A couple days ago I invited one of my oldest friends, Dolores, over so we could explore my new cookbooks, and make delicious meal together. We dove right into 5 Spices, 50 Dishes, picked out two recipes and decided a trip to the Indian market was in store.
The first we picked out was a black eyed pea curry recipe. It was in a thick coconut gravy sauce, with just the right touch of spice. The second recipe was a butternut squash dish with green beans and cashews, simmered in coconut milk. It was tasty, but I wasn’t quite as wild about it as I was the black eyed pea curry.
As if two dishes wasn’t enough to eat, we went all out and bought a 10 pack of naan at the Indian grocer, and decided to make samosas and saffron rice as well. I had some puff pastry dough in the freezer, so we threw the samosas together quickly, and they turned out to be probably my favorite bit of the whole meal. The puff pastry was light and crispy, which went well with the spicy potato and pea curry I put inside of it. Dolores and I smothered them in the mango ketchup I made a few weeks ago, and were in pure heaven. Next time I make them I plan on making the dough, so will wait until then to post the recipe.
We ate like kings. We blasted Mohammed Rafi out of the iPod, and practically licked our plates clean. It was a joyous occasion and I really can’t wait to have another cooking extravaganza!
