Thai Infused Spicy Curry Fish

Today I am going to make fish curry in a different way but make it spicy. I wanted to use this Jamaican curry powder, but wanted to make it spicy too, so added these frozen Thai red chilies. It was very spicy and yet simple so I named it Thai infused Spicy Curry Fish. It made my eyes water because of the spiciness but still could not stop eating. :-)

This fish curry can be serve with hot steamed rice.

Ingredients:

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1 lb Cat Fish fillets cut into cubes

2 tbsp Jamaican Curry powder (This can also be found in Oriental Market or Oriental stores)

8-10 Thai Red Chilies (I used the frozen ones which I got from Oriental Market), cut diagonally

1 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

salt to taste

1 tbsp Cumin Powder

1/2 tsp White Pepper powder

1/4 cup Coconut mix

1 sprig Curry leaves

1 medium Onion sliced

1 tbsp Oil

Method:

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1. In a deep sauce pan, add oil,  when it's hot add ginger-garlic paste and saute it for about 2 mins until it turns golden brown.

2. Add Curry leaves, Thai red chillies and onions.

3. Saute the onions until it turns transparent.

Jamaican Curry Powder

4. Now add all the spice powders (Jamaican curry powder, cumin powder, pepper powder, salt and white pepper powder), saute it until the raw spice smell is gone, now add enough water and bring it to a boil.

5. Now add the fish and cook for about 8-10 mins or until the fish is cooked.

6. Now simmer the flame to medium low and add the coconut milk and serve this hot with steamed rice.

Sweet Potato Orzo Pasta Casserole

I tried giving sweet potato to Anush (my son) in many ways but he never liked it, so I came up with this recipe. As I already told you that I am going to cheat my son Anush with the sweet potato with cheddar cheese. You can look at my Sweet Potato Cups filled with Orzo pasta recipe for initial preparation for this recipe and I will continue this recipe from there. He loved this recipe and I won in making him eat sweet potato.

Extra Ingredients:
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1/2 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese grated

Method:
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1. Pre-heat the oven to 350F.
2. Follow the steps of this Sweet Potato Cups filled with Orzo pasta recipe except the last step (step no. 7).
3. Now place the sweet potato and orzo mixture in a baking dish and sprinkle with cheese on top.

4. Bake this for about 10-15 mins or until the cheese melts. Don't over cook as all the ingredients are already cooked.

Meatloaf Leftover makeover with Grilled Sweet Potato Cups filled with Orzo

I had leftover meatloaf from my previous Meatloaf Recipe. So I didn't want to bore my kid and husband with the same for the second day. So I thought of coming up with a new recipe as a makeover. :-)

So I had this sweet potato too and wanted to make some orzo with sweet potato and cheddar cheese especially for my son, so that I can add the sweet potato and cheese and cheat him by saying that it is cheese. Finally I won this challenge. So here by I made three complete recipes out of two things (meatloaf and sweet potato).

MAKEOVER MEAT LOAF RECIPE:

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Ingredients:
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3 tbsp Chipotle Mustard
2 tbsp Ketchup


Method:
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1. Preheat the oven to broil.
2. Mix the ingredients and brush it over the sliced meatloaf and broil it on both sides until it turns out to be brown.

GRILLED SWEET POTATO CUPS FILLED WITH ORZO:

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Ingredients:
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1 big Sweet Potato
1/2 Orzo pasta (I used whole wheat orzo pasta) boiled and drained


Method:
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1. Boild the Sweet Potato whole in pressure cooker or preheat oven for about 350 and cover the sweet potato in aluminium foil and bake it for about 30-40 mins or until 3/4 cooked.
2. Meanwhile in a sauce pan add 3 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
3. When it comes to boil add salt and orzo pasta and cook it for about 7-8 mins and drain off the water and run the pasta in cold water so that it stops cooking further. keep this aside.
4. Now after the sweet potato is cooked, peel the skin, slice the end off so that it can stand when placed on a plate.
5. Scoop out he middle part of sweet potato to a bowl to make it look like a cup.
6. Mash the scooped sweet potato with some salt and pepper and add the orzo pasta to it.
7. Heat a grill pan and brush the top end of the sweet potato cup and grill it and fill the orzo mixture and serve hot with the makeover meatloaf