Comida del Camino

Having spent some time trying out different ingredients from local shops and supermarkets, we thought we'd start a mini series of recipes that are fun to make and really enjoyable to eat.

The first installment is for the creatively named Road Curry with homemade flat bread.

Ingredients

Paste:

• 3 cloves of garlic
  
• Generous chunk of ginger
• Big handful of fresh coriander (chopped)
• Crushed sweet yellow chilli/pepper powder (could use turmeric or curry powder as an alternative)
• Crushed red pepper powder (paprika or cayenne as substitutes)
• ½ lime (juiced)
• Salt & ground black pepper
• Hot chilli powder (or dried chilli)

Sauce:

• 1 onion
• 1 red pepper
• 2 celery sticks
• Small carrot (diced)
• 5 fresh tomatoes
• Generous helping fresh coriander (chopped)
• ½ stock cube in 1 cup of water

Flat breads:

• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 2 cups of flour
• ½ cup of water

Method

Mash together the paste ingredients and add to a pan of fried onion, pepper and celery. Cook the paste for a few minutes, adding some chicken stock for additional moisture to stop it sticking. Add the remaining ingredients and boil down until tomatoes have softened and the carrot is tender.

For the breads, combine the ingredients in a large bowl and kneed. Form into even balls and leave to rest for a few minutes. Hand stretch dough and fry in a hot pan with oil until brown spots appear on the bottom. Flip to cook the top side for a minute and set aside.

We served our curry with potatoes instead of rice