REVIEW - Chick Pea & Cashew Nut Curry - Dinner Spinner

[faffa_70]

This would be the 4th or 5th time I have made this dish tonight as it has been a hit with the WHOLE family 

I have served it with both brown and basmatti rice and wouldn't bother with anything other than brown rice in the future. It just seems to add something to the dish.

I steam chicken and greens while the rice is cooking and with 1kg of chicken (either breast or thigh, depending on what I have on hand) and the greens I can feed all 7 of us easily with this dish.

This is a 5/5 for us (as the whole family like it!!)

[cecilia]

We love it too, Faffa.  This is a copy of my quick review on the other thread:

Last night we had Chick Pea and Cashew Curry - beautiful, except with four adults eating, it didn't go very far.  Note for future - Side dishes important for that one.

[faffa_70]

oh good idea to copy it here Cecelia, Judy will now be able to add it to the thread easily 

[Lellyj]

Thanks for this Faffa, I'm planning to cook this one soon.  I just wondered if you could offer details about how you steam chicken and greens, Faffa.  I don't do enough steaming.

[faffa_70]

Rice in the basket (brown rice 35 mins) then because I do 1kg of chicken I dice or smallish strip (depending on what I feel like!) and add half of the chicken to the bottom of the varoma bowl and the other half to the tray and the place my greens on top of both layers  

If you were cooking for a smaller family you would be able to do chicken in the bowl and greens on the tray.

I put the rice and chicken on and start steaming together (as per EDC = 900g water, 35min, varoma and speed 4) and then put the greens in once they are prepared and this generally is around the right amount of time needed to cook them.

I am lucky and happen to have a couple of Thermoservers, so rice into one, veg in another and chicken in one more   then on with the curry which only takes about 15 min total  

[Lellyj]

thanks Kathryn, for these tips.  I think steaming some chicken and greens to serve with this dish will keep vegetarians and non vegetarians happy at the same time!  I appreciate your help.

[cookie1]

This is one of the few DS we haven't tried. Tonight is the fish pie.

[snappy]

I made this one the other night and just added some cubes chicken breast into the  to make the dish a little more substantial.  It was absolutely delicious and I have to say I much prefer it over the almond chicken curry.

[debs]

We loved this. Such a nice flavour. I served it to 5 adults and that wasnt enough.  We were licking bowls clean. lol. Lucky we were really gathered for the Christmas pudding which was following.

I thought next time I'd add zucchini cubes to the curry similar to how it's done with the red chicken curry from the EDC.

[JulieO]

Sounds like I'm the only one that didn't like this. 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

We weren't overly thrilled with it Julie.  I posted about it in another thread. In fairness I wrote that I doubted we would really enjoy any chickpea curry. 

[judydawn]

For those of us not keen on chickpeas, what would you suggest we could substitute them with.  I like baked beans so how about something softer along those lines just added at the end?

[JulieO]

We weren't overly thrilled with it Julie.  I posted about it in another thread. In fairness I wrote that I doubted we would really enjoy any chickpea curry. 

Sorry Chelsea, I haven't been on the forum properly for a few days and there as sooo many posts that I just couldn't get around to reading them all. 

Not sure Judy, maybe someone else could help. 

[cookie1]

We're having a Jamie chick pea curry tonight. We don't really enjoy tinned chick peas but I bought these in Kununurra. I remembered to soak them last night and then they only need to be boiled for a couple of minutes. They're soft but firm.

[Tenina]

thanks Kathryn, for these tips.  I think steaming some chicken and greens to serve with this dish will keep vegetarians and non vegetarians happy at the same time!  I appreciate your help.

Does anyone else think that LellyJ’s pic looks a little like me??
Just askin’??