Indian Food

Okay, so, like, there's this indian food place down the road from here that we frequent now and again.  It's quite authentic, too - this dude is Indian, and he has Indian friends who tasted his food and were like, "Whoa, you need to open up shop and sell this stuff."  (Or something to that effect.)  He owned a little gas station/convenience store already, so he apparently stuffed a little kitchen in the back and certain days of the week, sells his cooking to the general public.

It's very good stuff.  Thankfully, they don't insist on making everything super hot... you can specify "mild" if your tongue simply isn't that Indian in nature.

Well, on Saturday, Dale and I were off grocery-shopping and I happened upon this stuff called "Patak's Mild Curry Paste."  Hehheh.  The opportunity to create my OWN Indian dish?  Well... I made my first attempt yesterday, it was good, but simple and nothing grand.  This morning I just got done making my second attempt - which, incidentally, is far better IMNSHO.  Used 3tbsp of Patak stuff, minced up some onion, added garlic, some pre-cooked (tyson's) chicken strips, olive oil, tomato sauce, water... at the very end of the cooking time, I dumped some cubed mozarella in there, too.

The mozarella is definitely not the kind of cheese the Indians use.  It melted, creating long strings of yum in the saucy chicken stuff.

However, the concoction is still very good on rice, and smells, tastes and looks a tad closer to the stuff we buy down the road, and overall I believe it was a success.  Good enough to save some for Dale so he can try my awesomeness.  (Dale, it's in the fridge... I don't think microwaving will hurt it...)

:)  That was breakfast #2 (the first was a couple biscotti and some Yunnan Jig tea).  Breaky-dessert will consist of a fortune cookie and more tea.  (I bought fortune-cookies last night at another grocery store.  Go figure, they've got these things in baggies...)

Lunch will consist of a stuffed baked pepper - Dale and I made a batch of these last night and I've one left.  Dinner?  Hm... not sure on that one... probably a hot dog at work.

I love food.

~nv