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Receta Chicken and Cauliflower in Coconut and Mustard Sauce & a #Giveaway!
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Ingredientes
- Chicken and Cauliflower in Coconut and Mustard Sauce
- Adapted from The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles, Rinku Bhattacharya
- 4-5 T mustard oil
- 1 1/2 t dark mustard seeds
- 1 scant t caraway seeds
- 10 curry leaves
- 2 large shallots, thinly sliced
- salt to taste
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 T minced ginger or ginger paste
- 2 cups cubed butternut squash, optional
- 1 head of cauliflower, broken into bite sized florets
- 5 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces (chicken breast is fine too)
- 1 t sugar, to taste
- 4+ green chile peppers, slit lengthwise, to heat tolerance (I left out)
- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt (I had to sub sour cream)
- 2 T dijon mustard
- 1 19-oz can coconut milk
- 1-2 t garam masala, to taste
- 1 T fresh lime juice, to taste
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