Finally, a blog entry! Above, dear Kalpana, and her menu, ready to teach us. Below, meet the spices!
Melissa, Pam and I made a good trio of students. We each listened, made notes, took pictures or got our hands in the cooking in a good way. Below, Melissa and Pam start with our kheer dessert first!
Pam is happy to be cooking Indian food!
Below, Kalpana rendering the ghee with spices to infuse each dish with its own tantalizing savor. Melissa checks the potatoes...
Look how organized she is! Each dish was carefully displayed in its "before" state with the recipe posted above. We also each got a folder to take notes in and take home.More Indian ingredients. Ghee is used to render the flavors...
Tumeric in its glory along with ground almonds, cashews, cumin seeds and curry leaves...next one down, rose water and petals for our aromatic, cardamom-infused rice pudding dessert.
Cucumber Raita...
Tomato Dal...
Hyderabadi Anjeer Murgh = Chicken deliciousness!!! A family recipe from the north of India...
Bhagara Khushka...Seasoned Rice...
Alu Matar...Potatoes and Peas...
The whole shabang!
Melissa's geometric plate...
Dessert!
A good pairing...
Yum!
