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This is the meal I had last night:
Julian's awesome potatoes
2 large white potatoes peeled
1 sweet potatoe or yam (whichever is orange) peeled
2 cloves garlic
salt and pepper
1 cup oil
hot pepper flakes
powdered or minced ginger
Cut up 2 large white potatoes into 2x3x1 rectangles (approxamitely)- just don't make them too small or too big- keep them a bit bigger than home fries say.
Cut up 1 large sweet potato horizontally, to about 1/2" to 1" thickness in a potato chip shape
Heat 1 cup oil up in a wok and add the potatoes. Then switch the heat down to low- crush 2 cloves of garlic overtop, very liberally sprinkle with hot pepper flakes, and put a little bit of ginger on it.
Keep the potatoes on low and mix occasionally until the rest of the meal starts getting done, then you can turn it up and brown them a bit.
Spiced Honey Cream sauce stuff-
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp honey
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ginger
mix all ingredients til well blended- add more spices or cream to taste
Basil coriander rice-
a chunk of butter
X rice
2X water
2 tsp to 2 tbsp of basil (you be the judge)
2 tsp to 2 tbsp of fresh crushed, ground, or if you're lazy like me whole coriander
add all ingredients together in a deep pan, keep a well fitting lid for that pan to the side (no holes in the lid). Put stove on high until it begins to boil, then switch to low and cover the pan with the lid. Check on it in 10-15 minutes, it should be done or be getting near done. It should be moist but not overly wet.
last night I reheated some curry, but here is a quick curry similar to the one I made
Quick curry:
1 onion skinned and chopped
1 carrot peeled and chopped (into long thin pieces)
1 potato peeled and chopped (into small pieces)
1 chopped fresh tomato
1 can pureed tomatoes
garam masala
red pepper flakes
turmeric (or paprika if no tumeric is available)
crushed coriander
fresh grated ginger
seeded green peppers chopped
some lamb or chicken- boneless and cut into medium- small chunks (ground lamb works too) somewhere between 1 and 2 pounds
1 cup yogurt
brown vegetables (potato, carrots, and onions) in vegetable oil or better yet- ghee
add garam masala, turmeric, crushed coriander, and ginger- about 1 tbsp crushed coriander, 1 tbsp garam masala, 1 tsp turmeric, and 1/2 tsp ginger
add meat and peppers- then brown them
add 8-16 oz of pureed tomato (less if you have less meat, more if you have more) and fresh tomato (there should be enough pureed tomatoes to simmer the meat in)
spoon by spoon add the yogurt and slowly mix it in
simmer and cover for 15-20 minutes
(once the tomatoes get hot, take a taste of it and see if it needs anything- more spices, etc)
SERVE:
Rice on one side of the plate, curry on other, potatoes in the middle- yogurt to one side of the meat, and drizzle some of the cream sauce over the potatoes.
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