PEANUT CHICKEN CURRY

I love Chicken Curry and this is one made from scratch and so yummy ... most of the ingredients are probably already in your cupboard.

English: Chicken Curry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

PEANUT CHICKEN CURRY

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into chunks
1/2 Cup Cornflour
3 Cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 large Onion, cut into chunks
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup cooking sherry
2 cubes beef stock
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
3 Tablespoons Curry Powder
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
water to cover
1 cup of coconut milk

Method:

1.  Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium high heat. 
2.  Toss chicken in cornflour and place in frying pan with garlic, onion, salt and pepper. 
3.  Stir, lightly brown chicken all over and softening up the onions. 
4.  Add the Sherry, beef stock and let this liquid reduce a little.

5.  Stir in peanut butter, curry powder and ginger and enough water to cover. 
6.  Reduce heat to low and simmer for approximately 30 minutes. 
7.  Stir in Coconut Milk and cook for a further 5 minutes
Serve with Rice or Vegetables

I add vegetables to this curry as well.  I fry up sweet potato to add to this and beans because I usually have plenty, just a tiny bit more liquid to the whole recipe if you add too many other things.

  Don't over use the cornflour or it thickens too much.

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MAKING MARSHMALLOW

coconut marshmallow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups caster sugar
2 tablespoons gelatine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups desiccated coconut
Food colouring or toasted coconut
Dishes for coconut coating

Method

1. Grease a 3cm-deep, 16.5cm x 26cm (base) slab pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang at both long ends. Combine sugar and 2/3 cup hot water in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves and syrup is clear.

2. Using a fork, combine gelatine and 2/3 cup cold water in a jug. Pour into hot syrup. Cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes or until gelatine has dissolved and mixture is clear. Pour into bowl of an electric mixer. Set aside to cool to room temperature (about 30 minutes)

3.  Using an electric mixer, beat sugar and gelatine mixture on high for 6 to 10 minutes or until very thick. Add vanilla and beat for 1 minute. Spread into prepared pan. Smooth top. Set aside, at room temperature, for 1 hour or until set. Lift onto a board. Using a wet knife, cut marshmallow into 24 squares.

4. Place 1/2 cup coconut in each snap-lock bag. Add 8 to 10 drops food colouring. Seal and rub colour into coconut. Place 1 marshmallow at a time in each bag and gently toss in coconut to coat. Remove to a wire rack. Set marshmallows aside until surfaces feel dry (about 1 hour). Serve.

TOASTING COCONUT is easy - take a heavy frying pan and place coconut on dry pan and toss as it heats up and starts to colour.  Turn out of hot pan because the heat will continue to toast coconut.

HOMEMADE DISHWASHER TABLETS

These are easy to make because Kathy and I made these.

Images @ Eminpee Fotography

Ingredients:

1 Cup Borax

1 Cup Washing Soda

1/4 Cup Epsom Salt

Lemon Juice

Method:

1.  First mix all the powders together making sure to mix up well.

2.  Put 1 cup of the powder into a separate bowl and  pour in a little lemon juice.

For one cup of powder use approx 4 tablespoons of lemon juice.
You don't want the mixture to be dry but neither do you the mixture soaking wet. Approximately 4 tablespoons made mixture wet and sticky and workable.The lemon juice foams on contact with the powders.

3.  Mix all well. Using gloves on place hand fulls on ice cube trays

4.  Pack down nicely [It is handy to have a supply of ice cube trays on hand]

5.  Repeat process several times to use all of the mixture.

6.  Set trays in a warm dry place overnight to set and turn out and bag.

I have never had a dishwasher but if I did I would definitely do this because.   I helped my friend Kathy make these and it is her recipe.  I loved adding this quirky recipe to the Family Recipe Book.