/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Peanut-sesame sauce for pasta or stir-fry:
>1 Tbsp sugar
>1 Tbsp soy sauce
>1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
--- stir that shit up to dissolve the sugar ---
>3 Tbsp peanut butter
> ~1/3 cup sesame oil
>Sriracha to taste
--- stir until saucy consistency ---

Good to toss into pasta with some simple blanched vegetables for a cheap/quick dinner, or (if you up the liquid ingredients a bit) as a sauce for stir-fry.

Quick chili
>Bell pepper
>Medium-small onion
>~2 cups of mushrooms
>~1 lb. ground beef
>2-3 cloves of garlic
>2 jalapeno peppers, one seeded
>can of red kidney beans, drained
>can of black kidney beans, drained
>can of diced tomatoes (up to you whether you want to use a small or large can, both work)
>whatever the hell else you like in chili
>ground cumin
>chili powder
>olive oil
>~1 cup water

>dice up all the vegetables, toss them into a pot with some olive oil and cook on med-low heat until soft, add spices liberally
>in a separate pan, brown the meat and then drain off the extra grease
>add beans, tomatoes, and water to vegetable pot once they're soft, reduce heat to low, simmer for ~20 minutes, or longer if you have the patience
>add meat, along with another generous helping of spices, and simmer for another 5-10 minutes
>serve with some sour cream, if that's your thing

Cinnamon-orange chicken with raisins and almonds
>~1.5 lbs chicken (thighs or breasts work best)
>medium onion, diced fine
>navel orange, peel removed and cut into sections
>1/2 cup orange juice
>1/2 cup chicken broth
>1 Tbsp cooking sherry
>1/2 tsp cinnamon
>dash of ground cloves
>1/4 cup raisins
>1/4 cup slivered almonds
>olive oil
>salt and pepper

>Brown chicken in olive oil in medium sauce pan, set aside on a plate, and add onions to pan, cooking until golden
>Add OJ, sherry, broth, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt and pepper to taste, then return the chicken to the pan, along with raisins and almonds
>simmer, covered, for 10-15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through
>add orange slices, simmer for another 5-10 minutes, covered
>transfer chicken to plate, covering it to keep it warm, and boil down the sauce until it's thickened slightly
>spoon sauce over chicken, serve with couscous or wild rice

Alright, gonna stop bumping for a little while now. Hopefully some of you master chefs will give me something delicious to add to my repertoire.

>>4611914
>carrots are translucent
hmm

>>4611836
>beans
You think thats chili you're eating now?

:) I made a recipe card

.25 cup curd
2 tbsp cream
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp garam masala
1 pinch fenugreek leaves
1 tsp black pepper
1 pinch coriander pwd
1 tsp chili pwd
1 pinch cumin pwd
0.5 tsp lime juice
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste

>mix everything for marinade
>slit drumsticks at an angle (see pic)
>marinate 2-3 hrs min in fridge
>fry/grill

All spices are available at your local international (Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi) grocery.
Don't worry about overstocking spices; they're dirt cheap.

>>4612007
Almost forgot, serve with fresh squeezed lime juice on it, and sliced red onions with lime juice on them.
Bonus: sprinkle cilantro on top.

Eat on it's own, with mint chutney, or with naan bread.

The Chutney that accompanies the kebab above. There's a lot of bullshit recipes floating around that add shit like tomatos or sugar. This one's the real deal.

Fresh Mint-1 cup
Fresh Coriander-1 cup
Garlic clove-1
Green Chili or Jalapeño-1 seeded and chopped
Salt-to taste
Lemon Juice or tamarind paste -1 tbsp
Olive Oil-2 tbsp
water-1/4 cup or more if required

Bleand everything other than water. Add water slowly until the paste has a souplike consistency.

>>4612007
Man, if I had any idea what the hell fenugreek leaves were, and if I could find garam masala worth a damn near here, I would totally make that. Alas. Sorry I was out and about for a while. Didn't expect the thread to still be here, honestly.

>>4612050
Well, i can;t help you with that immediately, but here
http://www.amazon.com/Peacock-Kasoori-Methi-Fenugreek-Leaves/dp/B002PXYJ3O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372890994&sr=8-2&keywords=fenugreek+leaves

http://www.amazon.com/Shan-Garam-Masala-Powder-50g/dp/B002BTSUIW/ref=sr_1_11?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1372891056&sr=1-11&keywords=garam+masala

>>4612055
Thanks, I'll look into those. Gonna head out grocery shopping now. Thanks, /ck/!