Curried
Chicken
(The dish that Parris and Fox ate at the Tea House in Tokyo)
(The dish that Parris and Fox ate at the Tea House in Tokyo)
3
lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite size pieces
1
bulb of garlic, more if you desire
4
bay leaves
1
tsp. ground cloves
3
tsp. ground ginger
2
tsp. cumin
1
tsp. marjoram
1/4
tsp. ground coriander
1/4
tsp. turmeric
1/4
tsp. yellow mustard seeds, ground
2-3
ounces curry powder (suite to your taste and color)
1
chicken bouillon cube (if you'd like to salt your curry)
2
potatoes
1
eggplant
Roti
4
cups flour
hot
water
1/4
cup butter, room temperature
1
tsp. salt
Cut
chicken into bite size pieces. Add
garlic and mix into chicken. In a
separate bowl mix all of the spices and curry powder together (but not the bay
leaves) Slowly add spice mixture into
chicken/garlic while mixing by hand to ensure even coverage. Set the mixed chicken aside while you prepare
the Roti.
Roti
Boil
water and let cool until you can handle it with your hands (you'll be kneading
the Roti dough). Mix 4 cups of flour
with the salt and then add the hot water until it is moist but not sticky. You want the consistency of a flat dough that
will be rolled out using a wooden rolling pin.
Take a little more than half a stick of room temperature and add it to
the flour and water mixture. This will
keep the dough form sticking to your hand and itself. Use judgment for rolling consistency. Flour flat surface and rolling pin and form
dough into balls. Roll balls out to flat
and thin consistency, about 5-7 inches.
Heat up your frying pan to medium-high heat. (This can be done using 2 pans to make it go
faster) Take a paper towel and use oil to
rub onto pan before each roti that you cook.
The roti will form small brown spots on each side when done. Do not overcook, it should never be
stiff. When done in the pan, put on a
plate lined with paper towels and cover with a dish towel to keep it warm. After the Roti is done, start making the
curry (both can be done at the same time if you like.)
Curry
Pour just enough oil
to cover the bottom of a large pot.
Place 4 big bay leaves into the pot and warm oil on medium for a few
minutes (before the bay leaves turn brown).
Turn heat to high and add chicken.
Cook at high heat stirring every minute for 10 minutes, then turn to
medium/medium low heat. Use your
judgment when cooking at high heat because you don't want the chicken to stick
or burn. If the pot is lacking any
liquid form the high temperature, add small amounts of water or chicken
stock. As the chicken cooks longer, the
juices are released. 5 minutes after
turning the heat to medium/medium low, add the cubed potatoes and
eggplant. When potatoes are done, the
curry is done. Make sure the eggplant is
dissolved into the curry. You'll all
finished! Use the Roti to scoop up your
meal. No silverware required!
Pandora's
Succession - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think
With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
His
partner stood beside the open briefcase.
"You couldn't have been more perfect." He took the fluorescent-green vial and let it
drop gently on the ground without breaking.
He then hit the alarm button. The
siren was heard for miles. It was not
too long after, that ten of the guards burst through the doorway with their
assault rifles in position. They fanned
out to cover the inside of the dome.
"What's the emergency?" yelled the leader of the two
scientists, and then he saw Cole's body with the dagger protruding from his
stomach. His assault rifle shot up
immediately. "Both of you, hands in
the air. Do it, now!" Within seconds, they had encircled the two
scientists. "I repeat," yelled
the leader to the two scientists.
"Put your hands up, or we will be forced to shoot you." The two white-coats didn't obey him, but
instead looked at each other and smiled.
"For The Promise?" The
partner already had the vial under the heel of his shoe. As he slowly raised his hands along with the
assailant, he breathed his last breath and crushed the vial. It wasn't long before what felt like millions
of microscopic teeth tearing away at the flesh, starting with his foot and then
moving to the rest of his body.
Ridley
Fox was a former JTF2 operative who has since been recruited into the CIA. He has
the job of his life and should he fail, the whole world, as we now know it,
will be at risk from the deadly "Pandora." At the time a group known as the "Arms
of Ares" which is made up of former intelligence operatives, originating
from the former Soviet Union, has Pandora and plans to sell it to the highest
bidder... but Hexagon Pharmaceuticals has their own feelers out to acquire it
for their own use.
This
book is designed for the need for action reader and believe me, it fulfills
that need. There is barely a page that
is turned without fast, pack energy and suspense. And the best part is that Fox has no idea who
he can and can't trust. Hexagon has its
hands, or should I say mind, into many high places through its mind control
cult making no one safe to deal with.
When
reading this book I found myself being like Fox... not believing anything
anyone said nor did, except Fox and I was beginning to worry a bit about
him. This is a 'man's' book but some of
us women who like a good action will love it too.