Take Three

[idavale]

I'm not sure what happened during the Third Great Curry Cooking Experiment; the apartment filled up with a lovely, sharp aroma, but the food itself was bland bland bland. Trust a Norwegian to make tasteless curry. Did the air suck all the taste out of my food? Was I imagining those good scents? How did I screw it up this time

Comments

[scott_lynch]

Y'know, I think that is officially the new Best Icon Ever. Can Jen and I steal it (because I know if I have it, she'll want it)?

[idavale]

Go for it. Incase your interested, I got the base image (sans text) from Cute Overload.

[greenkira]

Given that your idea of spicing up rice used to be "add butter", it could only be an improvement on your college cooking...

Probably you introduced the spices too early and boiled off a lot of the essential oils, ie the flavor. Spices, especially really volatile ones, should usually go on fairly late in the cooking process. Or at least, do a second application with only a minute or so still on heat for things that don't need a lot of soaking.

[idavale]

Hah, the butter in the rice. Forgotten about that. These days I'm using bullion if I'm lazy, but generally I toss some tumerac or cumin. I have no idea how I survived on my University eating habits.

I'll try the second application of spices next time, in addition to a shortened cooking time. Thanks for the suggestion.

[sandraregina]

Also, veggies cooked to death don't taste as good as they smell.

[minasithil]

Well the microwave is certainly convenient but it rarely ever produces food worthy of be called food. ;) Spices are what actually makes curry and if you skimped on them I would bet that would be the cause. Something else that you can do to intensify the flavor of spices for curry is to slightly toast them. You can do this in a pan on the stove or in the oven. I suppose it would be easier to show you so I may just have to come to visit in July. heh I will see if I can dig up a curry recipe for my next recipe of the week.

-A

[idavale]

I did skimp on spices this time; only four. My other curry attempts I've used about 7 or 9. I didn't toast them, will try that next time.

I suppose it would be easier to show you so I may just have to come to visit in July.

I'm holding you to that! :P

[sandraregina]

Microwaves can make perfectly acceptable food, if they're used correctly. Steaming veggies? Awesome. Baking? Not on your life.