Curry chicken

I tried this once & I liked but not as much as the other Jamaican recipes I have tried lol. But that's just me. But my cousin Crystal well oh she's a big curry chicken lover! Can be eaten with rice n peas or white rice,tried it with fried rice and jollof too lol.

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs of chicken
• 6 tablespoons of curry powder
• 4 teaspoons of thyme
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• 3 stalks of scallion (aka spring onions)
• 1 teaspoon of ginger
• 2 scotch bonnet pepper(Jamaican hot pepper)
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 teaspoons of black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper(optional)
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon of flour (use as a thickener for sauce)

Method: 

1. Wash the chicken with lime or lemon juice,chop the chicken into small pieces
2. Chop onions,scallions,garlic and pepper, rub the chicken with all ingredients excluding the water and potatoes allow the chicken to marinate in the fridge for 2 hours. 
3. Fry the chicken for 10minutes or until chicken is sealed.
4. Chop your potatoes then add to the chicken and water into a sauce pan, cover and allow the sauce to be thick(this would take about an hour or so).

Ps: I wanted my food to be ready quicker than the hour wait so I mixed half a teaspoon of flour and water and poured it in the mixture and about 15-20mins it thickened for me. 

Just squeezed lemon juice on it for the washing

Seasoned and ready for marinating

Chopped potatoes

Frying the chicken

Almost done frying

Water and potatoes added

Served with white rice,  fried plantain and steamed veggies

Clean Thai Curry By Hayet Rida

Allow me to introduce the lovely Hayet Rida. I came across this woman's page on instagram while looking for other healthy meals to prepare for my mom. & BOY was I inspired. She's Ghanaian just like me(WOOHOO!) and is on a journey which she hashtags as #Hayetisonadiet on instagram. What impressed me the most about her is her ability to experiment with food and also her encouraging pictures on instagram. Let's just say I look forward to her posts on the gram. She was kind enough to share one of her go to healthy meal with us today. NO SALT! NO PERSERVATIVES!! Check her out on instagram at @hayetrida. Watch out for more healthy recipes from her. 

Chicken ingredients: 

• 1 can coconut milk
• 1 bell pepper
• Chilli peppers
• 1 onion(optional) 
• 1 tablespoon curry paste
•  6 drumsticks 

Fried rice ingredients:

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 or 2 green beans
• Pineapple
• Chilli
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Method:
The most important thing is to make sure that the chicken is fully cooked. 

1. Using a cooking spray,spray a medium cooking pot, steam chicken till its no longer pink(for about 10-15mins), add in vegetables, stir for awhile then add in your curry paste,stir for awhile then pour in the coconut milk. Allow it to simmer for 10minutes. 
2. Cook the brown rice until its done, allow it to dry. 
3. Using a cooking spray, spray a medium sauce pan, stir fry the vegetables, add the pineapples stir for awhile and then add in the brown rice after a few more stirs add the soy sauce. 

Fried rice prep

Presented 2 for the picture

All yummy fried rice

Doesn't it look great?

Yellow or Curry/Turmeric rice

I can give up somethings but unfortunately rice isn't one of them. Lol. I tried brown rice for like a week and I wasn't happy that whole week(maybe a bit drastic but that's the only expression I can give for how I felt. Anyways here's something I tried with my rice. Oh how I love rice lol

Ingredients

• 4 cups of rice
• 2-3 cups of water(depending on the kind of rice you use,every rice cooks differently. I use Jasmine so typically I use 2 and half cups of water)
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 teaspoon thyme
• 1/3 teaspoon of parsley flakes
• 1 small red or green pepper

Method:

1. Chop the vegetables,in a saucepan or rice cooker add the veggies, rice, and water stir, then add in your curry and turmeric making sure that it all dissolves probably. Add your salt, parsley flakes and thyme. Cover saucepan with foil and allow it to cook until it's soft to touch(or if you are using your rice cooker, should be a whole lot easier)

Ingredients

Didn't have onions in these

Curry Goat

My 2nd favorite Jamaican dish. When I first tasted this dish I wanted to be smart and find out the ingredients that was used for it by just tasting it. Well let's just say I failed LOL but hey that's all part of learning right? :-) Well finally after asking some people and adding my own I got the ingredients right. This goes very well with either white rice or rice n peas, I even had it with fried rice and jollof (YUM!!)

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds of goat meat (cubed) 
• 2 tablespoons of curry powder (I like mine with a lot of curry so you can use 2 teaspoons instead if you don't want too much curry)
• 2 diced onions
• 2 scotch bonnet pepper(Jamaican hot pepper)
• 2 teaspoons of thyme
• 4 cloves of garlic (optional for those who are not big fans of garlic)
• 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
• 1 teaspoon of butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 a pound of carrots (diced)  [Optional for those who would rather not have it in there]
• 1/2 a pound of potatoes (diced)[Also optional but the carrots and potatoes gives it the thickness like in the picture]

Method:

1. Blend all ingredients with the exception of the carrots and potatoes with half a cup of water, adding more water if all ingredients do not mix well enough
2. Wash goat meat very well and add the blended ingredients to it and let it marinate overnight (preferably) but if you want it fast just let it marinate for about an hour or two
3. Scrape off as much marinade as you can, it will be used for later
4. Fry the meat with butter and allow it to brown gently after 15mins transfer meat to a sauce pan add the potatoes and carrots and the scraped marinade and just enough water to cover the meat.



Best way to have curry goat with rice n peas,steamed veggies and some fried plantains

5. Let it boil then let it simmer until the meat is very tender. (this should take about 45mins to an hour)

Curry Shrimp

I love shrimp, fried, grilled, boiled no matter how it is cooked, I just love shrimp lol BUT curry shrimp has to be one of my absolute favorites.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds of peeled and deveined shrimp
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of curry powder
• 2 stalks of scallion(also known as spring onions)
• 2 onions
• 1 tomato(optional)
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper(Jamaican hot pepper)
• 1 teaspoon of cornstarch(if none, flour can be used...this thickens the sauce)
• 1/2 sweet green pepper 
• 1/2 sweet red or yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Ps: You don't have to use all these bell peppers. They are optional, I used them because i love them :-).

Method:

1. Chop onions,scallions, peppers, tomato and garlic
2. Mix the shrimp in one bowl with one tablespoon of curry powder
3. Melt the butter in a sauce pan, add the other tablespoon of curry powder, fry for about a minute
4. Add the chopped vegetables, fry for about 2 minutes
5. Add the shrimps and let it simmer for about 5 minutes
6. Add water and cornstarch(flour) and let it cook for another 5-10 minutes
7. Enjoy with white rice, rice and peas, jollof or fried rice. :-)