Shrimp Curry with Quinoa

Until last summer I have never cooked anything with "curry" before because I always thought it was the type of meal that you needed all day to cook and didn't think I had enough special spices to make such a dish. Boy was I wrong!! This is one of the easiest and satisfying curry dishes ever! I've been known to add all sorts of different veggies to this dish, it really just depends on what we have in the fridge that week. So this time it was just shrimp, carrots, and orange bell peppers (which you can't see). 

* Potatoes are a great addition to this meal. (but we didn't have any or it would have made its way in)

** You can use brown or white rice for this dish as well, I'm just on a qunioa kick so we have been eating that with most of our meals. 

*** Try this with chicken if you're not a fan of shell fish.

For those that are using this recipe as a base and adding or substitute their own favorite ingredients, let me know how it goes as I am always up for trying a new variation! 

Shrimp Curry with Quinoa


Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon of canola oil
- 1/2 cup of chopped onion
- 1/2 cup of carrots
- 1/2 cup of chopped red or orange bell pepper
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons of cumin
- 1 tablespoon of curry powder
- 1 can of coconut milk (light if you have it, but any will do)
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes (more or less depending on the level of spice you like)
- 1 lb of shrimp, peeled and deveined (we just defrosted some frozen ones from costco)
- 1-2 tablespoon of water
- salt and pepper to taste.
- cilantro to garnish (if you have any on hand, if not don't worry about it)


Directions:
1. Heat oil in a large saucepan. Add onion, red or orange pepper, carrots, and garlic. Saute until they soften for about 3 minutes.
2. Season with curry powder, cumin, red chili flakes. Cook for another minute.
3. Stir in can of coconut milk and 1 tablespoon of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for a few minutes.
4. Add shrimp and increase heat to medium. Cook until shrimp is cooked through, about 5 minutes. 
5. Use a clean spoon and do a taste test, salt and pepper as needed! Top with cilantro and enjoy!!