I originally posted this on my personal blog (Reitter's Block) on January 25, 2013 as part of my "Tasteful Countdown"
project counting down to the family trip to Walt Disney World in
October of 2013. This is the project that gave me the idea to create
this blog. And then life got in the way... so I am starting it up again
in the New Year.
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| Not sure how authentic it is, but it was good. |
Well, I'm becoming pretty consistent and quicker in making dinner.
Surprising that I say this after making the meal that I did last night.
The movie was Jungle Book which meant we travelled to India with our
meal. I planned a menu of "Indian Chicken on white rice with naan"
followed by a dessert of rabri.
I started off with the bread and the dessert. The naan dough was easy
enough, but the rabri was disgusting. I had a "quick" recipe for it that
called for use of powdered milk. Add to that a cup of heavy whipping
cream and it smelled like curdled milk. Disgusting. I was really
rethinking the idea of dessert!
I learned the hard way I do not multi-task well. I was kneading bread,
shelling pistachios (for the dessert), and doing work on the computer.
All the while the milk mixture was on the stove. I forgot about it and
in under a minute it was burned. Just so you know: powdered
sugar+powdered milk+whipping cream=the most disgusting smell ever when
burnt. YUCK! Upset and discouraged, I had just enough cream to try
again. If that went badly I would make banana splits and dad would just
deal with it (by not eating the banana lol).
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| Not authentic, but just as good, naan. Dad ate all 3 pieces. |
So, while I got the second batch on the burner - a much lower heat than
before - I finished rolling out the naan and getting it ready to bake.
The recipe said that it needed to be served warm, so I planned to bake
it beforehand, and then broil it (as the recipe called for) right before
serving. The bread came out awesome! The dessert took longer than what
the recipe said - but I'm not sure if I did something wrong, or if they
were off on their time. I may have cooked it on too low a setting, but I
didn't want to screw up the whole thing again. First world problems, I
know.
Once the milk stuff - mixed with the pistachios and almonds - was ready
to cool I started on the main dish. A lot of interesting flavors mixed
together for this. Curry powder, onions, garlic, honey, soy sauce,
jalepeno, ginger - and it smelled good. Though, for a while, I thought
it smelled more like the cup of noodles I ate in school. Ha ha! Once the
flavors melded together the smell did, too. I put the stuff over the
chicken and put it in the oven to bake.
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| Hot and ready to serve! |
An hour later we were sitting down to the movie with a very flavorful
and fragrant meal. I wasn't too keen on it - I found out I don't like
curry flavors - but both mom and dad went back for seconds! Dad ate all
three pieces of naan (it's good but too yeasty for me). The dessert was
also a hit with the parents - though I still think it looks and smells
disgusting - and they're still raving about it. The house still smells
like dinner and it's been over 24 hours! Crazy!
Indian Chicken -
http://www.grouprecipes.com/61470/indian-chicken.html
Naan - Link no longer exists, sorry! :(
Rabri - Ling no longer exists, sorry! :(
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