Substitute for Sugar

What if you dont have a pinch of granulated sugar at home when you want to sweeten your coffee, make muffins and sweet pastries, make sweet and sour meat, make jams, make sweet vinegarettes for salads and some savory dishes? Dont get Panic! Just look for anything which is sweet, for example, honey, chinese sugarcane bar sugar, rock sugar, palm sugar (if you want some coconut flavor), confectionary or powder sugar or worse come to worst is candy. You wont go wrong, Trust me!

Happy Holidays

Pumpkin Chicken Curry

Remember the pumpkins you have after Halloween? Well, use it for your curry. It is a wonderful flavor with creamy texture with less coconut milk in it. Healthy for you too. Halved the pumpkin and take out the seeds. Pop into the oven at 375F on a sheetpan with parchment paper for 45-60 min. Once done, you can use a spoon to scoop the pumpkin puree. You can keep some in the freezer for future use.

Making the curry, put some oil (preferably peanut oil) into a pot at medium heat. Add a packet of Thai Panang Curry paste (can use other curry paste if you have at home), fried with chopped onions and crushed garlic for a 1 min. Then add some chicken (use the breast cos easier to cook) which already cut into cubes. Fried for 2-3 min and then add in 1can coconut milk/cream. Put in the pumpkin puree (say 1.5 cup) and stir. Cook till the curry turn orangy red and creamy. Add salt and sugar to taste (it will taste a little salty than sweet). Optional, add a tablespoon of soy sauce for more flavor at the end. Serve with coconut milk rice or just steam rice.