Chicken & Tomato Curry
“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