Dinner!

For all the hungry, come and feast your eyes on this culinary spectacle. What started as a simple coconut curry for my fish turned into mad woman's delight. I added tons of fennel seeds, cinnamon, carrots, more ginger to play with the carrots, a blue potato, and a bunch of radish greens to a very simple base of coconut cream, turmeric, ginger, pepper, coriander, cumin, chiles (Dean and Deluca's Curry blend), and one medium diced onion. It was good, albeit a tad too earthy with the addition of the cinnamon and those starchy veggies. I was contemplating adding dried, lemongrass powder, but opted for some red chili paste, to play it safe. Without further ado, here she is:

With string beans and chopped scallions, definitely my garnish of choice. I toss them on everything, always chopped like this.


The full spread, parsley and a sliced mango accompanying my salmon curry over rice and beans. They more than compensate for the earthy warmth of the dish with their acid and alkalinity, although, to be fair, I miss my watercress. Its zingy astringency would have been most welcome with this meal. Cilantro might have been nice too, but not astringent like I crave with a meal like this.



Did I say mango for dinner? Yes, mango for dinner. Amazing!



A close up of the earthen goodness.



Adorably, some heart shaped scallions peeked up at me while I was eating. I couldn't help but capture them with my phone while I was eating. I placed this asymmetrical one on top of the fish, to the right of a fennel seed. See it there?



This one is smothered in sauce at the end of my meal. Of course I drank up all that excellent coconut goodness. Sooooo good.



This curry is versatile, I might have some tomorrow morning as a soup with water added, more seasoning as needed, and some soba noodles (rice noodles would be better but I dont have any). Another thing that is great about stews like this one, is that when you make a big pot for yourself, you can always add fresh vegetables every time you serve it. Tomorrow, I will have it as a soup with some broccoli, and who knows what else! The sky is the limit!