There are lots of variations and choices..!! In this menu I prepared spicy red pork curry, chicken curry and boiled eggs on a green salad. You can serve choice of chutney and pappadams as well.Traditional Mango chutney goes well with this..!!
Here are the recipes.
YELLOW RICE.
4 cups long grain rice(can used any kind of long grain rice and wash them well.)
2 cups of water and 2 cups of coconut milk
1 small onion chopped, some curry leaves, small piece of lemongrass and pandan (rampe) leaves.
Oil or butter for frying.
Heat oil or butter and add onions, curry leaves,pandan leaves and lemongrass. Let it fry for couple of minutes until onions are brown and aroma release from the leaves. Add two pods of cardamom and cloves and saffron to colour the rice and finally add the rice and stir well until all well coated in the rice grains. Then add the water and coconut milk and cook until water evaporates.When cooks loosen with a fork or fine skewer.This can be done on the stove or in the rice cooker.
SPICY PORK CURRY
There are lots of versions of curry. This is my tried and tested version. Cooking method of curries are all very similar most of the time. You can get the especially mixed curry powder for the meat, or you can mix to your own taste..!
1 kilo of pork cut into 11/2" cubes
1 onion finely chopped onion
4 cloves of garlic
1 tsp. chopped ginger
1 tbs. roasted mixed curry powder
1 tbs. unroasted mixed curry powder
1 tsp. chilli powder (you can adjust to your taste)
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. tamarind paste or lime juice
1 tsp. tomato paste
1/2 tsp saffron
1/2 tsp fenugreek
1/2"stick cinnamon
2 cloves
2 pods of cardamom
1 sprig of curry leave
1/2"piece of lemongrass
4" piece of rampe(pandan) leaves
1 tsp. mustard seeds
3 tbs. coconut oil or canola oil
11/2 cups water
coconut milk or coconut cream
salt to taste
Cut the onion and chop the garlic. Heat the oil and when it's smoking add the mustard seeds, it will start to splutter, then add the onions, garlic,ginger, curry leaves, lemongrass and rampe leaves(pandan leaves). Let it fry for couple of minutes until onions are slightly brown and add tomato paste, curry powder, saffron, cloves,cardamom and stir it well. Finally add meat, chilli powder, and tamarind paste or lime juice. Keep on stirring until all the meat coated with spices and mix well. Pour the water and cook on medium heat until meat is tender about 30-40 mts. Add the coconut milk or cream to your taste and cook for another 5 mts.
CHICKEN CURRY
Basically all the ingredients are the same as pork curry, but less curry powder.
1 large chicken (11/2 to 2 kilos)
1 onion finely chopped onion
1 tomato chopped
4 cloves of garlic
1 tsp. chopped ginger
1 tsp. roasted mixed curry powder
1 tsp. unroasted mixed curry powder
1 tsp. chilli powder (you can adjust to your taste)
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. lime juice
1 tsp. tomato paste
1/2 tsp. saffron
1/2 tsp fenugreek
1/2"stick cinnamon
2 cloves
2 pods of cardamom
1 sprig of curry leave
1/2"piece of lemongrass
4" piece of rampe(pandan) leaves
1 tsp. mustard seeds
3 tbs. coconut oil or canola oil
1 cup water
coconut milk or coconut cream
salt to taste
Cut the onion and chop the garlic. Heat the oil and when it's smoking add the mustard seeds, it will start to splutter, then add the onions, garlic,ginger, curry leaves, lemongrass and rampe leaves(pandan leaves). Let it fry for couple of minutes until onions are slightly brown and add tomato paste, curry powder, saffron, cloves,cardamom and stir it well. Finally add meat, chilli powder, tomato and lime juice. Keep on stirring until meat covered with spices and mix well. Pour the water and cook on medium heat until meat is tender about 30-40 mts. Add the coconut milk or cream to your taste and cook for another 5 mts.(you can replace the coconut milk with fresh cream or thickened cream or use mixture of both if you prefer creamier curry)
SALAD
1 large lettuce ( iceberg or cos)
1 purple onion sliced into rounds
2 cucumbers sliced
4 slices of pineapple cut into cubes
2 tomatoes cut into cubes
1 green chilli cut into small pieces
4 hard boiled eggs cut into cubes or slices
salt and pepper to taste
Arrange the lettuce on the bottom of the platter.Just roughly scatter the salad ingredients and arranged the eggs on top. Season with pepper and salt.
