Onions = pain!
Curry is one of those foods that you just don't mess with. It's like the Mount Everest of cooking for me - you can't get any higher than that...unless you pay a few million dollars or you're best friends with Niel Armstrong.
Kody looking a little confused about the new smells coming out of the kitchen!
Well, I don't have a million dollars (or the stamina to climb Mount Everest)...and apparently it is not yet the time for me to know how to make curry either.
Either way, our attempt was edible (click here for the recipe!) AND I learned how to peel a tomato using hot water, a trick my dad decided to bestow upon us just when Micah was getting ready to peel the tomatoes by hand. The moment was captured when my dad said: "I've tried for years to be "cool"...and all I needed to do was to peel a tomato with hot water. I don't understand women."
Angels sang when this moment happened!
My Dad, AKA the tomato peeling master.
Anywho, we ate the curry and didn't get sick, so I consider our first try a true success. Numerous things went wrong - 1st) we didn't add enough onions (which suck up water), 2nd) we added too much coconut milk.
Our curry paste
With that said, the shrimp (no prawns available at our local supermarket) were delicious...definitely a great way to make them for a stand-alone meal!
For desert we had used about every tool in the house to get a some cold glasses of coconut milk which we paired with freshly scooped watermelon. Delicious :-)
The finished product!
The coconut was not an easy beast to tame.
Yummy coconut milk :-)
I applaud you for your attempts! It looks great, even if it didn't come out exactly like planned.
ReplyDeleteWhen I peel tomatoes, I cut them in half and roast them in the oven for 20 minutes. They are much easier to peel than the hot water method. And if you're going to cook them anyway, it doesn't much matter that they're a little soft.
Also, I'd love it if you posted recipes along with your photos and stories.
Hey Julia! Sorry, we've tried to post the recipes every time, I must have just forgotten!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to update this post right now with the recipe! thanks for the comment! :-)