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Malaysia

Coconut Chicken Curry? Yes, please. I've never been good at curries.  Mine are always too dry or too mushy.  I have not mastered the art of the curry sauce until tonight.  This dish is simple and amazing. I followed the recipe from MalaysiaFood.net which can be found  here. The recipe calls for Malaysian meat curry powder which I didn't have, could not find and could not order.  Therefore, I made my own concoction using: 10 whole cloves 10 whole black peppercorns 4 whole cardamom pods 1 cinnamon stick (about 2-inches/5 cm) 4 whole dried red chilies 4 tbsp coriander seeds 2 tbsp cumin seeds 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp turmeric  Essentially, you toast all ingredient then grind them to a powder.   Rating: Easy 8.5 out of 10. The flavors were lovely and the consistency of the sauce was delightful.  The only drawback was the small bits of spices that didn't thoroughly grind in the mortar.  Next time I will invest in a coffee grinder and ...

Guyana

We're heading down to South America and we're making Chicken Curry, Baigan Choka and Roti ! Fresh bread is amazing. Fresh fry bread is especially amazing. I would recommend roti for almost any meal; seriously. It was relatively easy to make and the total rising time was a meager 60 minutes. I looked at many recipes and they were always slightly different. I found the most help through the Trini Gourmet site The chicken curry was....okay.  Potentially there were some flaws in the recipe or flaws in my attentiveness to the recipe but nonetheless I wasn't impressed.  I wouldn't make it again. It was mushy and pasty and not at all saucy. Roti deserves a great sauce. This chicken curry didn't deliver anything of the sort. Baigan Choka taught me that I don't really like eggplant. Who knew?  Roti Rating: 9 out of 10 Chicken Curry Rating: 3 out of 10 Baigan Choka Rating: 1 out of 10