Yes, seriously.
A lot of the main ingredients were just sitting in the fridge... waiting... needfully... to be used. And Indian food is the go-to for both of us! So I thought...
We'd been on a rare Monday outing to Arthur Avenue and splurged on some gorgeous hot Italian sausage (frequently named the best in the City). There had been a huge wild-caught shrimp sale at Stew's (Stew Leonard's, ne c'est pas?). And I had a too-small-for-a-meal bit of chicken breast...
So I made some rice with curry, cumin, bay leaf, salt and black pepper. While that was cooking, I sautéed a bit of the sausage, and removed it... Sautéed the chicken (cut in small pieces), and removed it. Then I sautéed a minced onion, added minced garlic, added ground, roasted cumin seeds, powdered coriander and cardamom...
I de-glazed the pan with some white wine... Returned the sausage and chicken...
Added the shrimp... Cooked it until the shrimp were/was/were almost done...
Zested a lemon... Splashed in some chicken broth...
Tasted...
Added salt and some of my habañero hot sauce...
Served it atop the curry rice, scattered some parsley atop (if only I'd had cilantro!).
What a meal! Not quite Indian, not quite paella, but perhaps the best of both.
Play with this one! Add peas, peppers, other meats... whatever you think might work!
Madrid meets Mumbai!