Let's face it, American food is fucking horrible, especially for those of us who don't consider livestock to be a viable food group. Personally, I gravitate towards cuisine from the Eastern Hemisphere. Luckily, there's no shortage of Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, or Middle Eastern restaurants around here, but seeing as I just took a big fucking paycut I probably won't be visiting those places terribly often. I've cooked curries at home before (I even have a 700-page Indian food cookbook with 1,000 recipes) but they always seem to lack something. I've resorted to buying ready-made curry paste at the store, but something about that feels like a cop-out.
Delicious guilt:
This particular curry was easy as hell. All you need is an onion, a tomato, some mushrooms, a couple peppers, a can of chickpeas, curry paste, some water, and about an hour of simmering time to cook off the extra liquid.
Since I used the last of our curry paste in this dish, I decided to try my hand at making my own this morning. It looks pretty good, but I haven't actually cooked anything with it yet. I think I will wait to post my homemade curry paste until I can check it for quality and modify, since I can pretty much guarantee that I won't get it right on the first try.
The key is fresh tomato, ginger, garlic, onion, pepper... along with all the spices, that's how you replace the curry paste... Chili, cumin, turmeric, pepper, etc. And lots of paprika, my personal favorite.
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