Thursday, May 1, 2008

Vegetable Curry

My wife makes great vegetable curry, which I like to eat with roti prata. Below is the recipe which she e-mailed to a friend who requested the recipe:

Ingredients: 1 large onion (chopped), 1 large carrot (peeled and cut at an angle, abt an inch) , 4 medium-sized potatoes (peeled and quartered), 10 string beans (cut into halves), half medium-sized round Chinese cabbage (or a full small one; cut into pieces), 1 pkt regular tofu (quartered and halved again to get triangular pcs) , 2 tbsp of curry powder (add accordingly if you wish to make it more spicy), abt 1 tsp of chilli powder ( add to taste), abt half evaporated milk or coconut milk; salt to taste

Method:
1. Pat dry triangular tofu pcs on paper towel
2. Add 5 tbsp of oil to pan and pan-fry tofu until golden brown
3. Drain cooked tofu on paper towel to remove excess oil. Set aside.
4. In a medium-sized pot, add oil to saute the chopped onions on high heat until nearly fragrant
5. Add currry powder and chilli powder and incorporate the ingredients
6. Put in all the vegetables (except tofu) and mix well
7. Add abt 2 cups of water to prevent the curry powder from burning
8. Continue to stir and reduce to medium heat
9. When veg are cooked, add in the milk as well as the tofu pcs. Add salt to taste.
10.Stir gently on low heat and turn off stove when curry is done.

Hope you'll enjoy preparing and eating this dish.

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