I finally took the plunge and bought curry paste. The outcome was
delicious, easy and fast - a good candidate for 30 Minute Meals!

To begin with, I cut the recipe in half and there's enough leftover
for another serving. I used thigh meat instead of breast and I'm glad
I did because I think white meat would have been too dry. I had a
long, skinny sweet potato, so I cut it into "generous" half inch coins
and cut them in half again so the pieces looked like half moons (they
took only 10 minutes to cook). I think the curry flavor could have
been stronger, so I'm doubling it next time. I added 1 medium-sized
onion cut in eights (cut in half and quarter each half). I didn't
have red lentils, but I had orange - so I used them instead. I don't
know what the purpose of adding lentils was supposed to be. To
thicken the sauce? IMO, the finished sauce was too thin. Although
the recipe didn't say to do it, I covered the dish while it simmered.
Maybe the sauce would have been thicker if I'd left the cover off but
I wanted the potatoes to cook. I need to work on that part, so curry
cooking tips are welcome.

Here is the recipe that inspired dinner tonight (the conversions are
my own notes). It was served on a bed of white rice.

Chicken, Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1...-coconut-curry

Serves 2-4

Ingredients

1 tbs sunflower oil (I used canola)
2 tsp mild curry paste
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-size pieces
(I used thigh)
2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
4 tbs red split lentils
300ml chicken stock (1.5 cups)
400ml can coconut milk (14 oz can)
175g frozen peas (3/4 cup)


Directions

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok, stir in the curry paste and
fry for 1 minute. Add the chicken, sweet potatoes and lentils and
stir to coat in the paste, and then pour in the stock and coconut
milk. Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 15 minutes.

Tip in the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 4-5
minutes.

Season to taste before serving.

http://oi53.tinypic.com/w16a2t.jpg

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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:43:31 -0800, sf > wrote:

>I finally took the plunge and bought curry paste. The outcome...

.... looks like puke.
>
>http://oi53.tinypic.com/w16a2t.jpg

WTF didn't you photograph the dish including the plate or even the
pot... now yoose know the value of presentation, because that looks
precisely like you zoomed in on the contents of an emesis basin. There
is definitely something wrong with the visual aspects portion of your
brain, along with your other areas of brain damage.

A normal brained person would have plated that food over a bed of rice
using a slotted spoon, including only a small quantity of that pukey
sauce. Do us all a big favor, shitcan your camera.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message > ... looks like puke.
>>
>>http://oi53.tinypic.com/w16a2t.jpg
> >
> A normal brained person would have plated that food over a bed of rice
> using a slotted spoon, including only a small quantity of that pukey
> sauce. Do us all a big favor, shitcan your camera.

I also would have served over a bed of rice. But who knows?? Maybe the
sauce was real tasty....in which case I probably would have drowned the rice
in sauce.

Whatever. . .

Van

(Yeah - got my newsreader back!...)

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:26:38 -0500, "Van" > wrote:
>
> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message > ... looks like puke.
> >>
> >>http://oi53.tinypic.com/w16a2t.jpg
> > >
> > A normal brained person would have plated that food over a bed of rice
> > using a slotted spoon, including only a small quantity of that pukey
> > sauce. Do us all a big favor, shitcan your camera.
>
> I also would have served over a bed of rice. But who knows?? Maybe the
> sauce was real tasty....in which case I probably would have drowned the rice
> in sauce.
>
> Whatever. . .
>

Most normal brained people don't have to be told the obvious. It's
apparent that he's never seen curry before. It was still in the pan
when I took the picture. I served it on a bed of rice, it was *very*
tasty and the sauce I put on the rice was an amount between the two
mentioned above.

Oh, boo hoo hoo... I'm so hurt to be criticized about an on topic
picture by someone who posts cat and tree pictures to a food group.

Welcome back Van. Didja miss us?

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On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:26:38 -0500, "Van" > wrote:

> Maybe the
> sauce was real tasty....in which case I probably would have drowned the rice
> in sauce.

PS: Did you know that our word "curry" comes from the Tamil word
"kari" meaning "spiced sauce"? Now you know.

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