Curry and Naan

Yesterday, right around lunch time, I tweaked my back out. I wasn’t incapacitated, but the wind was definitely taken right out of my sails. So, Phin and Abbi decided to pray for my back. Here is what Phin said:

“Dear Jesus, please make Mama’s back ALL better. Please heal it so she can cook supper for us! Amen.”

After that I just HAD to cook supper, so after a hot bath, a lot of stretching, and a hero coming home from work a bit early, I settled on a super easy recipe for Chicken Curry. It was super good, served with rice and naan, so I thought I’d share!

Curried Chicken Stew

2 chicken breasts, chopped into smallish pieces

1 lg sweet potatoe, peeled an cut into ½” pieces

1 med onion, peeled and chopped

1 med zucchini (I didn’t use this)

1 small green pepper, chopped (I used a mix of red, orange and yellow)

1 ½ tsp curry powder

1 tsp cumin

1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained

1 can diced tomatoes

¾ c veggi broth (I used water)

½ tsp salt

In big pot or skillet, cook chicken in a bit of oil with a dash or paprika, turmeric, salt and pepper.

Transfer to bowl.

In a bit more oil, cook vegetables till tender, 8-10 min.

Add curry powder and cumin; cook 1 min.

Add garbanzo beans and tomatoes, broth and salt.

Heat to boiling; reduce heat to med-low.

Cover and simmer till, veggies are very tender but not mushy.

Serve with cooked brown rice and naan.

Naan is an Indian flat bread that is fried in a pan. Sort of like a fluffy tortilla. You can use it in place of utensils by taking a piece of the naan and pinching a bite of food. Then pop it into your mouth and enjoy! Here is the recipe I used:

Naan

1 ½ cups water

1 T yeast

1 tsp salt

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp paprika

2 tsp turmeric

1/2 cup golden raisins

3-4 cups whole wheat flour

(The recipe called for 3 T mango chutney as well,

but I didn’t have it so I didn’t use it!)

Add yeast to water, let stand.

Add the spices and raisins plus 3 cups of the flour.

Mix well, adding flour till your dough I firm but slightly sticky

Divide dough into 6 sections.

Let rise 60 – 90 min

Divide each dough ball in half.

Flatten and roll into circle (hah!)

Let rest 5 min.

Heat fry pan to medium (cast iron works great!)

Coat lightly with a bit of olive oil.

Fry each rolled out dough ball till lightly brown on each side.

Very yummy.

Enjoy!