Recipe Experiment...

[plunkybug]

I recently picked up ingredients to make Happiness Soup (yellow squash, onions-my addition, lemon juice, basmati rice, turmeric-actually I used yellow curry since I already had it) and on a whim, I also picked up Cascadian Farms French Cut Green Beans with Slivered Almonds. I had intended to eat them separately, as I have before. While I was eating some of the Happiness Soup at work, I thought it might be neat to add the green beans to the rest of the soup mix, but later decided against it, because I had two squash still left and enough onions as well. So, I decided to cook tonight and actualize my ideas! So here is what I did:

Heated a small pan on medium and added 1-2 TBS of butter and melted, added 1 cup of the basmati rice and covered all the grains and cooked a little longer, then added 2 cups of water. Covered and cooked til done, about 20 minutes. Mainly just followed directions on bag for cooking.

In another pan, a 10" saute pan, I melted another 1-2 TBS of butter and added 1 diced squash, let that cook a bit, and some diced onion (I used pre-diced, and just added how much I wanted...probably about 1/4-1/2 cup) and sauteed a few minutes more. Added the frozen green beans and cooked til heated through. Added about 1/4-1/2 tsp of yellow curry powder, stirred in and mixed well to distribute the spices/seasoning. Once the rice was cooked, added the rice to the squash and green bean mixture, and mixed well. Lastly, I topped it all off with the almonds.

That is all. A nice veggie meal. With essense of India.

Anyone want to see pictures?



It's blurry with my VGA cell camera. Didn't feel like using the digicam for just one picture.

Comments

[either-or.livejournal.com]

haha, as i was reading this, i actually thought, "that sounds GREAT...i'd love to see a picture!"

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

Ahh, ok, lemme get tha camera out. :)

[either-or.livejournal.com]

YUMMY!!

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

It is good, and made a decent amount too. Probably enough for 2 lunches, maybe even 2.

[mamarose.livejournal.com]

That looks REALLY good!

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

It is. Eating some now. Only thing is that the green beans look a bit weird with the curry powder...so they look more yellow, which may be unappealing to some in terms of aesthetics. Of course you can always play around with this type of recipe...for example, you could only add the curry to the rice and cook the rest by itself and just top the rice with the bean and squash mix. That might appease some people anyhow. :)

Try it, and play around with it.

SP

[teajade.livejournal.com]

Delish dish! :-P

[plunkybug.livejournal.com]

It's all yours baby...come and get it! :P