Yellow curry is probably my favorite of the Thai restaurant stoplight-colored curry array (red, green, yellow). I think I might be alone in this? Usually people go for the red or the green. Not me. …
Curries
Chicken Tikka Shepherd’s Pie
As with most of the good cooking in my life, this totally happened by accident. I mean, I wasn’t trying to do something else and then suddenly slipped and made a chicken tikka shepherd’s pie or anything. I just mean that this dish is so good that it deserves a carefully thought-out and intentional execution, and I created it out of leftovers when I needed dinner and was thinking of other things.
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Thai Chicken Meatballs with Coconut Almond Sauce
These meatballs are easier than you might think, which makes them the only thing of their kind in my life right now. (book manuscript, SEO, and house hunting, i’m looking at you.)
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Coconut Masala Chicken
Have you ever made your own spice paste for a curry? I would never have thought to do such a thing until I moved to the UK. My English family, and then my British housemates, introduced me to the amazingness you can achieve with your own home-made curry paste. For this coconut masala chicken, the spice paste has a fresh coconut base, and it is every bit as good as you are thinking it is.
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Sweet Potato, Cauliflower, and Potato Curry
Or, what to make when you miss your childhood kitchen.
This is one of those recipes that has had many sub-headings over the years. I first ate this at my mom’s table, where I learned to love curry and take an interest in family recipes. I remember watching her temper the dal (recipe coming soon!), fry the grains of basmati before adding the cooking water, and explain the sweet/sour nature of this curry – which was actually a chicken and potato curry when it appeared on her stove.
In college, the sub-heading would have been ‘what to make to impress people (see: professors coming over for dinner)’. In grad school, it was ‘what to make with friends when hunkered down with your Logic and Set Theory problem set (see: weeping and gnashing teeth, the soothing of)’ and, later, ‘what to make when you are adapting mom’s recipe for your own housemate family (see: vegetarian! sweet potato! the budget version!). Finally, this recipe has been made by so many versions of my former selves that I feel like my curry now has a life of its own.
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