Curry Recipe

Here's D's moms Curry recipe!

1/ 1 medium onion
2/ 1 tablespoon olive oil
3/ 1 yellow pepper
4/ 2 or 3 carrots
5/ 2 teaspoons curry paste
6/ 1 can coconut milk
5/ 4 boneless skinless chicken halves

To make:
Slice all the veggies. Saute together with the olive oil. Cut up the chicken and add to the veggies. Then add the coconut milk and curry paste. Voila! You're done! Then serve with naan or rice or both and it's yummy!

Together we each took a part in chopping up the vegetables ans stirring which took a good 20 minutes to the veggies well sautéed. Then came the adding of the spices and a lovely scent of the onions filled our noses. At the end the final product was a lovely orange color and tasted great against the sweet naan. Yum!

-LDM

Kheer is the best!!!!

Namaste!
I made the kheer pudding just 5 minutes ago, and it was really good! Using the recipe I showed you of in the earlier post, it was quite easy to make. Basically you cooked rice in milk and added sugar and condensed milk and other toppings or mix-ins. In the recipe it called for cardamom spice, but I tried it in a with the kheer and personally, it wasn't good. But, when I replaced cardamon with cinnamon (like Khana Peena had used) it was delicious! It was a little sweet for my taste buds, and next time I'm going to add less condensed milk.
It is amazing how easy kheer is to make and I suggest using the recipe I used.
A slideshow is up!

-M

My Opinion on India Food

Hi everybody!
So, now I realized that I haven't really talked about what I think about Indian food, and why I might like it (or why I might not). In fact, I really do like Indian food. I like it because of the spices and the spiciness...oh and, of course, because of the spiciness! I am a huge fan of ginger, which a popular ingredient in Indian cuisine. And their rice, their delicious basmati rice, with butter, is amazing! Oh gosh, and the mango lassi, one of my favorite drinks.
-L

My Opinion

1. I thought that I might include my personal thoughts on Indian food. I love Indian food because of the many flavors, from savory curry to sweet naan. It's amazing how the food tastes all together. Comment why you like Indian food.
   

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Wow, i think it's amazing that we have had all the views that we have! For only being a school project, having way more than just 200, 400, 600 views seems impossible! Thanks for being the thing that makes us stand out from other blogs. It is really cool that these are our main audience for today, 6-2-11:

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Thank you all soo much for these amazing views that you have contributed to!

-M

Breads of India

Hi Everyone!

So, one of my favorite Indian restaurants is Breads of India. Therefore I decided to review this delicious Indian restaurant.

THE VIBE: The vibe is totally traditional. They hang Indian rugs, and they have Indian décor, with Asian styled chairs and tables. At the service table there are  traditional Indian candies: little colorful candied anise seeds, along with plain anise seeds.

PARKING: Parking is relatively relaxed. You can get a spot within a block or two of it (furthest). I usually get a spot right across the street from the restaurant.

THE SERVICE: The service is great! Everything arrives quite quickly. Sometimes it might take a little longer than desired, especially when you start to smell the totally delicious scent of the yummy Indian food, and you get really hungry!

THE FOOD: One word: Amazing. The samosas are really good. Especially with the tamarin sauce. There is also a lot of ginger in them, so if you have little tolerance for spicy food, then I suggest you do not order this appetizer. My favorite meal is the Chicken Tikki Masala, it comes with rice, a crunchy bread-like item, and a salad with mint sauce dressing. It tastes great if you dip garlic naan in it (or plain naan), or if you drizzle it over rice. My favorite drink is probably the mango lassi. Which is quite delicious. It is sweet and you can taste the delicious mango!

PRICE: The price is good. Not really cheap but not expensive either. 

Overall this restaurant was probably a 5 out of 5. It was delicious.

-L

OMG IT'S INDIAN PUDDING!

Hello hungry blog readers!

I thought it would be awesome if I made a post about kheer because we had it recently at Khana Peena. Kheer is an Indian rice pudding. It is also called payasam in southern India. It is a very common sweet dessert served quite hot. Here is the recipe I found from this site:

http://foodsofindia.blogspot.com/2005/08/recipe-kheer.html

Ingredients
3 - 4 cups of whole milk, diluted with 1 - 2 cups of water (The proportion of water will determine the thickness of the Kheer.)
1 cup rice (it is best to use an Indian variety like basmati rice)
1 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon raisins
1 tablespoon of dry roasted cashew nut pieces. (Cashew nuts can be substituted with almonds or pistachio)

1 teaspoon finely powdered elaichi (cardamom) seeds 

I will soon be making this at home using this website's recipe. I''l write up my thoughts on the dish and comparison between Khana Peena. 

