I am because I have a sort of cold/bug that is making me feel pretty ill.
However, I did promise some friends a couple of recipes and I wish to share them now. I will give you the one for Mauritian style curry and maybe fried rice noodle as well.
For the curry, you will need those ingredients and it will serve 2 adults easily:
- Curry powder (hot, mild or medium) - 2 heaped tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - 2 good turns
- 2 fresh tomatoes or 2 tinned ones
- a bunch of coriander
- 3 curry leaves
- a quarter of a large onion or half a small one
- 1 big clove garlic or 2 small ones
- 1/2 cm piece of ginger
- any meat or fish that you wish to curry (you can alternatively use hard boiled eggs)
- Seasoning (salt and pepper)
Start by cutting you meat/chicken/fish into pieces, seasoning them with salt and pepper and frying them in oil. Drain and put aside, leaving the oil in the pan. If there is more than 2 tbsp of oil, get rid of some or if there is too little, then add some.
Blend together the tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger and coriander until well blended into a puree. Now heat up the oil on medium low and place the curry leaves and curry powder in it, stirring quickly and adding some water to make a thin paste. Cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomato blend to the curry paste and cook on medium high heat for about 5 minutes then reduce the heat and let the whole thing simmer for 15 minutes. Check occasionally that the mixture is not becoming dry; if it is, then adjust the consistency with hot water to get a runny paste. At this point, it is good to check the seasoning and to add salt if required. Near the end of the cooking time, transfer the meat/chicken/fish or hard boiled eggs to the pan and simmer 2 more minutes before switching off and letting it stand for about 10 minutes before eating.
