Potato and Pea Samosas, Chicken Coconut Curry, Coconut Basmati Rice and Apple Turnovers

Served with Basmati Rice (washed 3 times, soaked for 30 min in cold water and some coconut milk). Then the rice is cooked in rice cooker with 1 1/4 cup water and 1/2 cup of coconut milk. Plus a big pinch of dried coconut, a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar.

The curry sauce is from the Farmer's Market in San Francisco http://www.sukhis.com/, so it is easy, just add meat (floured with a pinch of corn starch and pepper), water and coconut milk, simmer. I added a few fresh cut up green beans.

I have never made the Samosas. I have puff pastry and peas in the freezer, and I have potatoes (yay!). I have corriander seeds but only cumin powder! I am modifiying Aarti Party's recipe from the Food Network http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aarti-sequeira/baked-samosas-with-mint-chutney-recipe/index.html.

I used Wolf Gang Puck's recipe as a guide for my changes: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/wolfgang-puck/potato-and-pea-samosa-recipe/index.html

My Version (based on what I have on hand):

2.5 medium sized russet potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed

1/2 cup of frozen peas, thawed

A handfull of green beans from garden

1/3 cup of chopped white onion

2 tps minced garlic

1 package of puff pastry, thawed

1 egg + water for wash

Spices: 1 dash of chili powder, cayenne pepper, garam masala, and of cumin powder

1 dash of hot sauce and 1 dash of chili sauce

1/2 of a chicken fillet not used in chicken curry, poached in a seasoned water (bay leaf, 1/2 tsp red chili flakes (1 packet of crushed red pepper flakes from Round Table), salt, 1 tsp corriander seeds, 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning, and some fresh ground pepper)

Preparation:

Boil 3 cups of water for chicken. Season and poach.

Boil salted water for potatoes. Cut potatoes in half in decrease cooking time. After take potatoes out, put in frozen peas, then add green beans. Mash most of the potatoes but add some potato chunks to the curry.

Drain veggies, then saute onions and garlic in same pot, add spices. Then add in veggies, then chicken, then potatoes.

Roll out pastry. Using 8"plates, cut out 4 circles. Add 1 tbps filling. Use water to seal and egg wash on outside.

Bake at 425F for 15 min, flip over, then 375 for 10min.

Roll out left over puffed pastry for an apple turnover.

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/apple-turnovers/Detail.aspx
Changed for 2 servings

Brushed with egg wash from samosas and then sprinkled with Sugar in the Raw packets from Starbucks

Korma is also very nice as well as Tikka Masala.