New recipes, February 20, 2012

Two new recipes: Roasted Cauliflower with Turmeric and Cumin from the March 2012 Food and Wine, and Karahi Chicken with Mint from The Best Ever Indian Cookbook (Hermes House). We give the chicken a 4. The cauliflower is so good it gets a 5!
Wine: Glass Mountain Chardonnay 2008, which is not oaked much so worked rather nicely here--the fruit and butteriness were good against the spicy flavors.

February 9, 2011 new recipes

Dinner this evening was back in an Indian theme. The recipes are both new, from Best Ever Indian Cookbook, by Mridula Baljekar, Rafi Fernandez, Shehzad Husain, and Manisha Kanani

We had Potatoes and Spicy Cottage Cheese, and a Mango, Tomato, and Red Onion Salad. Both were very nice. Sorry, I can't find links for these recipes.

The wine was a 2008 Bodegas Goulart Torrontés. It is a fruity, grapefruity wine--I thought the fruit might work well with this. I am not sure it was perfect, but it was not bad.

February 5, 2011 new recipes

Friday February 5, we had Mike's parents and brother join us for dinner, along with our friend Anne, who returned from her travels, and Dwight. We went with an Indian theme. In the pots, on the left, is Gujerati Style Cabbage and Carrots. The pot in the back has Sour Chickpeas (Khatte Chhole)--we've had both before, from Madhur Jaffrey's excellent cookbook, Indian Cooking. You can use canned chickpeas in the Khatte Chhole--just reserve the required amount of liquid from the can. The pot on the front right is today's new recipe, Pork Balchao, from the Best Ever Indian Cookbook, by Mridula Baljekar, Rafi Fernandez, Shehzad Husain, and Manisha Kanani. This was also excellent.

It was nice to be able to have a nice meal together after a long day at the hospital. We had a 2006 Château Cailleteau Bergeron Bordeaux Rose with the meal.