Eating Indian food everyday is very easy. The boys love it, I love it, Sanford likes it enough. The hard part is cooking Indian food everyday. I never want just one thing, I want 3 or 4 different dished plus rice, naan, and so on. So what starts as a quick meal ends up as a 2 hour ordeal with a giant mess!
So today we made a quick Indian (american style) lunch adapted from Madjur Jaffrey's Quick and Easy Indian Cooking. I forgot to take any pictures.
Hamburger kebabs. Heat a small cast iron skillet and saute 1 tbsp chickpea flour until light brown. Remove and put in a bowl. Add 1 pound ground beef (I ground some sirloin), 1 thinly sliced serrano (with seeds), 1/2 beaten egg, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin seed, 1 tsp coriander seed, ground pepper, and 4-5 tbsp finely chopped cilantro. Cook in a 3-4 tbsp oil, turning frequently, until nicely browned and med rare.
Indian inspired mashed potatoes: Peel and chunk 2 pounds potatoes. Cook in boiling water until tender. Drain. Heat 3/4 cup milk with 4 tbsp butter. Add 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp salt, pepper and potatoes. Mash. Add 1 thinly sliced serrano pepper. Add cayenne to taste. (These were a little sweet from the garam masala for my taste. Next time I would use less.)
We served this with tomato, cucumber, yogurt, cilantro chutney and Indian hot sauce (which is kind of like a hot and sweet ketchup or barbeque sauce). I would make these spicy little burgers again, but I would choose a different potato dish to accompany them. This meal actually only took 30 minutes to complete. The fastest so far, besides the shrimp night.
Dinner tonight, we are going simple. Roast chicken and root vegetables and a salad. We return to India tomorrow.
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