Indian, African

Tonight's dinner had both Indian and West African influences.

The menu:

Fish tikka
Gumbo
Roasted sweet potato sticks
Basmati rice

The fish:
I used a package of frozen tilapia, coated a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and laid the tilapia in it.

Then I made a sauce:
Saute a yellow pepper and a red pepper in about a TBSP of butter
Add a couple of TBSP Patak's Tikka Masala Curry Paste
1 1/2 cups of plain yogurt
a 1x3 chunk of tamarind, softened and mushed around in a cup of boiling water, then strained and added to the sauce

I poured this over the fish and baked at 350 for about 30 minutes.

Really delicious.

The Gumbo:
1 chopped onion, sauteed in a little olive oil
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 large bags frozen okra
a little salt and about a TBSP of sugar

Bring to a boil and then simmer for awhile.

The sweet potatoes:
Scrub sweet potatoes
Cut in half lengthwise, then cut each half into four sections lengthwise
Drizzle with olive oil or spray with cooking spray
Bake at 450 til done - 10-15 minutes

While all this is happening, I cook the Basmati rice in the rice cooker.

This was a colorful and very flavorful meal. The boys devoured it. The only thing left over is a bit of rice....