Vindaloo Chicken Curry with Green Beans- March 13, 2010

With not much time to cook one of my favorites is Maya Kaimal curry that is sold at our local Roche Bros. in the refrigerated section (its usually with the hummus and fresh pasta). My husband likes his curry on the spicier side so I usually get the Vindaloo, but they're all good. You saute some chicken (I've also used lamb, beef, shrimp), add the sauce and simmer it for a minimum of 15 minutes (longer and your flavors will meld a bit more). I added green beans near the end. Sometimes I do cauliflower too. I serve it over white or brown rice and of course don't forget the Naan- also something you can now readily find at most grocery stores in the bakery area.

Bopha's Green Curry- February 17, 2010

I mentioned that we dined at Stir Crazy the other night, and we also bought some of Bopha's green curry sauce. For $12.95 you get a generous container of curry sauce that easily makes 2 meals for us. I divided it up and froze the other half. I sauteed two cubed chicken breast in a little olive oil and added some fresh green beans & eggplant as well as canned bamboo shoots. I seasoned very lightly with salt & pepper and added the curry sauce, letting it simmer for about 20 minutes. Served over white rice it was delicious and certainly worth $12.95 as we could never duplicate it!
We finished up the bottle of 2007 Gloria Ferrer Carneros Chardonnay from the other night.
I took the lazy way out and shot this photo with my Iphone, but part of my goal for this blog is to improve my food photography, so I won't be so lazy all the time!