made saag paneer tonight. thought it turned out well. roasted a chicken as well. the saag "sauce" was lovely w/ the roasted bird. need to think about how to add an Indian influence to a grilled spatchcocked chicken w/o a full tandoor... Kamado Tandoor, anyone?
didn't think you were indian. also those training chopstix look dope. i carry my own everywhere i go in case i eat pasta or noodles.
It's some kind of take off a meme about cultural appropriation. It must be exhausting to live when your autopilot is calibrated like that.
learning to cook ethnic food. I can make a few things, General Basso's chicken for instance, and a basic stir fry. Indian is a little more intimidating. Have had a little luck using my kamado as a quasi tandoor, but smoke and Indian food seem at odds. I know many swear by Madhur Jaffrey's cookbook, and the Dishoom cookbook is amazing, but as I said, a bit intimidating. https://a.co/d/eWeWxfC the paneer is simple enough to throw together on a weeknight.
cooking tweezers. they're bigger than I thought they'd be. meant for stuff like grilling scallops or shrimp.
the biryani looks manageable too. https://iamafoodblog.com/dishooms-chicken-biryani-recipe-simplified/#recipe
Yeah, I loooove Indian food but it's basically the one cuisine I've never even attempted to cook at home. All my curries and stir fries are SE Asian style. I do highly recommend this garlic naan for pizza crust and gyro-style sammich purposes, though.
My favorite Indian dish is chicken 65. I've only had it once, and it was at a little place in an strip center in Phoenix/Scottsdale. The three of us were the only non-Indian people in the restaurant, and the care and love that we were treated with was awesome. I still think about that dish.
Garlic Naan is also pretty straightforward to make. It’s just time consuming. I went through an Indian food kick in 2020 and realized I don’t like it enough to make it at home vs getting take out.
