C148 Dinner Curry Chicken
C148 Dinner Curry Chicken
Shen Jingli ground the turmeric, cinnamon, pepper, white pepper, fennel and star anise together into a powder, and mixed them together in a certain proportion. In the beginning, it was always mixed badly, but the taste was a little strange, it was not as fragrant as the modern curry powder.
Smelling the pungent smell, Nanny Jin who was holding the shoe pad turned her head and asked curiously: "What is that smell? It smells really good. "
"This is curry." Shen Jingli put the curry powder back in place and wondered when he would make the curry rice or the curry chicken to eat.
There were quite a few potatoes stored in the storehouse, and in the large vegetable garden of the Purple Bamboo Hall, there were a few carrots. As for the onions … He had come to Great Yan Dynasty for so long, but he had yet to see an onion. Could it be that the dynasty did not have an onion?
"Nanny Jin, have you heard of Onion?"
"Onion? What is an onion? " Nanny Jin had just received a pair of shoe cushions and was thinking about whether she should add another layer. Hearing Shen Jingli's question, she felt that it was a little strange.
"I've lived most of my life and I've never heard of onions." She smiled, not feeling embarrassed for his ignorance, but instead felt that Shen Jingli was very strong, as if he knew everything, even some things they had never heard of or seen before.
This thought flashed across Nanny Jin's mind, but she did not ponder over it too deeply.
"There's no onion …" However, he remembered that the foreigner who sold him some peanuts seeds. He wondered if he had traveled to Five Tiger Village yet, if he had, maybe he could ask Liu Hsingzu if they had any onions in their country, and bring some seeds back to be planted.
"And onions are another kind of food?" Nanny Jin took the half-embroidered handkerchief and held it up high, letting the light shine over while she looked at it herself.
Her eyes were a little blurry, so she reached out her hand to rub it. Recently, there was a handkerchief embroidered all over her body. It seemed that her eyes had been a bit worn out.
She looked at the handkerchief that had not been finished embroidering and felt a bit reluctant to part with it. However, her eyes were still uncomfortable, so she decided to wait for her eyes to recover before continuing with her embroidery.
"Yes." Shen Jingli nodded.
"Perhaps we can ask the farmers outside the city. They have been working in the fields all year round, so they definitely know more than us." Nanny Jin had been a servant of a rich family for more than 20 years. Although she had seen a lot of things, she had never been to a farmland nor could she guarantee that the onion thing really did not exist.
Shen Jingli thought that it was feasible and nodded his head.
But even if there were no onions, Shen Jingli still tried to make a plate of chicken curry. It did not have the taste of an onion and was not tasty enough, but it was still quite delicious.
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Xu Yanlin came to eat lunch once again. Seeing the new dishes on the table, he knew that it must be a new dish that Shen Jingli had come up with, out of greed.
"What is this dish?" Why does it look a little strange? " He picked up a piece of chicken. The chicken was tender and tender, and the rich aroma of the curry permeated the air. It tasted delicious.
Xu Yanlin ate one piece, then another, he simply could not stop. He turned around and said to the servant: "Go get me a jug of wine."
This fellow's ability to accept new things was really high, unlike Mu Chen, who had to first observe the color and taste of the dish even if he proved that the dish was edible.
Mu Chen didn't seem to like curry, he only ate a piece of chicken and didn't touch the dish again with his chopsticks.
There were people who liked all the dishes, and there were people who didn't like all the dishes. For example, Shen Jingli didn't like chrysanthemum and coriander, so he didn't force it, but rather picked up a few pieces of fish from Mu Chen's bowl.
Mu Chen turned his head to look at him and smiled faintly, revealing the dimples on his face.
Xu Yanlin looked at the couple's loving couple and suddenly felt that the food was tasteless. After eating a few bites, he put it into his chopsticks.
As it happened, the waiter brought him a cup of wine and he poured himself a cup of wine to drink.
"Where's Wen Rui?" Why didn't I come with you? " Shen Jingli picked up a piece of fish meat and fed the thorns inside it to Xun Er.
"He went to the stable." Xu Yanlin said gloomily.
Zhao Wenrui took care of the horse farm well. The horses inside were well-kept, strong and sturdy, their fur bright. Many horse merchants wanted to cooperate with him, so he felt a sense of accomplishment while single-mindedly taking care of the horse farm.
He used to think about having a child, but now, he never mentioned anything about it. Just thinking about it made him depressed.
Xu Yanlin ruthlessly drank another mouthful of wine and sighed. "On such a cold day, he goes to the stable every single day. I'm worried that his body won't be able to take it."
You are too lonely. Shen Jingli laughed, but did not expose him.
After eating, Xu Yanlin invited Mu Chen to the King Jing Palace. Shen Jingli accompanied Xun Er to play for a while, then coaxed him to sleep.
Because of the recent snowfall, Shen Yue'er no longer ran out of the city every day, so Nanny Jin pulled her along to embroider.
In the past, Shen Yue'er could be said to be half a labourer at Shen Family. He washed and cooked, fed chickens and pigs, cut grass on the mountain, and worked in the fields … He had to do all sorts of things, and he could also do some needlework, but that was limited to sewing. He had never learned embroidery before.
"No, I can't embroider …" Before he finished embroidering the first flower, Shen Yue'er gave up on it.
