Recipe of the Week

For all of you who want to cook up a great meal for some friends in your dorm, on Central or at home, here's a recipe for African Shrimp(or chicken) Curry. It's got lots of flavor and a dash of spiciness but nothing too hot!

Ingredients
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 small onion (chopped)
1 pepper (any color, chopped)
3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 can of diced tomatoes (or 5 small tomatoes chopped)
3 tsp of curry powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 lb of shrimp (could replace with cut up chicken breast)
1/2 can of coconut milk
a couple squirts of lemon juice
a pinch of sugar
and one bay leaf (don't break the leaf, leave it in to cook and then take out before serving)

Directions
1. In a large sauce pan or wok, saute onions, garlic and bay leaf for a few minutes in olive oil then add peppers and onion until brown

2. Add tomatoes, curry powder, chili powder and salt. Cook 5 minutes

3. Add shrimp or chicken and cook til done (Shrimp takes about 8 minutes, basically when it's not pink anymore and the chicken will take longer around 15 minutes)

4. Add coconut milk slowly and finally lemon juice

5. Serve with rice (let me know if anyone needs directions on how to cook rice!)

ENJOY!