An Indian Feast

Every once in a while, I start to crave a good curry. There's an Indian place not to far from my place, but I haven't tried it yet, and since my trainer happens to be a nutritionist, I know that I have to be careful what I eat.

So I decided to make my own tandoori meal tonight. It's quite a process. It doesn't take long, but there is some prep involved, and one does have to watch the various pots and pans carefully.

And one has to have a lot of spices on hand, so a trip to WinCo Foods was in order. They have the cheapest prices on spices, and it was worth braving the madding crowd.

When I got home, I took inventory of everything.




Harley kept an eye on me from the top of the kitchen cabinets, while Millie napped in the living room window.




I started by browning the chicken for the tikka masala (my absolute favorite), because it could be left to simmer with minimal attention later on.



Then I got the cauliflower and potatoes simmering for the aloo ghobi on the left, and the Bombay potatoes simmering on the right (click on the picture to see the absolute mess those Bombay potatoes made--it happened when I added the mustard seeds to the hot oil).



After a lot of stirring and mess-making, my food was ready. I served myself and added some shredded coconut on top.



The aloo gobi was okay--next time, I'll pre-cook the cauliflower (the recipe didn't tell me to do that) and maybe add some red chilies. The Bombay potatoes were pretty good, but I had more oil in there than I needed for the amount of potatoes. I'll fix that, too, next time.

The tikka masala was made from a jar of sauce, and it was marvelous.