It has been a while since we've had indian-like food ! These are the staples: potato and green peas baked samosas adapted from Julie Sahni's excellent book but made with brick (filo dough), the coconut milk vegetarian curry from the Joy of Cooking and tandoori chicken marinated overnight in Patak's original sauce (mixed with yogurt, ginger and lemon).And rice of course, cooked in the broth from the chicken whose parts were used for the tandoori.
The whole evening was a bit of a blur, the cooking was done in time thanks to the invaluable help of L. and M. Didn't always get everything that was going on at the other end of the table, but it was apparently quite funny ! And this week just whizzed by and I am writing this only on friday and so now I don't remember any memorable quotes. Have to do more of that live blogging, and have to remember the pictures ! The somosas were all gone by the time I took out my camera.
Guests of honor: lovely couple from Chicago
Soundrack: bollywood and the new pornographers
