/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16954823
>broke uni student
welcome to eating to survive. enjoyment comes distant second.

>>16954823

>>16954823
That's literally what curry is, long marinaded meat with a fuckton of spices. You may as well ask for a cake recipe without fat or sugar.

>>16954835
From wiki
"A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine.[1][2] In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included."

>>16954823
>>16954845
Wouldn't you do better just buying a cheap jar of curry from the store? Warm it up and serve.

>>16954823
I ate a Carolina Reaper curry last night and it fucking annihilated me.

>>16954823
500 grams Chicken thighs or drumsticks or breasts (see notes)
1 cup small shallots (pearl onions) peeled and halved (see notes)
3 dry red chilies halved (can be reduced if you want it less spicy)
2 tsp ginger peeled and chopped
2 tsp garlic peeled and chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3/4 tsp salt

>>16954866
WHAT DO I DO WITH IT

>>16954831
>grated cheese
imagine paying double for cheese in shredded form
this is why americans always cry about their debt

>>16954866
you're barely going to taste the garlic and ginger

>>16954874
Just do basic bitch curry.
Go to aldi
Buy jar of curry's paste, can of coconut milk, chicken bits idc what cut, onion and a bag of frozen vegetables.
Just chop up the onion and sweat it off for a minute or two.
Dump all curry paste into onions with extra oil.
Fry off till its less raw/smells real good.
Dump all chicken bits in.
Coat everything in paste
Dump in all the coconut milk and frozen vegetables and pour water in till you get the consistency you sort of want.
Cook for 20 minutes for brest meat and 20-60 for thighs.
Takes about 10 minutes of work and even less if your lazy and just skip the onion and just fry off your paste.
It's actually stupidity easy if you skip the onion and have the meat diced up for you because you only dirty a spoon a pot and a lid as long as you pour it all right in

>>16954866
>garlic
>tsp
Just say how many cloves retard.

>>16954999

1 big or 2 small.

>>16954823
1. Fry your meat of choice, until browned, it doesn’t need to be cooked through, set aside
2. Fry some onion, add ginger and garlic
3. Add curry powder, chili, salt and pepper
4. Add diced/canned tomatoes, cook like 10-15 min
5. Put the meat back
6. Add cream or coconut cream/milk
7. Boil like 10 more min, add water as you like
8. Serve over rice, optionally with chopped cilantro

Wa la, here is your easy curry recipe. You can make adjustments as you like, the possibilities are limitless. As you level up, try to make your own curry powder.

>>16954866
>see notes
what notes?

>>16955012
this is what I ate many times a week (with variations) when I was a student and it's perfect, makes whatever's left in your fridge taste good, also bitches love it

>>16954823
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/228293/curry-stand-chicken-tikka-masala-sauce/

i substitute ghee with vegetable oil or canola oil since i'm too lazy to make ghee most of the time.

>>16955148
>make ghee
They sell it in jars in most grocery stores now

>>16954823
I think my variation of curry is the best, but it does take some time upfront. However you are basically making a homemade curry paste that you can add to tons of different indian/curry dishes, so if you divide the prep time by each dish it isn't bad.

>sautee finely chopped shallot and red onion in a bunch of butter
>once it turns translucent make a hole in the middle of the pan add a bit more butter and a bunch of garlic and ginger
>cook down and combine all the ingredients
>make a hole in the center and add finely chopped spicy chilis, you want to use a lot as this will be a concentrated paste by the end. It should be too spicy/intense to eat spoonfulls on its own.
>deglaze pan with a bit of white wine vinegar
>add in a bunch of chopped tomatoes, canned or fresh, to cover all the starting ingredients
>season with lots of paprika, garam masala, cumin, coriander seed and leaf, cardamom, peppercorn, and any other dried spices you like.

Cook down a bit more and salt heavily to taste. Then you should have a intense curry paste that you can add to any dish and marinade. If that's too much work for you just get a good curry paste from an indian grocer or online. Takes a ton of time out of preparing most dishes.

>>16954823
you should ask on /biz/

>>16954823
you arent cooking curry if you have roommates retard it gasses out the whole house for days