I'm slightly torn about our dinner tonight... I didn't hate it or anything, but it just did not taste like I had pictured in my mind after reading through the recipe (am I the only one who does that?). I think it was the combination of ingredients in this Curried Eggs with Rice dish that threw me off.
While a hearty portion of nutty brown basmati rice bubbles away, an onion - halved and thinly sliced - is softened in a couple tablespoons of canola oil. A mound of minced garlic and fresh ginger are tossed in and stirred around for just a minute to perk up. Fragrant curry powder is added, followed by marinara sauce and hard-cooked eggs that had been quartered. At this point, things looked and smelled great... however, my taste buds were confused and I was not sure what to make of it. I continued on, warming the sauce and eggs back up, and served the tomato-y combination over the fluffy rice. We finished plating the dish with dollop of tangy plain yogurt and a slice of lime to squirt on top before eating.

I had one of those days too. I tried a new soup recipe that did not turn out as I had expected. I don't like it when this happens but I have to go on and hopefully next new recipe I will try will turn out great.
ReplyDeleteHappens all the time :) Sometimes I just find that I have to adjust the spices to our own taste.Like when I made moussaka with aubergine... beautiful taste but the aubergine got an awful consistensy.. and I normally like aubergine!
ReplyDeletehm, perhaps softly scrambled eggs would have be nicer texture-wise with this?
ReplyDeleteEgg curry is fantastic- and works much better than you would think.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the marinara... I cannot imagine that working well in a curry. Canned diced or crushed tomatoes would be what I would use- and then add some toasted cumin seeds too.
Helene - Glad I'm not the only one!
ReplyDeleteMokki - I don't think the spices would have helped much, but it is good thinkin' for future issues!
Anon - I don't know... possibly!
Erika - that could certainly be it!