Welcome home meal for Mrs. C 😄
Goan shrimp curry: Saute bay leaves, cinnamon stick, and sliced onion. Add a spice paste of garlic, ginger, bay leaves (sub for curry leaves), black mustard seed, cumin, red pepper flakes, garam masala, turmeric, rice vinegar, and a little sugar. Add crushed tomato and cook down. Toss shrimp with the sauce, cook until done, and finish with cilantro and more graram masala. Good stuff.
Carrots with spinach ribbons: Saute cumin seed, minced ginger, and serrano chile. Add sliced carrots with ground coriander seed, turmeric, and crushed tomato, and then cook covered. Add spinach ribbons and cook covered. Finish with garam masala.
