Alan (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alchemia) wrote in ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} food_porn,@ 2008-01-08 05:56:00 |
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Suggestion for coconut shrimp (thai?) and help with Palak Paneer
I have a taste for 2 things... if they were european, i could whip something together, but they are not and i don't want to experiment and be disappointed with everything going on in life right now. i don't know enough about cookbooks and websites to know which would be reliable and to my tastes. so, can any of you help me out?
first... I picked up some unsweetened coconut milk. i want something that is: refreshing, not particularly sweet, and possibly a little spicy (i'm not sure if that works with coconut?), and i'm thinking shrimp with some kind of green veggies (although chicken or vegetarian is fine too). I think i saw something like this in a thai restraunt, but it doesn't have to be thai. Suggestions?
second... Palak Paneer... I have lots of indian restaurants around here, and i've tried it at all of them, and only at ONE do i like it. I've also tried all the brands stocked in local stores of prepared versions and the one that comes closest (although not quite as spicy and of course lacking that just-made-fresh flavour) is a brand called Ashoka. The packaging varies, and even is packaged under the trader-Joe's label but made by the same company (i posted a few package examples under the cut as it probably varies in different places).
I've tried several times to make this dish at home from recipes found off the internet, even making sure that the ingredients list is extremely close if not the same, but the flavour always turns out wildly different! I've tried increasing and decreasing ingredients with no luck.
Have any of you had the Ashoka / Trader-Joe's boxed Palak Paneer AND have a recipe that comes close to it? It can be mild, as long as the overall flavour is pretty accurate, i can always add some chillies in to taste :)
eta- i'll be out for most of today and tomorrow- so let me say thank you in advance. if i have questions on anything, i'll ask when i get back, and if i remember to snap a photo before devouring anything made, i'll be sure to post it :)
I have a taste for 2 things... if they were european, i could whip something together, but they are not and i don't want to experiment and be disappointed with everything going on in life right now. i don't know enough about cookbooks and websites to know which would be reliable and to my tastes. so, can any of you help me out?
first... I picked up some unsweetened coconut milk. i want something that is: refreshing, not particularly sweet, and possibly a little spicy (i'm not sure if that works with coconut?), and i'm thinking shrimp with some kind of green veggies (although chicken or vegetarian is fine too). I think i saw something like this in a thai restraunt, but it doesn't have to be thai. Suggestions?
second... Palak Paneer... I have lots of indian restaurants around here, and i've tried it at all of them, and only at ONE do i like it. I've also tried all the brands stocked in local stores of prepared versions and the one that comes closest (although not quite as spicy and of course lacking that just-made-fresh flavour) is a brand called Ashoka. The packaging varies, and even is packaged under the trader-Joe's label but made by the same company (i posted a few package examples under the cut as it probably varies in different places).
I've tried several times to make this dish at home from recipes found off the internet, even making sure that the ingredients list is extremely close if not the same, but the flavour always turns out wildly different! I've tried increasing and decreasing ingredients with no luck.
Have any of you had the Ashoka / Trader-Joe's boxed Palak Paneer AND have a recipe that comes close to it? It can be mild, as long as the overall flavour is pretty accurate, i can always add some chillies in to taste :)
eta- i'll be out for most of today and tomorrow- so let me say thank you in advance. if i have questions on anything, i'll ask when i get back, and if i remember to snap a photo before devouring anything made, i'll be sure to post it :)
