Take-out heaven
Apr. 21st, 2006 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
norsegirlMy house smells like an Indian restaurant - yum. Tonight's experiment and notes for future preparation was as follows:
Basmati rice (the only type of rice we usually have on-hand. Prefer it to the East Asian rices)
Garlic Papadams (deep fried guilty pleasure. But at least I deep fry in canola) with Mango chutney
Curried zucchini and broccoli
First attempt at that and a roaring success - 1 cube Knorr chicken bullion in a little over half the suggested water, 2 tsp
curry and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, thickened with a bit of flour. Fry veggies first in a splash of oil then add broth and spices and reduce.
Butter chicken
The paste was "Nana's All Natural" in a little glass jar. Much better than previous attempts with other brands. In future, use more chicken than suggested as there is enough sauce to drown double what we used and less water as it doesn't boil off and is a bit too soupy. I think this brand is only available at Safeway if memory serves.
Sugar coated fennel for dessert - I can't believe they had this stuff at Superstore for cheap! I love this stuff! Been happily munching away at it all week. Even tried it on the dogs. They ate it, even chewed it, but it did nothing for their breath - drat.
Also Febreezed the couch in an attempt to make it not smell like dog. Think I prefer the scent of dog honestly. I hate chemicals and perfumes. Why do I keep trying this stuff?
Anyway, off to play some Warcraft and digest. Soooo full.
Basmati rice (the only type of rice we usually have on-hand. Prefer it to the East Asian rices)
Garlic Papadams (deep fried guilty pleasure. But at least I deep fry in canola) with Mango chutney
Curried zucchini and broccoli
First attempt at that and a roaring success - 1 cube Knorr chicken bullion in a little over half the suggested water, 2 tsp
curry and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, thickened with a bit of flour. Fry veggies first in a splash of oil then add broth and spices and reduce.
Butter chicken
The paste was "Nana's All Natural" in a little glass jar. Much better than previous attempts with other brands. In future, use more chicken than suggested as there is enough sauce to drown double what we used and less water as it doesn't boil off and is a bit too soupy. I think this brand is only available at Safeway if memory serves.
Sugar coated fennel for dessert - I can't believe they had this stuff at Superstore for cheap! I love this stuff! Been happily munching away at it all week. Even tried it on the dogs. They ate it, even chewed it, but it did nothing for their breath - drat.
Also Febreezed the couch in an attempt to make it not smell like dog. Think I prefer the scent of dog honestly. I hate chemicals and perfumes. Why do I keep trying this stuff?
Anyway, off to play some Warcraft and digest. Soooo full.
