“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…
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”!
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!
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 😀
This looks fantastic Shashi, I love the beautiful bright color of this curry!
Thanks bunches lady – but I think kudos go to the paprika and tomato paste! 🙂
Looks delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
~Zhenya
http://beingzhenya.com
Looks yummy! Eating it straight would be low carb friendly… but I would love it with rice too. 🙂
This looks so delicious, I love curry! Thanks for the recipe–dropping by from SITS!
G’day! looks very warm and welcoming indeed!
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Cheers! Joanne
That looks so delicous!
What a great looking curry!!! Give me some naan, and I’m a happy boy!
Do you think if I didn’t use the coconut milk, it’d still be called curry????? I LOVE THIS SO VERY MUCH but I don’t want to have too much coconut milk or any milks for that matter.
Delicious looking curry!
Thanks so very much!
I have some great little tomatoes in my fridge but I wish I had chicken to make this!
Tofu might work too – or even chickpeas 🙂
This needs a bid old hunk of naan!
Ooh Matt – that sounds like a GREAT idea 🙂
this looks so hearty and perfect for dinner! I looooove curry though I usually go for green curry. Might have to change it up!
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?
I, fan of all curries, want to have a large bowl of it. What a great dish, Shashi!
Thanks so very much Denise
xxs
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
Thanks so much Charlie!
Youtube has that video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlf9hoYALAE hoping this works…
What a lovely and bright post this is… Its interesting to know this was a perfect meal without rice….
Thanks so much Deepti
I looooove curry and this one sounds amazing!
Thanks so much Aimee 🙂
Yum! This looks so good!! Wish I didn’t look at this before dinner when I’m starving (also wish I had all the ingredients to make this and problem would be solved) 🙂
Thanks Ashley – I have to have a snack when I check out your blog – those cookie dough bars were INSANE!
I have never tried to make curry, but I feel like my hubby and younger daughter would love it! I am going to try it this weekend. :)-Ashley
Thanks bunches Ashley, I hope your hubby and daughter love it!
Love the curry shashi and that video is wonderful, made me cry. Nothing wrong with straight up sans rice or bread. Looks delicious
Thanks for your always kind words, Suzanne
xxs
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!
Thanks so much Jessie – Amanda’s smoothie and this curry would have been awesome together – thanks for the idea, lady! 🙂
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
It looks hearty Shashi! Delightful served alone or alongside a carb.
Have a beautiful Tuesday!
Thanks so much Melanie – hope your Tuesday was wonderful!
I love mixing coconut milk and tomato, it’s such a wonderful combination. I wish I had some of that amazing stew-curry for lunch today, it looks sooooo good!
Thanks Mike – tomato paste can add so much to a dish!
Hehe…don’t you love when recipes just invent themselves?? This curry looks delicious!
Ha – that’s the truth David! Thanks bunches!
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 🙂
Thanks so much Jan – make sure you have rice or rotti or naan on hand though 🙂
😉 will do
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!
Happy Tuesday back at you lovely!
Try this link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlf9hoYALAE
If that doesn’t work if you go to Youtube and type in “Nebraska man undergoing chemo helps cancer patients” it should lead you to it too.
looking forward to making this !! thanks !
Thank You Stephanie! Hope all well with yall – thanks so much for visiting my blog 🙂
This tomato sauce looks wonderful. I’ve never mixed tomatoes with coconut milk, it’s a very exotic combo I’m curious to try.
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!
Lovely stew though like you said, suppose to be curry. For me, I still need a bowl of rice.
Thank you – rice would have been WONDERFUL with this for sure 🙂
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.
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 🙂
The curry looks hearty, flavourful and so delicious too.
Thanks so much Angie