Kindly take a slice of Banh Mi, dip it into the curry. So, what will we do now with a yummy dish of Vietnamese chicken curry and slices of freshly baked Banh Mi baguette? If you want to learn more about this mysterious baguette, and how we originally make it in Vietnam, here is a post about it.
If you want to learn how to make Banh Mi, here is my revised recipe, with the crispiest crust and tender crumbs I have ever baked in my oven. So how could I make curry and not making a batch of Banh Mi beforehand? Here they are, my babes! That’s an interesting question because unlike Indian curry, we don’t serve ours with cooked rice we serve curry with bread, Banh Mi – Vietnamese Baguette to be correct. Chop the carrots in smaller size, about 1cm thick slices. Now chop the potatoes and sweet potatoes into big chunks, about one fourth of your hand, approximately 4x4cm. Peel your potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots. Step 3: While letting the chicken marinating to the final phase, let say, 15 minutes before your chicken is ready to rock and roll, we will go to the vegetable preparation part. What could possibly be better than that? Also, if you have natural cocoa powder in hands, it is a wonderful source of acid to tenderize your chicken meat while marinating.
When used sparingly, like I did in this dish, its subtle and deepen flavors will leave them guessing and coming back for more. The cocoa will add a complexity to the chili dishes that will be remembered by your audiences. Unsweetened cocoa powder is my secret ingredient when it comes to dishes with chilies. Some of you might find it weird adding cocoa powder to marinate the chicken. Then let them sit on the counter for 1 hour, to maximum overnight in the fridge. But when it comes to flavor and fragrant explosion in your 5 human senses, we are no less. Compared to other version of curry like Indian or Thai, Vietnamese curry is relatively mild, not as spicy, and not as well known. But almost every country in Asia has its own version of curry and we Vietnamese are no exception. This dish is not an original dish from our homeland cuisine, as I researched. It is, yes, another Vietnamese dishes that we love and had been craving for it like weeks. So, what in the kitchen today? I cooked Vietnamese Chicken Curry this weekend. But don’t be sad, dear Diary I am coming back to you now. When reviewing my posts, I realize that I haven’t written much in my cooking diary these past few days. It makes the photo look like I am cooking in an outdoor kitchen.
I really like the way that this amazing software can literally add light into my photos. And now, they look real, the colors are more vibrant, they look more appealing, well, at least to my eyes. My photos in the past usually a bit dull (because of the yellow lights), lifeless (Every pictures are kind of the same, under the yellow lights, again), and under-exposed (other word, dark, due to the lack of lighting system in my tiny kitchen). I am in love with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4! With some simple clicks and drags, I finally can add some light to my photo. Secondly, I found a solution for my yellow light/under-exposed photos that are always taken in my tiny, a bit dark kitchen. He could possibly be the coolest teacher in my student life. Then we also had a talk about my early graduation wish, about my bakery and culinary dream, and also about the how the world would end due to Maya calendar, LOL. He and I discussed about how I should approach the project and gave out many valuable advices.
He has been very supportive with my striving for excellent thesis outcome. Yay me! Also, I had a great conversation with my supervisor this morning. Still a long, long summer completing it, but at least I started quite smoothly now, and hopefully, everything else will be, as well. I have a clear structure in hand some interesting data collected, so I can finally start seeing how my final thesis is going. What is the good news around? ?Īs for me, of course firstly, I started my thesis project, for real this time.
How are you doing these days? I haven’t write anything in 3 days I have been busy with finishing my thesis structure to consult it with my commissioner and supervisor.