My NROL Experience

[L'ilJ]

Originally Posted by stingo

Here's the finished product:

Vegetable Vindaloo with Chapatis

Wow...looks delicious! When are you inviting us all over for dinner? Were the chapatis easy to make?

[stingo]

Originally Posted by L'ilJ

Wow...looks delicious! When are you inviting us all over for dinner? Were the chapatis easy to make?

I'm always willing to have people over. Any excuse for a party lol.

The chapatis were easy to make. It's just a lb of whole wheat flour and a cup to a cup and a half of water (or enough water to make a soft elastic dough). Once the dough's made you separate it into 8 balls (or thereabouts) and roll each into a 6" disc. Then you put each disc (one by one) into a hot nonstick skillet on pretty high heat - enough so the first side gets done in about 20 to 30 seconds and the second gets done in about 15 to 20 seconds. Lather, rinse, repeat. - The longer you knead the dough though, the softer the resulting chapatis will be.

[stingo]

For those interested in some of my other experiments with Indian cuisine, I've also made

Vegetable Biryani



and

Naan (though I've made Raita too, just not taken a picture of it)

[L'ilJ]

I love chapatis, they're suprisingly non-bad-for-you too!

[stingo]

Originally Posted by L'ilJ

I love chapatis, they're suprisingly non-bad-for-you too!

Yup - I use Bob's Red Mill Organic Whole Wheat Flour to make mine. Very tasty and healthy.

[Victoria]

(sigh).....I don't like Indian food.....

[stingo]

Originally Posted by Victoria

(sigh).....I don't like Indian food.....

Well if you like Italian food, I just made a batch of parsley pesto which tastes a lot better than it sounds. Combine that with some pasta, a baked chicken breast and some fresh tomatoes and mozzarella and you've got a dinner.

[Victoria]

Argh....I'm not a big fan of pesto, either! I'm NOT a finicky eater...I swear! You all just happen to keep talking about the few foods I do not like!

[stingo]

Originally Posted by Victoria

Argh....I'm not a big fan of pesto, either! I'm NOT a finicky eater...I swear! You all just happen to keep talking about the few foods I do not like!

Ok, I'll bite... what DO ya like? lol

[L'ilJ]

Originally Posted by Victoria

Argh....I'm not a big fan of pesto, either! I'm NOT a finicky eater...I swear! You all just happen to keep talking about the few foods I do not like!

I like all food.

[Victoria]

Originally Posted by stingo

Ok, I'll bite... what DO ya like? lol

Bacon, the thicker the better
Eggs in just about any form
Peanut butter & jelly on toast (whole grain of course)
Cereal and milk
Just about all seafood except anything raw, lobster is my absolute fave!
Most all fresh fruits and veggies
Red meat except lamb, veal and liver
White meat, especially rotissiere chicken
Cheese of all shapes a sizes
Buttery and/or lemony sauces
Most soups and stews
Various beans and grains
Really really good breads
Tomato juice and lemon wedges
Lemon wedges eaten as is
Leafy salads w/most dressings
Mayonnaise based salads like tuna, chicken, etc.
Most all Japanese foods except the raw fish
Oh...and, chocolate!

I don't like...

Hot or spicy foods, no tolerance for the heat
Mexican foods...got really bad food poisining on it once
Indian foods...the curry thing
Italian foods...they're OK, just sometimes kind of boring...sauce and pasta, sauce and pasta, sauce and pasta.....
And, any baked goods with fruit, hence the aversion to Lemon Mer. and Key Lime pie!

See? Lots of foods I like!!!

[stingo]

Originally Posted by Victoria

Bacon, the thicker the better
Eggs in just about any form
Peanut butter & jelly on toast (whole grain of course)
Cereal and milk
Just about all seafood except anything raw, lobster is my absolute fave!
Most all fresh fruits and veggies
Red meat except lamb, veal and liver
White meat, especially rotissiere chicken
Cheese of all shapes a sizes
Buttery and/or lemony sauces
Most soups and stews
Various beans and grains
Really really good breads
Tomato juice and lemon wedges
Lemon wedges eaten as is
Leafy salads w/most dressings
Mayonnaise based salads like tuna, chicken, etc.
Most all Japanese foods except the raw fish
Oh...and, chocolate!

I don't like...

Hot or spicy foods, no tolerance for the heat
Mexican foods...got really bad food poisining on it once
Indian foods...the curry thing
Italian foods...they're OK, just sometimes kind of boring...sauce and pasta, sauce and pasta, sauce and pasta.....
And, any baked goods with fruit, hence the aversion to Lemon Mer. and Key Lime pie!

See? Lots of foods I like!!!

Ok, here's something I've made that's great for the coming fall season. (Well it's great anytime, but best in the colder months. Great comfort food. ) Some Irish Pub Stew might fit the bill. Or, if seafood's your pleasure, and you don't mind the butter, this is a great garlic salmon recipe.

[stingo]

Originally Posted by L'ilJ

I like all food.

Me too - by learning cooking (by trial and error) I'm only limited by my own culinary skills. But I've come pretty far I think - restaurants by and large are more for the social aspect rather than the food for me anymore. Even at the Indian restaurant I went to I was comparing what they had to what I'd made, and mine didn't fare too badly. Like working out, it's a matter of doing it often enough to learn, and to take notes as to what you did right and wrong. Plus it's the best way to ensure you know what's going into your body when you eat something.

[Victoria]

Originally Posted by stingo

Ok, here's something I've made that's great for the coming fall season. (Well it's great anytime, but best in the colder months. Great comfort food. ) Some Irish Pub Stew might fit the bill. Or, if seafood's your pleasure, and you don't mind the butter, this is a great garlic salmon recipe.

Mmmmm...now we're getting somewhere!

[stingo]

Lunch today was a boiled chicken breast, topped with the parsley pesto mentioned earlier on the next to last chapati from yesterday. (I honestly didn't think I'd like it - the pesto - but I do). If I'd had time I'd've added sliced tomato with freshly ground white pepper.