-M

Flavors Of India

L and I visited Flavors of India. I was impressed with the simple yet great decor.

THE VIBE: I loved the decor. The walls were covered in lovely red stenciled designs. The plates and bolls looked authentic.

PARKING: The parking wasn't too hard to find. I did have to tromp through bushes to get to the sidewalk though.

FOOD: The food was well balanced and delicious. It was the perfect combination of sweet and savory. The chicken curry arrived and was creamy mixed with a variety of seasonal vegetables. L had a vibrent orange Tikka Masala that had the common characteristics of Tikka Masala, creamy sweet and salty. The naan came in garlic and plain and both were really good. The food was warm and made you crave more.

SERVICE: The service was quick and good.

Overall rating would be 4 stars.
-D

BOTTLED CREATIVITY

Hi. I have no emotion in this post (or any of the other posts) because multiple exclamation points and capital letters aren't allowed. So, please do not be mad if we are lacking excitement.
Thanks you.
-Eats o' India (unenthusiastically)

Khana Peena

Hello!

Yesterday we dined at Khana Peena, an Indian restaurant. Overall it was a yummy dinner! 

THE VIBE: We liked the creative decor, fruity music, the beaded fixtures, cushions, and the overall feel of the dining. Also, outside seating was an option! The decor everywhere was glamorous! Families are welcome, but the restaurant is quiet.

PARKING: It was very hard to find a parking spot. We ended up walking blocks after dinner to our car. They defiantly need a parking lot. 

SERVICE: The samosas arrived quickly, but the main course took too long. The waiters were well informed of the place they were working at. They also answered all our questions and were open and friendly.

FOOD: The food was hot and spicy! The carrots were dry, but the samosas were very good (yet too spicy for M). The mint and tamarind sauce were delicious! Once we finished the appetizers, they gave us our main courses. (After a fun break which we drew on the table cloth! Every place should have drawable table cloths.) Chicken Korma had a few mysterious veggies, but other than that, it was very good. M's was too spicy, yet L's was perfect, creamy and orange! Then naan came hot and fluffy and was complimented with butter. For dessert, we had this yummy kheer! A rice pudding with cinnamon and raisins (but only a few raisins, which we like!). So creamy and yummy!

PRICE: Expensive! Although high price, you could make it cheaper by getting a la carte, which came with rice, whereas the dinner option came with rice, veggies, and other sides for an extra few dollars

Overall, we think this restaurant was ✰✰✰✰! Yummy!

The slideshow of pictures we took at the restaurant is now up! Check it out!

-D, M, L (Eats o' India)

Curry Continued

Hmmmm it seems like M is posting a lot for "not posting"! Haha, well in a week or so we will be reviewing an Indian restaurants (and a few more in the future). In this time frame we will also be creating yellow chicken curry! The recipe is unique and is absolutely delicious! So be ready to pull out the frying pan! I've noticed for me loving curry so much i haven't told you much about it! Curry powder is the base of the meal, and it's all spice! Common spices that are found in this are; paprika, cumin, ginger, tumeric, coriander, cardamom, and red pepper! Some recipes include coconut milk too! Then as it's served, it can be either be a sauce for naan, drizzled over rice, or (my favorite) made into a naan wrap! Did you know that you can also curry vegetables? Why, yes you can. Either mix them into the chicken curry or curry them up by themselves! Onions and scallions are two that are popular in curries! This is cool, did you know that there is evidence of curry eating back in the 1700 B.C. in Mesopotamia? Or that the spicy curry began when Christopher Columbus brought peppers in trade to India? Well its true! so much culture in just one bite of curry! The reason for yellow curry's "yellow" is tumeric. That's why not all dishes are yellow! Well this is getting really long!
-D

CONGRATS!

Woohoo! I know we said we aren't going to post for a bit but......thanks so much to everyone who viewed our page and gave us 200 views! I want to congratulate Paul Ostrach for being our 200TH viewer! Yayayayayyay! Thanks again soo much and woohooo! And again Paul, thanks for also being our 300TH viewer!
Thanks for all of your totally ah-maz-ing support! Love you guys! Comment for more!

-M, L & D

Breads of India

Hey!
We will be reviewing Breads Of India. Here is the website for it: http://www.breadsofindia.com/
Stay tuned for the review!

-M & L

HOLD UP!

Hey fellow Indian cuisine lovers! I've just noticed that we have a ton of posts! It's kinda ridiculous how much we have posted. So, we are gonna hold up on adding more posts unless they are for restaurant reviews or for our cooking. Thanks!
-Eats o' India

SPICES!

