For a different kind of hot:
- One pound of boneless, skinless chicken
- Two or three medium carrots
- One medium tomato
- Maybe half of a yellow onion, or so, diced.
- One green bell pepper (it can be red or yellow, but I use green because the color is more pleasing in this dish)
- One can of coconut milk
- Some honey. I dunno, maybe a couple tablespoons.
- 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pineapple. Crushed works too, but it tends to dissolve, and I like the texture of chopped pineapple.
- Curry powder and salt to taste.
Slice up the chicken, carrots, onion, bell pepper, pineapple, and tomato. The tomato works best if you keep the chunks large - 16 pieces or so makes them a good size. Saute the carrots, onions and bell peppers in a skillet with a tablespoon or so of olive oil, until they're tender. I prefer mine a little bit crunchy, but it's up to you. When they're cooked, take them out and set them aside. Add a little more oil if necessary, and saute the chicken until it's cooked through. Remove that and set it aside, too.
Dump the coconut milk into the skillet, and add the honey, cooking over a medium-ish heat. Stir until the honey is well-blended with the coconut milk. Add the pineapple, and then curry powder and salt until you're pleased with it. I like mine moderately spicy, and use just enough salt to bring out the flavor. For those of you who like using measuring utensils, maybe a half-teaspoon of curry and a quarter-teaspoon of salt.
Add the tomatoes to the mix, and let it simmer for a few minutes. You'll probably want to thicken it a bit, so add a couple tablespoons of flour. (You don't dump the flour straight in, unless you want a big congealed flour wad in your sauce. Mix it with enough water to make it a thin paste, then add the paste to the sauce, stirring as you pour.)
When the sauce tastes yummy and is a good thickness (it should still be pretty thin, but not watery - the consistency of low-fat egg nog is a good target), add the chicken and veggies to it, and cook for about 5 minutes or so, until everything has absorbed some of the flavor of the sauce. Serve over basmatti rice.
Note that I generally don't use measuring utensils unless I'm baking, so all the amounts up there are random guesses based on what I think I did. Feel free to add more or less of something as per your tastes.