Tuesday, June 16, 2009

THINGS TO DO.

I'm eating beef with cream of mushroom right now wanting Japanese beef curry instead. It is a quick and tasty recipe. All you need is beef, potatoes, carrots, and a can of cream of mushroom soup. Viola! Japanese curry on the other hand is much more labor intensive. Takes time and attention to get the dish right. You can't just throw it all in a pot like the beef mushroom recipe.


Ingredients.

1 lb cubed beef
4 medium potatoes, diced
3 carrots, diced
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic
2 chicken or beef boullion cubes
5 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/4 C flour
4 Tbsp curry powder
1 tsp chili powder (optional)
2 Tsp salt (or to taste)
2 C short grain rice
4 C water


Directions.

In a large pot, heat 2 Tbsp of vegetable oil. Saute onion and garlic until softened.
Add the ground beef and cook until it is no longer pink.
Add the carrots and potatoes, stir a few times, and then add the water and boullion.
Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
While the meat is cooking, make a roux out of the remaining 3 Tbsp oil and the flour: heat oil in a medium skillet until shimmering. Over low-medium heat, add flour and stir, cooking until the flour is blended and takes on a pale golden hue.
Add curry powder and chili powder, using the back of the spatula to blend it into the roux. The mixture will be powdery and dry.
Take 1/2 C of the hot liquid from the meat pot and slowly add it to the curry-roux mixture, stiring constantly to form a smooth paste.
By spoonfuls, add the curry paste back to the beef mixture, stirring to dissolve.
Add salt.
Simmer the curry for 20-30 minutes, until the sauce has thickened and the beef and vegetables are tender.
While curry is finishing up, bring rice and water to a boil in a pot, immediately reduce heat to low, cover the pot with its lid, and cook for 20 minutes.
Serve curry with rice in shallow bowls. There should be approximately twice as much curry as rice in the bowl.


Notes.

1) Curry mixes vary in ingredients and intensity, so adjust the spices accordingly.
2) Like a stew, there should be a lot of sauce, so if the curry is too dry, add more water.


It must be the dessert chef[or the sap] in me but dishes like these catch my eye. Something I would cook for a sweetie and make her melt. Or vice versa.

How can you not? Your heart is black!


The next two entries have nothing to do with things I need to do[or does it] ??? They are just two hot girls that happen to be crazy. Right up my alley.


Every hot girl has someting she's insecure about. Megan Fox is NO exception. Click it.


I need to take a drawing class; so, I can join in the fun. Asian with an ass. Rare.


This would not be one of those pervin' sessions. Just appreciation for the female body with art as the byproduct.


Look at homie concentrating. Hahahaha.


DRUNKEN B-SIDES

If you are more drunk than your girl and it's not your birthday... it's not a good look. I saw homie 10 minutes later get wheelchaired out. Tsk tsk tsk.


Me: Where are you guys?
Paul: blufhtbour

Hahahahahaha.


-Cinista.

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