I had some chilli paste so I tried to make my curry spicier than usual. This one turned out nice:
Curry, my way
I think 'nice' because of the chilli paste. I purposely cooked it a bit drier than I normally would with curry. Hubby said it was delicious.
On a different day, I tried it again and used a spicier chilli paste which I had ground and my boys hated it. They aren't big on chilli and complained non-stop that it was waaaaay too spicy. Oh well.. Something weird I noticed here. My boy is the one who can take spicier chilli sauce in dishes and the girl usually doesn't care for chilli much. But ever since she ate her Aunt's super duper spicy chilli chicken wings (cooked with Naga or Bhut Jolokia chilli sauce - also known as Ghost Pepper sauce), she's been bugging me to replicate that hotness level. I however, cannot replicate a chilli paste to match the Ghost Pepper's scorville level IF I don't have the Ghost Pepper sauce in the first place. Her aunt had purchased it overseas. I mean, for the longest time, the Ghost Pepper was known as the hottest chilli pepper in the world (it's now been topped by the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T). The most I can do is replace with chilli padi and Sriracha chilli sauce (make sure it's the spicy one cause they have mild ones too).
The first time, for her Junior College pals, I cooked up a batch of wings that weren't too spicy because one or two of them weren't big on chilli (like my boys). They loved it and they're coming over again to have more, now that their 'A' Level prelims are over. But this time, they want it super spicy. So now, the girl, who doesn't usually care for spicy food, is the one bugging me big time to go find her the Ghost Pepper sauce. Sigh. I'm trying. I'm trying, lah! The bottled ones sold overseas are just too expensive to be used for everyday cooking.
So, since I've been cooking chilli chicken wings at home, I also have been cooking Aglio Olio in its simplest form, with nothing else (which is what it's originally supposed to be). Aglio Olio = Garlic and Oil.
It is aromatic and is a good change from the usual red or white pasta sauce spaghetti.
Aglio Olio
Aglio Olio grows on me. In fact, my boys said although my tomato based spaghetti tastes great (after years of practice), my Aglio Olio tastes even better and they love it. Cheap and good! Yeah, not exactly being very humble here. I love it too. Simple and tasty. Not too overwhelming. Just nice to eat with the chilli chicken wings (forgot to take a pic of the wings). I actually season then oven bake them so that it won't be as unhealthy as deep frying them. Will post pics of the wings another time.
Then last Sunday, night, because it was raining, it felt like it'd be a good night to have hot, home made pizza!
Home made thin crust pizza (no vegetables please!)
Meat eaters pizza, lah. I know my kids hate pizza with anything else but meat and cheese. If we order pizza, they'll pick out all the peppers and onions. See that Veri Peri sauce bottle in the pic? That's quite spicy. Coming from me, when I say it's spicy, it's spicy. It's not Ghost Pepper level spicy but it's spicy. Enough to make you wanna drink water, then pour on more sauce. Heehee.
So there. I feel so blessed that God enables me to cook because I find cooking so therapeutic. Eating is even more therapeutic! (Yes, I've put on ONE kg!)
Have a great weekend and May God Bless You!
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