Wednesday night. You don’t feel like cooking, but you feel even less like ordering a pizza. This coconut chicken curry is your third option — and it’s the best of the three.

The sauce is a deep yellow, like turmeric mixed with warm honey. It glows. It coats the chicken pieces in a thick, glossy layer, somewhere between cream and soup. The aroma rising from the bowl blends the sweetness of coconut with the slightly camphorous zing of fresh ginger. It’s warm, comforting, and definitely didn’t spend the night in a jar of pre-made sauce.