Curry frightens me. So do the English. Then why, you ask, am I cooking up a batch of Curried English Pea soup? Testing boundaries, people. And, if I don’t say so myself, this was a huge success (my principle tester agrees). Plus, look at it! When was the last time you ate something that green? Definitely not your mom’s pea soup.
If you have 15 minutes and $5, you are golden. Softly cook a cup and a half of chopped white onions for a few minutes till they turn clear. Add ¼ tsp curry powder, 1 tsp salt, 2 cups chopped lettuce, 3 cups frozen peas, a tablespoon of honey, 4 cups water and a few mint leaves. Simmer for a few minutes until the peas un-freeze themselves. Then, put the solids into a blender and let the blender do what it does. Slowly add the pan stock in to thin the mixture out to your desired thickness. Hit it with some crème fresh and a few mint leaves as a garnish. Told you it was easy.
I am not even a big fan of pees, and this sounds amazing. mmm.
Curry powder does not a curry make. Curry powder is a remnant of colonialism, a packaged, one-dimensional replica of the complex spice combinations that are unique to each “curry.” (“Curry” basically means “a dish with a sauce” in India.) Something closer to an actual “curry” would use garam masala.
(Sorry. Curry powder is a peeve of mine.)
I heard curry powder is Western invention and do not reflect any specific Indian food. Anyway, usually I use instant curry roux for Japanese curry and it is also very tasty. It would be good to have a chance to try 🙂
thanks for that mate! awesome idea and thoroughly interesting read. i been trying to convince my boys that we should have a proper curry night in instead of going out every week, and actually did it last week. effin great success, i tell you! i found a tasty chicken and a few others from this wicked curry recipe site, and even makde the naan meself too. who said guys cant cook!