Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Ultimate Chicken Curry (Tamatar Murghi) from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded'
So this week I made another serious eats curry (which I actually think comes from another cook book but whatever I found it on serious eats hahahah) and it was a pretty simple chicken curry with a tomato and cream based sauce. It tastes a lot like a pseudo butter chicken made at home that I found to be quite great! Also, I might've accidentally made it a little more spicy than I imagined it would've been.. which to me is such a lovely accident! I've been liking spiciness in my food a lot more lately and I always feel underwhelmed by low hotness levels in my food.... So whenever I get to eat something super spicy it feels really great ! So, if you follow this recipe properly and make it a teeny bit spicier, I think you'll have a nice night :P overall quite the stellar recipe. I do believe it would go quite amazing with some naan which I didn't make ... So I'd recommend that too !!
Picture of the dish: http://imgur.com/gallery/3rZxujG
Recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/08/raghavan-iyer-ultimate-chicken-curry-from-indian-cooking-unfolded.html
Question of the day: do you prefer your food spicy or not spicy?
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Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~
Pseudo butter chicken? Count me in! :P Looks great, as ever, Tinman.
Define "spicy", because that's extremely relative, in my experience. E.g. Back when I was younger, I used to think I had a really high tolerance for spicy food, since habenero salsa was my go to, and I had eaten the "extra spicy" chicken wings at many a bar & grill here in Canada to no ill effects. But after moving to the UK and meeting my neighbors, who were from Karachi and would have me over for dinner on occasion, I quickly learned just how much of a total weakling for spicy food I really was in comparison to them. I once got the most violent bout of hiccups I have ever had in my life, that lasted several hours, from eating some of their "medium" curry, so since then I have learned to temper what I say when someone asks me how spicy I like my food... especially when that someone is from Pakistan or India! :P
So with that in mind, to answer your question... sure, I like my food a tiny bit spicy. ;)
well hahahah to be honest I don't have much of a comparison........ I have eaten a lot of these chilies I have at home (which I have no idea actually what chilies they are.. my dad didn't label them when we got em) in some dishes and I don't really find em that spicy. I mean, 1-2 of them is usually what we intake and I think it's mildly spicy... some recipes count for like, what, 15 of those chilies?? which might be too much for me... oh well... I'm planning to go on a trip sometime when I get out of high school to India for a sort of culinary escape. Whenever that happens, I guess I'll see the final test of my spice tolerance :P
Relevant timing on the spicy question!
I made Vindaloo today and it was amazing...ly spicy depending on who you listen to lol. I thought it was top notch, but at the border of my spice level but it was too much for my SO (who can normally hang with me). I think I had something like 10-12 dried birds-eyes in the Marsala, and another 8 or so green Thai chili’s in the vindaloo proper... May have overshot that by a bit!
Got the recipe from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/08/how-to-cook-the-perfect-vindaloo-recipe
I highly highly recommend it — easily the best vindaloo I’ve ever made, and on the plus side, I’ve got lunch all week :p
ohh wow that does sound quite delish... haven't had vindaloo in ages (mostly because my mom doesn't like spicy food!) Someday I shall make this recipe. Thanks for the rec ! :]