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I had eggplant and green peppers that needed finishing.
Found a can of coconut cream and I still had Thai red curry paste (and I (almost) always have garlic, onions and ginger on hand)
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Chopping, peeling and cutting done, except for eggplant as they turn brown soon after cutting
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Heating some of the coconut cream to break it (getting the oil to come out)
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And frying the curry paste in it
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Time for the onions, garlic & ginger to join
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Followed by green pepper and the remainder of coconut cream
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And finally the eggplant
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Now it's just a matter of simmering till the eggplant is soft.
I added a bit of extra water, fish sauce and balsemic vinegar
And the result
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And now, instead of emptying the freezer, I got 5 portions to fill it up and one portion to eat just now
Found a can of coconut cream and I still had Thai red curry paste (and I (almost) always have garlic, onions and ginger on hand)
Chopping, peeling and cutting done, except for eggplant as they turn brown soon after cutting
Heating some of the coconut cream to break it (getting the oil to come out)
And frying the curry paste in it
Time for the onions, garlic & ginger to join
Followed by green pepper and the remainder of coconut cream
And finally the eggplant
Now it's just a matter of simmering till the eggplant is soft.
I added a bit of extra water, fish sauce and balsemic vinegar
And the result
And now, instead of emptying the freezer, I got 5 portions to fill it up and one portion to eat just now
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Ahhhhj
Costing
Totally totally forgot
I'll give it a belated attempt
Green peppers & eggplant about 1 U$ per bag, but didn't use everything, maybe half, so lets say 1 U$
Onions came from my garden
Coconut cream was about 2 U$ a can last time I checked
Ginger, garlic, vinegar, chili paste? I don:t know. Given the quantity I used, less than 1 U$
So that's around 5 U$ for 6 portions. You do the maths
Just add rice
Costing of the home brew.... I really got no idea
Costing
Totally totally forgot
I'll give it a belated attempt
Green peppers & eggplant about 1 U$ per bag, but didn't use everything, maybe half, so lets say 1 U$
Onions came from my garden
Coconut cream was about 2 U$ a can last time I checked
Ginger, garlic, vinegar, chili paste? I don:t know. Given the quantity I used, less than 1 U$
So that's around 5 U$ for 6 portions. You do the maths
Just add rice
Costing of the home brew.... I really got no idea
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I also had dubious potatoes. Noticed too late so had to throw some out.
I hate it when that happens.
I decided to try the cold oil chips method as described above. Never done that before.
It did work. Just seems to take forever compared with normal my double fry method.
Posting this as it is one of the things I like about this challenge, hearing and trying out new recipes/methods etc
I hate it when that happens.
I decided to try the cold oil chips method as described above. Never done that before.
It did work. Just seems to take forever compared with normal my double fry method.
Posting this as it is one of the things I like about this challenge, hearing and trying out new recipes/methods etc
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Free styling with what I could find
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Half pack of bacon from the freezer (1.5 $) half a tub of yoghurt (0.5 $) butter chicken spice mixture of a previous cook (in the other yoghurt tub), blanched and frozen home grown beans, bumbu in glass jar (onion garlic chili spice paste), onions ( home grown) garlic & ginger (0.20 $?) and some freshly roasted peanuts (0.10 $)
Everything prepped (except for peeling the peanuts which I suddenly decided on)
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Fried bacon in some oil (used oil from deepfrying, so no cost) with the bumbu. Then added onions, garlic and ginger
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Then yoghurt & spice mix
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Cooked it through before adding the beans. They were blanched, so didn't need long.
Peanuts were added just before serving as I didn't want to loose the crunch
Pickled cucumber was free as I have a huge container of it in the fridge
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Strange combination maybe, but very tasty.
Was supposed to be 2 portions, but I ate it all
Cost: around 2.50, including the rice
Half pack of bacon from the freezer (1.5 $) half a tub of yoghurt (0.5 $) butter chicken spice mixture of a previous cook (in the other yoghurt tub), blanched and frozen home grown beans, bumbu in glass jar (onion garlic chili spice paste), onions ( home grown) garlic & ginger (0.20 $?) and some freshly roasted peanuts (0.10 $)
Everything prepped (except for peeling the peanuts which I suddenly decided on)
Fried bacon in some oil (used oil from deepfrying, so no cost) with the bumbu. Then added onions, garlic and ginger
Then yoghurt & spice mix
Cooked it through before adding the beans. They were blanched, so didn't need long.
Peanuts were added just before serving as I didn't want to loose the crunch
Pickled cucumber was free as I have a huge container of it in the fridge
Strange combination maybe, but very tasty.
Was supposed to be 2 portions, but I ate it all
Cost: around 2.50, including the rice
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I was going to make pizza, but the yeast was too old.
I sort of figured that quite esrly, but thought I can always make them into wraps.
Which I did today.
Made a filling of bacon, red onion, garlic & canned mushrooms (I boight it years ago)
And pickled half ripe papaya
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I'll still have to figure out the price
I sort of figured that quite esrly, but thought I can always make them into wraps.
Which I did today.
Made a filling of bacon, red onion, garlic & canned mushrooms (I boight it years ago)
And pickled half ripe papaya
I'll still have to figure out the price
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Funny
I would never have thought of ketchup in a peanut sauce, neither of peanut sauce with fish. I gotta broaden my horizon (except for the ketchup)
Nice entry @chrislehrer
I got lots of yardlong beans almost ready, but surely I can't enter my pat prik king again
I would never have thought of ketchup in a peanut sauce, neither of peanut sauce with fish. I gotta broaden my horizon (except for the ketchup)
Nice entry @chrislehrer
I got lots of yardlong beans almost ready, but surely I can't enter my pat prik king again
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It's a way of cooking I'm not very familiar with. Which makes it interesting.
Japanese I sort of know from having been there about half a year long time ago (the year the wall fell).
SE Asian I know, so when I read peanut butter, my mind went straight to satay sauce
And now I'm going to find my Diana Kennedy cookbook
Japanese I sort of know from having been there about half a year long time ago (the year the wall fell).
SE Asian I know, so when I read peanut butter, my mind went straight to satay sauce
And now I'm going to find my Diana Kennedy cookbook
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