushrooms.

4. When the vegetables are slightly tender, add in the cloud ears, young corn and dong fen. Allow it to simmer for 10 minutes.

5. Add sugar and salt to personal taste.

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Spicy lamb curry

2007-09-11T11:55:00.000-07:00

Spicy Lamb Curry

This is based on a traditional Malay curry, not hot, but full of interesting flavours.

Ingredients
25ml oil
2-3 large onions, sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
15ml curry powder
10ml turmeric
10ml ground coriander
5ml ground cumin
1 stick cinnamon
1 knob root in ginger, peeled and crushed in garlic press
4 cardamom pods, split
2 bay leaves
3 whole cloves
1-1,2kg sliced shoulder of lamb
3 tomatoes, skinned and chopped
10ml salt
5ml sugar
200ml hot water or stock

Method
Heat oil in large saucepan and brown onions. Add garlic, curry powder, turmeric, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom pods, bay leaves and cloves and fry for a few minutes, stirring and taking care not to scorch. Remove most of the fat from the lamb but do not slice off the bone. Add to pan and when coated with curry mixture add tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer very slowly, stirring occasionally, for about 1 hour 30 minutes, or until tender. You shouldn’t need to add more liquid, or have to thicken the rich gravy. Remove whole spices and serve with rice and sambals. Serves 4-5.

Note
Sambals range from diced pawpaw to poppadoms but the simplest (and most popular) are: desiccated coconut, chutney, cucumbers in yoghurt or sour cream, sliced bananas and sweet pickles.

Butternut Bredie

This delicious, spicy stew is slightly different from the traditional bredie, which uses mutton breast, neck or rib. Furthermore, this bredie is baked, instead of simmered on the stove, and requires little attention.

Ingredients
750g chump chops (weight after trimming)
25ml flour
5ml salt
10ml ground coriander
5ml turmeric
25ml oil
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
125ml stock or water
10ml brown vinegar
750g butternut squash (weight before peeling)
7ml ground cinnamon
Pinch ground cloves
5ml ground ginger
15ml brown sugar

Method
Preheat oven to 160ºC. Having removed excess fat from chops, slice into fairly large pieces. Mix flour with salt, coriander and turmeric and dust meat on both sides. Heat oil in large frying pan and brown meat lightly over medium heat to prevent scorching. Remove to 30 x 20cm baking dish. Add dash more oil to frying pan if necessary and add onions and garlic. Cover the pan and allow to sweat gently. Add to lamb, pour stock over, sprinkle with vinegar, cover and bake for 45 minutes. Peel butternut and cut into smallish dice. Mix spices with sugar and shake cubes in this mixture until coated. Add to lamb, stir to mix, then return to oven and bake, covered, for 1 hour, stirring twice and adding a little more stock or water if necessary to ensure a rich gravy. Serves 4.

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Free curry recipes

2007-09-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome to free curry recipes.