woke up on sunday feeling slightly on the heavy side. everyone around is falling ill and i feel helpless but that wasn't going to stop me from making sunday lunch. so the menu for the day was rice pilaf, moghul chicken curry with cucumber and mint riata. my dad needed to feel good again so lunch with him and the family was the only way to perk him up. nothing's better than cranking up the stereo to jimi's hits and cooking with a bottle of heiny...
moghul chicken curry
whole chicken, chopped
3 tbsp curry powder, make paste by mixing some water
6 cloves
6 cardammoms
4 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks
2 tbsp cashew nuts
2 tbsp raisins/sultanas
1/2 can of tomato paste
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
potatoes (additional)
1. fry onions and garlic til soft
2.cook the cloves, cardammoms, star anise and cinnamon together with the onion.
3.once the fragrant of the spices fills the air (you may start salivating as well), pour in the paste.
4. let the paste cook for 2 mins, stirring constantly.
5. pour the tomato paste and add some water and make gravy out of the mixture.
6. let the mixture boil and add chicken. you can add the potatoes too.
7. after 15 mins, add the cashew and raisins. place the lid on and let cook for another 20 mins or so, or until chicken is cooked. add salt to taste
8. voila, you should be done by now
rice pilaf
1 chopped onion
3 cloves
3 crushed/semi crushed cardamom
1 cinnamon stick
2 tbsp cumin seeds
2 1/2 cups of Basmathi rice
4 cups of chicken stock
1. Fry onions with the spices
2. mix rice into the pot, together with the onions and spices
3. add stock and let cook for 15 mins or so
cucumber riata
1 whole cucumber, the inner/seed part removed and then chopped
1 cup of plain yoghurt
2 sprigs of mint leaves, minced
salt
1. all you need to do is mix all the ingredients together and you'll have a very minty and refreshing dish.
cooking can be so utterly and uberly therapeutic...!
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