SPICES ARE KEY TO SO MANY RECIPES! WE WILL WRITE MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS AND THEIR ROLE IN DISHES LATER! -d

JANGIRI

Wow! i just realized we haven't talked about desserts yet! As i was researching sweets i came across jangiri. It stood out because of its crazy orange color. The recipe mostly includes urad flour, saffron, ghee, and sugar. It is also called Imarti or Emarti. It's made Rajasthan the most!
-D

Samosas

Samosas are stuffed pastries. They taste seriously delicious with some awesome tamarind sauce....please note, that the sauce in picture is not tamarind sauce. Samosas are presented as appetizers, in Indian cuisine. Usually they are stuffed they're stuffed with vegetables and can be very spicy. They tend to have a lot of ginger which adds the spicy flavor. They're really good and the crunchy shell on the outside adds a texture which blends with the stuffed food perfectly.
-L

Indian Food History

हेलो!
The earliest Indians mainly ate rice, wheat and lentils. Occasionally they dined on cows, pigs, sheep, goats and chicken. Sugar cane was also a common food. By around 300 BC, under Mauryan reign, animal sacrifices gave karma and kept you from freedom of the "wheel of reincarnation." People ate less and less meat, many people became vegetarians. In the Gupta period, Hindus began to worship the Mother Goddess (which cows were sacred to.) So hindus stopped eating beef completely. Indian scientist also discovered how to make sugar cane into sugar cubes, which cause a greater amount of sugar eating. And then, around 1100 AD, with the Islamic conquests in northern India, most people stopped eating pork (as it was forbidden by the Koran.) People could still eat sheep, goats and chicken, but most of the people in India became vegetarians and ate meat rarely. The vegetarian food was mainly wheat flatbreads or a kind of flatbread made of chickpeas, with a spicy vegetarian sauce and yogurt! Or people at rice with yogurt and vegetables. Many spicy peppers grew in India. Now Indian food is sold in many different places where you can get their flavorful dishes!

 -M

Orissa cuisine

Cuisine from Orissa are rich and use local ingredients. Seafood is used in the dishes such as crab and shrimp. Chicken and mutton are also popular. I love chicken. You might of seen the luchi, which is an unleavened bread made with flour from Orissa! The breads are deep fried in oil! Yummy! Foods can be made vegetarian too.
-D (eats of india!)

Lassi

The lassi is mostly drunken in Pakistan and India. It is a delicious drink which contains mostly milk and yogurt (a problem for people with lactose intolerance...., but, hey, that's what lactaid pills are for!). There are many types of lassis: Traditional Mild Salted Lassi, Sweet Lassi, Mango Lassi (L's favorite), and Bhang Lassi. Mango lassi, is gaining popularity throughout the world.

-L

Kashmir cuisine

Kashmir cuisine mostly consist of mutton. There are over 30 varieties. It's influenced by Persia and central Asia. Rogan Josh is a popular Kashmir dish. The food usually has yogurt and turmeric(a spice) in it. They avoid including chicken, onion, garlic, and tomatoes. (No chicken!?) (or garlic!?)
-D
ps. that's Rogan Josh!

Naan

Naan is an India favorite! It is basically the equivalent of bread in India.

There is garlic naan (one of our favorites) and then there is plain naan (which is truly delicious with butter).  Dipping it in a curry (such as the delicious chicken curry, that we hope you read about), is so amazing...read about the curry, if you haven't, and you'll totally be able to visualize how savory these things combined are. With plain naan you have melted butter on it, and sometimes olive oil. With garlic naan there is usually butter, garlic (of course), and parsley.

Garlic and Ginger

Garlic and ginger are a key piece in Indian recipes. Many foods include these. They give dishes a distinct flavor of spice. Although garlic might be smelly it sure tastes good on a nice Indian meal!
-D

Chicken Curry

Chicken curry is the bomb! We will make some and post the recipe. Stay tuned!

Chicken curry is a wonderful Indian dish. It's usually spicy and is served with naan or rice. Yellow curry is mild. Curry is prepared with vegetables like onions and more!

We put the CUR IN CURRY! Comment and we'll post more!

-D

OUR ROCKIN AWESOME BLOG!!!

Kemon Aacho!
Welcome to our blog! It's all about the most important thing:
FOOD!
We will review restaurants, make food (yum) and other awesome things that you should read about (it's a surprise! Hehe).

Enjoy our awesome Indian food blog, I will leave you with an Indian dish: Luchi (oooooo ahhhhhh)


-M