Musings of an Idiot

Asian Delight

It has been an incredibly productive saturday. Caught up with Jordan (the script writer for 'Nowhere to Love'), over the phone regarding the script - along with Richard. It is definitely an exciting phase of the storytelling process, especially when everyone is tuned into the story and working to make it even better than what it is right now. I still have to clean my room but the good thing is that I cleared up my study table, so I can actually sit and work without having to worry about other flatmates in the lounge. But it now means that all the stuff on the desk is now on the floor but that's a task for tomorrow.(:-)

I have uploaded the travel photos when Lance and me stopped over at Hong Kong - you can view them HERE. It truly was an amazing place and I think to enjoy it one needs atleast a week there to view all the major attractions without rushing through them.

I was in mood for some cooking - and I did not want to make the usual dishes, so I tried something new with no prior idea of what it will be. The dish turned out to be yummy and got a compliment from my flatmate who could smell the aroma, coming up the driveway. I think I will name the dish- Asian Delight chicken. Here is the recipe below if you wanna try it out.

Ingredients

• 500 gm diced (skinless) chicken
• 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 2 teaspoon crushed coriander paste
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon soya sauce
• 2 generous scoops of butter (normal one which we use on bread)

Preperation

• Heat 2 table spoons of extra virgin olive oil in a non stick wok, on high.
• Add 2 teaspoons of crushed garlic and stir till all of it is evenly spread out across the base and is slightly brownish in colour.
• Add 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder and stir nicely into the oil and crushed garlic in the wok.
• Add the diced chicken to the wok and stir nicely till it starts getting a little brown (after 4-5 minutes).
• Add 2 teaspoons of crushed coriander paste and stir chicken well for another 3-4 minutes.
• Add 1 teaspoon garam masala and 2 teaspoons of salt and stir chicken for another 4-5 minutes.
• Keep cooking the chicken, stirring it occasionally. The chicken will leave water but keep cooking on high till the water dries out.
• Add 1 tablespoon of soya sauce to the chicken and stir fry for another 2-3 minutes.
• The chicken should now be dry and giving a nice aroma. Add 2 generous scoops of butter to the wok and stir fry the chicken till it is nicely fried in the butter. This should take another 2 minutes.
• Remove from the wok and serve hot with rice.
  

[Tip - At any point if you think the chicken is getting stuck to the bottom reduce the heat to low for sometime while carrying on the cooking (I didn't have to do it).]

It is yummy and my flatmate and two of his mates who have come over for a BBQ can vouch for that because they were interested in knowing what I was cooking and really liked the taste of the finished product - when I got them to taste a little bit of it (I always tend to do it because you loose your sense of smell after a time while cooking). So I am happy that this time the cooking experiment worked.

Loads of paperwork to go through over the next couple of days, so I better get back into it.
Till later,
Amit

Labels: Food, Holiday, Nowhere to Love

posted by Amit @ 6:24 PM