ANSWERING A PAN-COOKED FOOD CHALLENGE WITH FAMILIAR INGREDIENTS




Re=watching the latest round of MASTERCHEF, GENERATIONS (season 14, episode 14).....I TOOK THE JUDGES SUGGESTIONS TO HEART......AND,  YESTERDAY, ...CRANKED OUT THIS HOT, SPICY CONCOCTION FOR A VERY LATE AFTERNOON LUNCHEON.....IT HAS CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA, SCOTCH BONNET PEPPERS, MAYTAG BLUE CHEESE, SLICED SMALL POTATOES, A BIT OF EVERY HOT CONDIMENT FROM MY FRIDGE AND CUPBOARD, CHOPPED 'GREENS' FROM MY BACK YARD, THAI COCONUT CURRY, FIG JAM, CILANTRO, PARSLEY AND BASIL.....ROLLED IN A HOT PARATHA, COOKED IN AN IRON SKILLET WITH SOME CRUSHED GARLIC, & TOASTED SESAME & AVOCADO OILS....THEN SLICED AND SERVED IN A WOODEN BOWL...TO BE CONSUMED, SKILLFULY, BY ONE THAT IS ADROIT WITH UTILIZING LARGE BAMBOO CHOPSTICKS.....I'D WAGER THAT GORDON, AARON, JOE AND 'HOT PALATE' SEAN WOULD BE REACHING FOR GLASSES OF WATER AFTER WOLFING DOWN EVERY MORSEL OF MY 'DISH'!

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