Shrek in Green Curry

A LADbible story published on October 11, 2022 featured an English woman who was left stunned after she plated up her takeaway dinner from her favorite curry house in Enfield, Middlesex – only to look down at her meal to find Shrek staring back at her! 

Lisa Edmonds burst out laughing before she took the photo of ‘Shrek’ and then called in her husband Mark to show him her plate of swamp ogre. 

Actually, it was Hariyali green curry. 

Edmonds, who works as a client services manager, revealed it was just an ordinary day with her same-old order of the north Indian style chicken curry with pilaf rice, Saag aloo, and Bombay potatoes when she came face-to-face with the iconic animated character. 

"I get this order all the time and this has never happened before", she said. 

"I threw the curry onto the plate and there was Shrek, clear as day. The curry is bright green as well, so it fitted him perfectly". 

[Hariyali chicken curry is a delicious Indian dish which is a twist on the traditional chicken curry. It’s made with a green chutney paste – green chilli, coriander and mint leaves, according to one recipe – that is then added to the curry]. 

Edmonds added: "The sauce started dripping off the side and I thought it looked like his ear. The chicken was perfectly positioned and formed his nose". 

The mum-of-one admitted she almost couldn't eat the ''cute face'' but was too hungry to resist. 

"It was the weirdest thing", she concluded.

Looking at the pic of the green curry, it sure doesn't look like how it should look like. I'm sorry to say I don't think Edmonds knows it too! 

Anyway, I checked out a Yasmin Saiyed recipe for Hariyali chicken from the website https://www.betterbutter.in/recipe/111994/hariyali-chicken-111994 – and besides the familiar ingredients, she adds just a “pinch of green color”. 

And whichever recipe I researched, one thing is clear – the version Edmonds had was way too green! For sure, it didn't look appetising!