Kitchen Celebration
January 30, 2010
We had a great time last night at our friends’, the Bajpais’, house. Nandini and I were celebrating taking the next steps in our writing, and what better way to celebrate on a bitterly cold night than cooking together and sharing a meal? The best part was, I got to learn how to make Nandini’s delicious chicken curry and baingan bharta (a yummy eggplant dish), and how to prepare the dough, and fry, puris—though mine didn’t come out as puffy as I think they were supposed to. Our meal was wonderful, thanks to a patient instructor. I took careful notes so I can try these dishes at home, though I doubt they’ll taste nearly as good.
Our kids always have a blast together, and they joined us in the kitchen, too, making homemade pumpkin bread and cutting the puri dough into fun shapes.
Thanks, guys, for all the fun! Rob’s looking forward to learning the recipes, too. And it was great seeing Yogi!
Our chef-instructor for the evening.
I want a drawer like this. Lentils and spices ...
A warm pot of chicken curry. Over rice, yum!
Puris and baingan bharta.
Looking forward to a good year!
January 30, 2010 at 11:12 pm
Hey Martha,
Thanks for the beautiful candle, the brownies, and the wine. It was so much fun cooking together! Where are the pictures of YOU? I should have taken some … Let’s get the dogs together for a walk soon!
Nandini
January 30, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Okay, N, I just added a pic of the both of us. Not my best shot, but we did have fun, didn’t we?
January 31, 2010 at 12:40 am
Not my best shot, pfft! We look *fabulous* (OK, for people with kids in middle school, who have just cooked dinner for seven
) Might be time to take that outline off of my wall though … but keep thinking it’ll be bad luck, counting eggs before etc.