It's Thanksgiving week and my Aunts have rolled into town. They're on their way to New Zealand for a few hikes and some wine. I would love to join them, but I have a few projects to eyeball before they go full-steam in January, and importantly, I have a needy dog this monsoon season. Pre 2019, I'd join the Aunts in the UK every Christmas and New Year. But now, they indulge Choya and toddle over to my part of the world instead.
Put the Aunts up at a dog-friendly hotel and placed Choya with them for a day. LOL They're very capable of looking after her. Choya doesn't mind them either. Then they all toddled over for a simple dinner at mine. When I say 'simple', I really mean simple. I am no cook. So please don't expect anything if I am to produce food from my pots.
No turkey. I'm not a big fan of turkey unless it's done Asian style. But I'm no accomplished cook. I'm not about to try roasting a turkey or even doing a turkey biryani. Chicken curry for Thanksgiving it was. That was all. Stole the dog's packs of chicken ovaries and chicken gizzards. Hurhurhur. Besides the all-essential potatoes, the offal is always a great addition to the flavors in the pot.
I would just do chicken curry with okra, and basmati rice. Of course I used an instant pack of curry paste lah! I had earlier gotten those meal kits/packs of Prima Taste rempah and gravy for visitors, and bought too many. So I might as well use them. I did however, marinated the chicken with yoghurt and the additional meat curry powder that I always stock in the larder to 'curry up' the taste. I went super light with the salt since I expect the pack's paste to be sufficiently salted. #ImpieCooks2024
I didn't even bother with side dishes. The Aunts said no cheese platter needed because they would have plenty of that after this Singapore stop. I did put out purchased nyonya achar and ngoh hiang rolls on the table. Choya got her share too. Steamed a chicken fillet for her to go with a raw ovary and gizzards. She can't be eating that much ovaries and gizzards, so I steamed the rest of it for her next day's meals.
To my surprise, the whole pot was eaten up! There were no leftovers. I didn't think I used too little meat. It was a whole chicken plus an additional tray of chicken breast fillets since all these people prefer the breast meat. Had to sear the chicken breasts well and separately and not have them overcook in the curry. The husband was just so pleased to have a homecooked meal that isn't anything weird or just spam and eggs. LOL
Yeah, it's chicken curry...... white wine or champagne would match it nicely. But as we have it, this table likes red wine. So a bottle of red it was to accompany the meal. Skipped the pumpkin pie in favor of a small box of mithai! Ha!
Happy Thanksgiving. 🍁
[16] But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. [17] For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them. [18] Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
~ Matthew 13:16-18, Douay-Rheims
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