Spicy Prawn with Stink Beans

Do you love stink bean? If yes, this recipe is for you. Before we look at the recipe, do you know that stink bean is also known as Parkia speciosa? Yes, the science term for stink bean is Parkia speciosa.

 

 

It is proven that stink bean helps to lower blood pressure and to relieve stress. This will be a good news for those love stink bean. Okey.... let us look at the recipe now.

 

 

 

 

Ingredients :-

 

 

1 small bowl of stink beans

300gm prawns

20 dry chillies

5 cloves garlic

1 large onion - sliced

1 stalk lemon grass

1/2 cup of water

3 tsp oil

salt to taste

 

*Blend dry chillies with garlic into a paste

 

 

Method :-

 

• Fry the stink beans till half cooked and keep a side.
• Heat oil in a wok. Add lemon grass and onion. Saute a minute or two.
• Add chilli paste and cook till the oil separates.
• Add the prawns and stir-fry for a few minutes. Add the water and bring to a slow boil. 
• Add stink beans and salt. Stir-fry for about 3 minutes. Dish out and serve. 
 

Creamy Chicken Curry

Talk about fresh market I usually prefer to go to Kip Mart, Tampoi. We can get fish, chicken, vegetables and etc quite cheaper there. But.... it's too far from my place. Last Friday, for a change we went to Pandan Wholesale Market. Guess what??? Prices of fish and poultry are relatively much more cheaper here. Moreover, the fish were fresh. So.... now onwards we gonna get the groceries from Pandan Wholesale Market.

 

Now, back to today's recipe..... Creamy Chicken Curry. I got the recipe from a book. I got this book with me for the past few years.... but just recently I tried the recipe...and my hubby love it. 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients :-

 

 

1kg chicken - cut into small pieces

4tsp ghee

1tsp chilli powder

1/2tsp turmeric powder

1 big onion

2cm ginger

2tsp coriander powder

250gm coconut cream

1 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

1 potato - cut into 4 or 6

1 cup water

1 cinnamon stick

1 strand curry leaves

2 star anise

salt to taste

 

*Grind onion and ginger  

 

 

Method :-

 

• Heat the ghee and fry chicken till half cooked. Keep a side.
• Saute the grinded onion and ginger in the ghee till the aroma is in the air. Add the cinnamon stick, star anise & curry leaves. Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder & coriander powder.
• Add potato, chicken and pour a cup of water. Cover the pan and cook for 15 minutes.
• Finally, add the coconut cream, garam masala and salt. Cook for another 2 minutes.

 

 

 



 

Chicken Varuval

 

Hubby's birthday is around the corner. I can't afford to buy luxury gift for him since am not working at the moment. Moreover each time I wanted to present him something, I'll need to crack my head on what to buy for him. He loves Samsung Note 2 and I bought it for his birthday last year. So..... this year I planned to cook special dishes for him. One of it will be Chicken Varuval. This is the first time I tried this and it comes well. Let me share the recipe here....

 

 

Ingredients :-

 

1 whole chicken - cut into small pieces

10 small onion

6 garlic cloves

1 1/2 cm ginger

2 1/2 tsp chilli powder

1 2/2 tsp cumin seeds - dry roast till the aroma is in the air

7 dry chillies - cut into half

2 strand curry leaves

2 cinnamon stick

few cloves

3 tsp oil

salt to taste

 

 *Grind onion, garlic and ginger into a paste

 

 

Method :-



• Mix chicken pieces with the paste and salt, leave for an hour.
• Pour oil in a wok, once heated, add cinnamon, cloves, curry leaves, dry chillies and fry.
• Add the chicken mixture with 1 1/2 cup water in the wok and cook in medium flame.
• Once it turns dry, add chilli powder and cumin seeds.
• Cook till the oil separates.

 

 

Do try this recipe and share with me. If you have suggestions, feel free to leave a comment.

 

GOOD LUCK!!!