Another homage to Indian food...I just wandered through some more blogs:
The Spice Who Loved Me
Dining Hall
Mahanandi
Tonight, with encouragement from my wife, I went beyond my tried-and-true chana dal. I made the basic recipe, then at her urging added an enormous amount of chicken stock, followed by a good 1/2 pound of mostly dark-meat chopped chicken (the generator of the stock), and then 3 links of Aidell's corn and red pepper sausage, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces. The spices in the original recipe were muted too much for my taste, but I corrected the problem by using a tablespoon or so of a very, very hot red pepper sauce, which is notable for its hunks of pepper, seeds, and other conspirators of heat.
So much for vegetarian tonight. Oh, well, I'm carnivorous, I suppose. I've just read an article in American Way about Locavores, people intent on eating locally-produced foodstuff. I like the idea. It supports my belief that we can turn back the clock on misery by buying only what is produced within easy range of where we live. Easier for me to preach it than for anyone to live it, I realize.
4 comments:
Ah, nice to fine another fan of Indian food. We like to cook Indian food too. Our favorite recipes are in two cookbooks by Madhur Jaffrey. It's funny after all the years we've been cooking Indian food, we've never made Chana Dal. I'll have to give it a try.
I've never heard of Locavores, but I have read articles about people trying to eat only what is locally produced. It's a great idea, especially if you've got a freezer and can put away a lot of the harvest for the year.
That Indian dish sounds divine. I like the concpet of eating locally. We area bout to embark - or should I say, re-embark - on backyard organic gardening. Our son is increasingly adamant about food sources; he is reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, kind of a latterday The Jungle. We shall see how things fare, as we try to grow things...
It's more difficult to be a Locavore up here - at least, for about half of the year unless, as Robin has mentioned, you put away a lot of food in the freezer. I'm a vegetarian who likes a lot of fresh vegetables, so I'm living in the wrong climate. We also eat a lot of Indian here.
Robin, I have only recently gotten into making Indian food at home...I have a passion for Indian food in restaurants. I like the idea of eating locally produced produce, but as Bev says, it's not so easy to find in some places. Isabelita, I like the backyard garden idea. I haven't had one in years and you've given me reason to think about it again.
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