One of the difficult things about living in the middle of no where is the lack of diverse food choices when it comes to eating out. Both Joe and I love our ethnic food. And as my own personal rule goes: you can’t say you don’t like something until you’ve tried it at least once. Indian is one of our absolute favorite meals. The closest restaurant, however, is nearly 45 minutes away. See my predicament?
We’ve tried premade spice mixes and jars of premade sauces, but all have been a disappointment. I said on more than one occasion that I was going to try and make it myself. I don’t work, I have nothing better to do, so why not? So I decided to try a recipe at a blog called Budget Bytes, which is quickly becoming a favorite read of mine. I made both the chicken and the naan.
It came out decent, better than my previous attempts not to cook from scratch. Cooking from scratch, certainly pays off. Joe’s only dislike was for the tomatoes (he’s a picky bas… just picky.. good thing he didn’t figure out there were onions in it, eh?). My only other dislike is I didn’t feel that the sauce was thick enough. I’m used to thick, creamy style Indian food. But overall, I’d make this again… and remember to buy jasmine rice (I only had sushi grade rice =/ ). I need to also figure out how to grate ginger properly. That’s something I found was a bit of a hassle.