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Chicken & Tomato Curry

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“Knowing your purpose, helps establish your priorities“…
And, “Knowing your days are numbered, expedites your purpose and priorities” were a small part of the message this past Sunday, that has since, occupied a large part of my thoughts…

I have ruminated often on my purpose…my priorities revolve around my daughter – her development has always been my number one purpose; but, I often question, can we have more than one purpose? How do we prioritize our priorities for our different purposes?

Then, I came across this video of “Happy John McAlpin“, who is a greeter at a cancer ward at an Omaha hospital – who, after establishing his purpose (when he hit rock bottom), continues to stick to it irrespective of his circumstances…

A friend/co-worker of mine says that coinky dinks like this – where you hear a message in one place and see it in another – are not merely coinky dinks, but The Big Guy reinforcing HIS message…

I wish I had heard this message before I made this delicious chicken and tomato curry…

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My purpose was to make a hearty chicken curry – loaded with tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric and coconut milk – but what I was going to serve it with didn’t seem to be a priority – when I was making it.

After it was cooked, my daughter went digging through the pantry and fridge – in the hopes of running into some rice or naan or pita or even quinoa but I guess I need to restock our supplies – at another time! It was late and so we improvised and this “curry” was consumed straight up in a bowl -as a “stew”!

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Chicken & Tomato Curry

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Author: Shashi

Ingredients

  • 2 onions chopped
  • 1 1- inch piece of garlic chopped
  • 5-6 cloves garlic
  • 1 package free range chicken breasts/or thighs
  • 1 cup vegetable stock
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 4 pieces fresh turmeric or 1 teaspoon ground
  • 1 small can tomato paste
  • 12-15 grape tomatoes
  • 3 tablespoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Saute onions, garlic and ginger on a low flame till onions caramelize (20 minutes or so)
  • Pour caramelized onions, ginger and garlic into a blender and pulse till almost pureed
  • Meanwhile, saute chicken in pan onions/ginger/garlic were cooked in
  • Add stock, coconut milk, tomatoes, paste, spices
  • Add almost pureed onions/ginger/garlic
  • Let cook for 15 to 20 minutes on a low flame
  • Serve with rice or naan or eat straight up like we did!
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  2. What???? No naan or rice? How is that possible? I don’t even make a curry unless I have rice 🙂 besides my children aren’t as forgiving as your daughter, I’d have a mutiny if there was no rice! This looks wonderful Shashi, gorgeous colour! I try to remember that my purpose on this Earth is to be the best person, wife, mother, daughter I can be while following all the tenets of my faith and remembering that all the good I do is for God alone and is the ultimate form of worship.

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    1. I know right – first I was a tad bit freaked out at the lack of rice/naan – but this turned out just fine without it. The second day we had leftovers with boiled eggs dropped in!
      Thanks so much Nazneen – I think the paprika and tomato paste helped with the color 🙂

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  4. This tomato sauce looks wonderful. I’ve never mixed tomatoes with coconut milk, it’s a very exotic combo I’m curious to try.

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    1. Thank you Daniela – I sure hope you do. I have tried roasting the tomatoes first in other recipes and adding the roasted tomatoes gives the sauce/curry an amazing flavor!

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  6. Booo my computer won’t load the video! But at least I can see your delicious looking curry 😀 I don’t think I’ve ever tried combining coconut milk with tomatoes, but I’m a big fan of adding a spoonful of sour cream to my tomato soup, so I’d imagine it tastes pretty wonderful.

    Happy Tuesday, lovely lady!

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  7. Yum this curry looks absolutely hearty and so delicious! Nick is always bugging me to make him a curry so I’m bookmarking this one to give it a try soon 🙂

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  11. I haven’t made curry at home in so so long! This looks delicious! You’re making me hungry for lunch … and it’s only 10 am!! haha

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  12. Seriously between your dish & Amanda’s new chocolate mousse recipe, my belly is going crazy! People say it’s a bad idea to look at recipes on an empty stomach, but I have to add it’s a bad idea to look at recipes when dinner is in less than a half hour. LOL! This look great, daring!

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  18. I found your comment in my spam folder and released it to where it’s meant to be! Unfortunately I couldn’t watch the video because it said the uploader hasn’t made it available in my country (you’d think I was living in communist China). What a beautiful looking curry. I love meals like this – great for everyone in the family and full of loads of yummy ingredients xx

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    1. Thanks Davida – I do love green curry too – just haven’t been quite successful at making a dish that’s blogworthy with the green version though – maybe you could?

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  28. This looks so delicious, I love curry! Thanks for the recipe–dropping by from SITS!

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  32. That is one gorgeous colour in that curry – so rich and velvety! I saw someone mentioning they need rice, but I find rice totally gets in the way of the “good stuff”, i.e. the sauce. Perhaps a garlic naan to mop up the sauce would be a good addition though 😀

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