Fusion comfort

[sabrarosa]

That's what I call it when a Chicana from El Paso, Texas needs comfort food and decides to make a veggie curry along with a nice pan of jasmine rice. What can I say? I like my comfort exotic. ;)

And what exactly is in this curry? Hmm, let's see...

• 1 can chickpeas
• 1 large red potato
• Half of a small onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1.5 jalapenos
• Handful of frozen peas
• Handful of frozen green beans
• Good shake of garam masala
• Good shake of Indian curry
• Few shakes of powdered ginger and cumin
• Couple of squirts of ketchup (Hey! My Sri Lankan best friend in college taught me that! Yell at her.)
• cup or so of veggie broth

I started of by sauteeing the potatoes, jalapenos, onion and garlic for a bit in plain old canola oil (2 TBSP). When things seemed a bit cooked through I added in the spices, the chickpeas and the broth along with a bit of the liquid from the chickpeas. I then threw in the frozen veggies and cooked the whole mess for about 10 minutes? Well, until everything seemed done. Sorry, I'm bad at judging times.

Serve over a nice scoop of steaming jasmine rice and enjoy.