madras curry

Here's a secret. If you like a paste or sauce, look on the jar and try to make it from the ingredients listed on the back. This is what I did today and my madras curry tasted DE-licious.

What you need:

1/4 cup of water
mix into the water:
1/2 ts. salt
1/2 ts. pepper
1/2 ts. onion powder
1/2 ts. coriander
1/2 ts paprika
1/2 ts garlic powder or fresh garlic
1 ts. cumin
1.4 ts. turmeric
1.2 ts. ginger powder or fresh ginger

when you have a nice thick paste, add
1/4 cup coconut milk
3 ts. oil

You also need some plain yogurt on hand.

Now you have your curry paste, start up your deep dish frying pan, add some oil, add onions, meat or tofu, and whatever veggies you want. When the onions are soft, add the curry paste.

meanwhile, make some brown rice in a separate pot.

Simmer your curry for 20-25 minutes on low heat until your veggies are soft, and, if applicable, your meat is cooked. As you are simmering stir in 3 heaping tablespoons of yogurt.

Serve with raita:
Raita is just finely cut cucumbers, yogurt, maybe a little lemon juice and some type of fresh herb all mixed together.

And add some type of hot sauce as this curry is otherwise not spicy (good for babies!)

Serve your curry over rice with cilantro and another dollop of yogurt.


mmmmmmmmmmmmm