Nanny Jin took the embroidery piece and looked at it. She frowned and said, "Be patient, don't keep the embroidery line together."
"Nanny Jin, I really can't embroider." Shen Yue'er pouted, and under the strict gaze of the Nanny Jin, he picked up the embroidery again.
"You are a girl, how can you not know how to embroider flowers?"
"Fourth Brother or Shuang'er, why don't you let him learn?" Shen Yue'er complained.
The moment Shen Jingli was mentioned, Nanny Jin's face darkened as she gritted her teeth and said, "He won't be able to learn it." Shen Jingli didn't want to learn it from the beginning.
"Fourth Brother has changed a lot." Shen Yue'er sighed, "In the past, at home, Fourth Brother was always timid and did not dare to speak loudly. He would always make Mother angry, and get scolded and beaten up everyday …"
She really did not think that Fourth Brother would actually change so much, as if he had become a completely different person.
"Fourth Brother knows a lot now, the embroidery is novel and beautiful, he knows how to make tea seed oil and peanut oil, he also knows how to make curry and he also knows how to make hotpot … I have never heard of this before, moreover, when Fourth Brother was at home before, he had never mentioned this before. Otherwise, my mother would not have sold him out … "
Hearing Shen Yue'er's words, the Nanny Jin paused for a while and frowned, but he did not suspect anything.
"Old master's family's condition is good, and he's also someone who has read many books. Naturally, he knows more than ordinary people." Nanny Jin automatically thought of all of the things Shen Jingli had learned at Mu Family.
Shen Yue'er nodded and continued embroidering.
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After the curry taste was successful, Shen Jingli gave some of the Yang Family s and Mu Family s to them and told them what to do.
Not everyone liked the Curry Rice and Curry Chicken that were made, but Old Lady Yang actually liked them. Especially the soft and sticky potato stew with the taste of curry, it was extremely delicious. The elderly happily praised Shen Jingli as a filial child and even gifted him a lot of gifts.
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Yang Ningxin liked it very much. When she liked it, she would also think of selling it, so she asked Shen Jingli about the various ways to make the curry, and even threatened to sell the chilli sauce and curry in the shop.
The appearance of a little money grubber made Yang Ningxiu unable to resist teasing her.
Shen Jingli was unable to resist Yang Ningxin's enthusiasm, so he could only tell her everything he knew, and let her do as she pleased.
The weather became colder and colder. In the blink of an eye, it was Laba 8.
The Nanny Jin had the kitchen prepare rice, white rice, rice, millet, millet, water chestnut, red cowpea, peeled jujube paste and other ingredients early in the morning. After the boiled water was mixed and cooked, they were applied with red peaches, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar and brown sugar for dyeing.
The method was mentioned by the head chef in the kitchen. I heard that all the rich and powerful families in the capital did the same thing. It was both delicate and delicious.
The rice porridge that was cooked with a rich fragrance, was extremely appetizing for Shen Yue'er and Lee Qi.
"This is too exquisite. There is such a way to boil the rice porridge?" Or the city people would wonder. In the past, our family had already put some yellow rice, white rice, millet, red beans, and coix rice in, and even added some brown sugar to simmer. That could already be considered good, if it was in the village, it would be even simpler.
Shen Family was a small business, at least it had a livelihood, with a monthly income of over ten silver coins, it was better than an ordinary farmer's life, but could not live such an exquisite life.
"In the past, my main house would make porridge with rice, yellow rice, red beans, green beans, kidney beans, chestnuts, and brown sugar. Afterwards, I would even sprinkle some raisins and melon seeds. I thought that would be the most extravagant. I didn't expect …"
Shen Yue'er and Lee Qi lamented as they hugged each other. The lives of the people in the city really were not something they could imagine.
"Why are you two discussing this? With this kind of strength, it would be better to drink two more bowls of porridge later. " The Nanny Jin raised his hand and knocked on their heads.
The two of them reacted in unison as they immediately raised their hands to cover their foreheads, revealing pitiful appearances.
"Enough, stop pretending. It hurts so much." The Nanny Jin shook her head and instructed them to send the porridge to Shen Jingli's room.
This was also the first time Shen Jingli had eaten such a sumptuous porridge. In his previous life, his family didn't really care much about the porridge, and after a while, he would casually cook some porridge.
As expected, the ancient people's holidays were very sumptuous. Shen Jingli thought this as he drank his porridge.
The kitchen had prepared a huge pot of porridge, but his family was unable to finish it all. Shen Jingli asked someone to bring his husband over.
"Every time I come to your house to eat and drink, I feel embarrassed." Zhao Wenrui was a little embarrassed, he was not as thick-skinned as Xu Yanlin, to go into other people's homes, was just like his own.
"What's wrong with that? Adding a pair of chopsticks is a piece of cake." Shen Jingli said unconcernedly. Since the kitchen was so busy every day, he might as well cook more dishes. But adding two more flames to the task, it wouldn't take much effort.
Shen Jingli was actually willing to come into contact with him. Firstly, Zhao Wenrui had a face that he liked, and secondly, he liked Zhao Wenrui's personality.
"If you say it like that, I'm afraid that the person in my house would be wishing he could eat at your house every day." The two families understood what kind of virtue Xu Yanlin had, it was because his skin was thicker than the city walls.
"Even if I didn't say anything, he would have come every day."
Both of them laughed at the same time.