Curried Spicy Mackerel Choo Chee Pa Food

CURRIED CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Saute onion, ginger, and garlic in oil. Add curry powder and cook 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Add chickpeas and cook until heated through; season. Serve with yogurt and cilantro sprigs.

CURRIED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large pot, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat. Add in the red onion, garlic, and green chile and saute until tender, approximately 2 minutes. Sprinkle over the curry powder and all of the flour, stirring to create a roux. Whisk to remove the lumps, and cook the flour for approximately 1 minute.
• Slowly pour in the milk while whisking to create a curried creamy sauce over low heat.
• Bring the sauce to a simmer, and continue whisking for 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat, discard the green chile, and add 2 cups grated Provolone, and stir until smooth.
• Add the cooked macaroni to the curry sauce, mix until evenly coated, and season with salt. Transfer the macaroni mixture to a 9 by 9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle the top with 1/4 cup bread crumbs and 1/4 cup cheese.
• Arrange the asparagus in a line over the macaroni. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup bread crumbs and cheese over the asparagus, and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.

CHOO CHEE RED CURRY SHRIMP (CHOO CHEE GKOONG)

Steps:

• Shell, devein, and butterfly the shrimp; give them a saltwater bath to freshen. Rinse and drain well, and let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before cooking.
• Cut two of the three red peppers into thin rounds, including seeds, and pound with a mortar and pestle to a coarse paste. Cut the other pepper with seeds into fine inch-long slivers.
• Heat 2/3 cup coconut cream in a wok or skillet over high heat. When it has warmed to a smooth consistency, spoon out 1 tablespoon and reserve. Reduce remaining cream for a few minutes until it is thick and bubbly and the oil begins to separate from the cream. Add curry paste, mushing it into the cream and fry, while stirring, over medium-high heat for a few minutes until it is aromatic and darker in color and the mixture is very thick.
• Increase heat to high and add the remaining 1/3 cup coconut cream, stirring to make a thick, well-blended sauce. Season to taste with fish sauce and palm sugar stirring well to melt sugar and blend seasonings. Toss in shrimp and cook in the sauce, stirring frequently. When the shrimp have lost their raw pink color on the outside, stir in the crushed chillies and kaffir lime leaves. Stir-fry 10 to 15 seconds before adding basil and slivered chilli. Stir well to wilt basil and, when shrimp are just cooked through, turn off heat.
• Transfer to a serving dish and drizzle reserved tablespoon of coconut cream over shrimp. Garnish with a sprig or two of basil.

SPICY MACKEREL WITH CHILES AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Season fish generously on both sides with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; set aside.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. When it shimmers, add onion, jalapenos, garlic, chili powder, and cumin and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook until vegetables are soft and starting to brown, about 7 minutes. Add tomatoes, season with additional salt, and cook until tomatoes just begin to break down, about 2 minutes more.
• Create 4 spaces in the vegetables, and nestle fish, skin-side up, in the empty spaces. Cook until underside is golden in color, about 5 minutes. Flip fish over, add lime juice, and cook, scraping bottom of pan to incorporate browned bits, until almost all liquid is gone, about 2 minutes more.

MACKEREL WITH CURRY SPICES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 180C/ conventional 200C/gas 6. Make 4-5 deep diagonal slashes along both sides of each fish. Mix the curry paste with the olive oil and the juice of 1 lemon then rub all over the fish and into the cuts.
• Cut six 65 x 30cm sheets of foil and fold each one in half to make a rough square. Lay a fish on top of each square, squeeze over the rest of the lemon juice and sprinkle with coriander.
• Loosely wrap the foil around the fish, and seal the edges tightly. Put the parcels on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Transfer the fish to plates with the juice drizzled over, or give each person a parcel.