From Daryl:
I love spicy foods but they don't love me. One spicy food I can eat, however, is curry. I think that's because it's savory-spicy and not hot pepper-spicy. Peppers and I are NOT friends.
Speaking of friends, a friend of mine turned me on to a bottled curry sauce from Sur La Table. It's a coconut curry sauce "starter." We served it with lots of condiments for our little Oscar party. Six of us, betting on the winners. It was a hit. And it's gluten-free.
But I do love making things from scratch, so I set out the next week to figure this out for myself. I found a recipe online and tweaked until I made it just the way I liked it.
The addition of coconut milk was new to me and I have to say, when I opened it, I sort of gagged. When I realized that I had to stir it and then it became milk, I relaxed a bit. LOL
This has lots of ingredients, but so many are spices, it really was easy to make. Also, I don't eat starches at night. It's a thing. I feel better if I don't, but I bet this would be delicious on a bed of white rice. It's up to you. Enjoy.
SHRIMP CURRY
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 sweet onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 ½ teaspoons ground turmeric
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
1 (14.5 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon curry, more if desired
1 pound cooked and peeled shrimp, tails removed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Cooked white rice, if desired
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the
chopped onion until translucent, about 5 minutes.
Remove the skillet from the heat and allow the onions to
cool slightly.
Add the garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, paprika, and chili
powder to the onions. Cook over low heat
for two minutes.
Pour the tomatoes into the skillet and stir. Now add the
coconut milk. As mentioned above, coconut milk
in a can is weird looking. Very solid at the top. The “liquid” is beneath that
congealed white-ness. Just pour it out
and stir or pour into a bowl and stir if you're iffy about it. Season with salt.
Simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir in the shrimp and parsley
and cook another minute, to heat the shrimp all the way through.
Serve over rice, if desired.
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What's it about?
Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to
celebrate the library’s Book Club Bonanza week, and Jenna Hart has packed the
Cookbook Nook with juicy reads and tasty cookbooks. But she’s most excited about
spending an evening with the Mystery Mavens and their moveable feast, when they
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As if that weren’t enough to spoil her appetite, Jenna discovers
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I love curry and am always looking for new recipes for it. Thanks for sharing!
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The addition of coconut milk to a curry is terrific. It doesn't make the dish scream "COCONUT!", but gives a lovely background creamy taste.
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