A while ago, I read an article in a cooking magazine after food cravings, and what is actually going on in your brain. Part of it is that certain chemical levels being too low will affect your cravings, and then it listed certain foods that can help manage those chemicals, so that you're less likely to experience cravings. For one of the chemicals (it may have been tryptophan, but I'm not entirely sure - I read that article a while ago), they listed yogurt, chicken, rice and cashews as all foods that can help manage it. I thought, hey, that all sounds pretty good together.
This is one of those dishes I may when I need something fairly easy and have all the ingredients on hand. A lot of times I have leftover brown rice in the fridge, maybe some chicken, and cashews and yogurt are staples. They're like cans of tomato sauce or pasta. The foods that always end up in your pantry. So when I'm hungry and want something quick, I'm likely to toss the rice in a pan with some oil, cook the chicken up in another one, then put it all together with cashews and, at the last minute, yogurt. Sometimes I'll add curry powder, or cook it in coconut oil, just do little things to switch it up. It's really quite delicious.
What you see above is my attempt at making it for a larger crowd. Yes, I love cooking it in just a pan, but that only is enough for one or two people. This was an attempt to make it for four or five. So here, I did everything the same way I usually do, except in a large pot. And it was pretty good, except that the yogurt combines better with the rest of the dish when done in a skillet. Here, the yogurt ended up being not warm and a little too thick. So while this version was still delicious, I think I'll sick with my frying pan.
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