The Kitchen remodel

Posted by Kathryn @ 8:28 AM

It has been ages since my last entry and I have an excellent excuse. My kitchen is being remodelled. I thought that while it was out of commission I would go to a lot of new restaurants... but reality is when you are paying contractor bills... you want to eat for cheap. This meant that i made a ton of food in my basement out of a really handy little appliance... the electric skillet.

I bought the electric skillet just for the purpose of having something to cook in while the Kitchen was torn up and it has worked beautifully for grilled cheese sandwiches and the like. My most recent invention with the skillet was a simple chickpea curry.

1/2 can coconut milk ( I have used low fat and regular and regular turned out a bit better)
1 can chickpeas
1 can Rotel ( chopped tomatoes with diced chiles)
3 spring onions chopped
1 tb madras curry (or to taste)

Cook coconute milk, drained chickpeas, and entire can of rotel for about 15 minutes or until thickened bubbling and the chickpeas are very tender. Add madras curry powder to taste. Then toss in spring onions at the last minute.

This is pretty satisfying over rice and is really fast for somebody without a kitchen.