Nervous Energy

Tomorrow is the first day of school. So tonight I had lots of anxious energy to burn. I had to get in the kitchen and bask in a fragrant medley of like 40% of my spice rack… freshly-ground coriander, a heavy twist of the garlic mill, best buddies in dying my utensils yellow: turmeric and cumin, ground ginger, allspice, ground mustard, paprika, cayenne pepper and your standards: salt and pepper. Ok- more like, I’d been jonesing for a tofu curry for weeks and I had no curry powder nor curry paste.

I’ve made plenty of curries before but this one was probably the best. I grated a bunch of fresh ginger root, used a cup of vanilla soy yogurt along with 3/4 cup of coconut milk for super-duper creaminess and didn’t include too many watery vegetables. I served myself a small helping of bright white sticky rice and the fabulous creamy curry and packed the rest away for the Rosh Hashanah break.

That helped a bit.

Unwound helps too.