My Mom's Chicken Curry and Coconut Rice

Made this for dinner tonight... and it was.. SO good. I honestly never thought I would be able to replicate this in my own kitchen. Also made coconut rice with it. One ingredient I added.. for some salt was Thai fish sauce... I know.. I know it sounds weird but it actually gave it a really good umph! 

Anyway the man of the house loved it.. a lot.  He eats anything... so it's always a huge compliment when he says the meal is really tasty. PLUS-- he's not a fan of chicken...so that makes it even better. 

Also I used a whole chicken... wings/drumsticks and all. With the bones. I think it adds flavor.

I also picked up some chicken kabobs from a local halal market...I'm going to try to tackle making those another time. 

Ingredients:

Onion- 1 large or medium
Ginger / garlic paste- 1 tbs
Cloves- 4
Chilli powder - 3 tbs
Dhania n jeers powder - 1 1/2 tbs
Oil- 5 tbs
Chicken - 2 pounds

Directions

How to:  in large sauce pan heat oil, add chopped onions, fry golden brown, add chili, dhana jeera powders and salt, saute for a minute, add washed, rinsed chicken saute for 5 minutes in It's own juices- add ginger/garlic paste and cloves- stir, and add a cup of water. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. 

Eat with roti, rice - goes wonderful with coconut rice

Coconut Rice

1 1/2 Cup Jasmine Rice or Basmati Rice

1 Can of Coconut Milk

1 Cup of Water

The ratio is about 1:1:1 

1 tbs butter

(optional: cloves 3 or Basil-- adding basil makes it more of a Thai coconut rice .. also yum)

My little helper in the kitchen :)

I figured I'd throw some spice into this recipe box:

This is my mom's mince meat recipe. It's pretty spicy. Most of the spices you have to get from an Indian grocery store. Colby and I both liked it...but we also like spicy food :)


Keema Recipe:
Onion: 1 cut in to small pieces
Ginger / Garlic paste: 1 tbs spoon
Cloves: 4 or 5
Coriander leaves: Optional
Green chillies : optional
Chillipowder: 2Tbs
Coriander / jeera powder: optional: 1tbs
Garlic cloves : 6 Peeled optional
Mince beef /chicken / turkey : 1 pound
Oil : 4 tbspoon
Salt to taste
heat large skillet , put oil, add onions and stir fry them till till transparent and little brown.Wash ( you
can also microwave mince meat in lots of hotwater so that fat comes off) and add the mince to the
onions. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander and jeera powder, green chillies, peeled garlic cloves mix
well and stir and fry for 3 to 5 minutes, add water ½ cup or ¾ cup. When it’s boiling, add ginger garlic
pasted. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes til it becomes thick with right consistency and cooked. Add Coriander
to garnish. ( You can also add chopped tomatoes / potatoes / capsicum after adding water – tastes
different with each vegetable. )