Leftover Recipe

So I don't have a picture for you today.  Last night we had my chicken curry which is getting very close to perfected so I'll share it with you now.  The spices are adhoc but I finally have a mixture I like, now to figure out how much of each I'm using.

Chicken Curry
1 Tbsp olive oil
6-8 cloves garlic minced
1/3 of a large onion chopped
2lbs chicken cut into small pieces
1 larger can tomato paste
2-3 cups water
1 cup milk
1/2 cup dry rice half cooked in water
optional: 1/2 cup crushed peanuts

spices to taste:
garam masla
ground colliander
ground cumin
ground turmeric
chili powder
sriracha
garlic salt
garlic powder
pepper

So yeah my recipes have a lot of prep in the ingredients but after that it's simple.

Add olive oil, fresh garlic, and onion in a large pan and heat.  Add about 1 Tbsp garam masla, a dash of turmeric  about 2 tsp garlic salt and a couple dashes of turmeric.  Mix and let cook for a few minutes on high until your housemates complain about the house smelling of garlic and give up the goat and leave the kitchen.

Now that we are alone, we can do the fun stuff.  Add chicken.  Sear the outside of the chicken pieces.  Add tomato paste and about 1/2 cup water.  Add optional peanuts.  Mix well.  Taste and play with the spices until you like how it tastes. The great thing about cooking is the ability to experiment to a degree not allow say in baking.  As the mixture thickens add more water.  After the first cup and a half of water, add the milk and mix.  

In another pan, start cooking the rice while you continue to spice the chicken mixture.  When the rice is about half way cooked.  That is when there is about 1/2 an inch of water on top of the puffed up rice.  Add the rice and water to the chicken mixture.  Mix.

When you are done spicing, remove mixture from the heat.  Let it stand for a few minutes.  This is a good time to make sure you have some place to eat.  I clean the table and clear the debris from cooking.  Once you have the dishwasher running (some how this always happens when we are eating) call your housemates make in and serve.  It's nice with some sort of bread but you don't need it!