My Journey into Indian Cuisine

I've decided to start this blog to show my journey into Indian Cuisine. It all started last February in London. I was taken to Brick Lane in the east end and went to an Indian restaurant. We ordered a sampler, a little bit of everything. It was amazingly delicious and sparked my interest into Indian cuisine. Funny fact about 80-90% of Indian restaurants in London, are actually Bangladeshi. So my time abroad, in London gave me the taste for Indian food, Londoner's curry craving is like an Americans' burrito or Mexican food craving.

Now I'm here, just barely beyond where I was then. For Christmas I had asked for Jamie Oliver's newest cook book, Jamie's Food Revolution. I asked for this because it dedicates an entire chapter to Indian Food. YAY!

Being inspired by Jamie Oliver, I cooked my first Indian recipe, it was Chicken Korma. I started with Chicken Korma because it's one of the most mild curries which was a concern because of my dad. Can anyone say acid reflux, heartburn, and a hesitancy to new foods...well that's my dad. However, he was excited for the Chicken Korma, and to my surprise he liked it.

I cooked the chicken in the pan and then added Patak's Korma Curry Sauce and also added garbanzo beans (chickpeas). I kept it just above simmer for a while before I served on fluffed white rice, btw, my girlfriend is an expert rice fluffer. Picture From Amazon.com

I Scattered a bit of cilantro and a smidgen of plain yogurt on top of the chicken Korma. Which I then served it to my family and girlfriend. It had a great creamy taste with a hint of coconut. It was a really great meal, especially with the great company.... but I'm looking forward to my next endeavor, which will be more spicy (me likey) so my dad might have to sit on the sidelines for this one. I plan on hitting up an Indian restaurant in Milwaukee this week with my girlfriend and hopefully a few friends will join me. I plan to do quite a bit of sampling.

Cheers,
Curry-Dude