A really fun Christmas gift from Hubs
January 21, 2009 – 1:53 pmAt Christmas Hubs told me: You’re getting a surprise on January 17; you need to be available from 4 pm to midnight.
Oooh, what could this be?
Oh what joyous communal fun! It was a Indian cooking lesson with a chef from our local vegan restaurant. He and two other of our friends went in on it together — the guys’ gift to the girls. The chef and our friends came over to our house, and together we cooked up a big traditional Indian-style meal. We got to ask all our burning cooking questions, learn about unfamiliar spices and how to use them, and even learn to like beets! I can’t remember the names of all the dishes — there was chole, a mushroom rice pilaf, a lovely beet dish, aloo gobi (I do know that one), wilted spinach salad, lentils… delicious.
Last night I did a fairly successful (without a recipe) re-creation of the chole, pilaf, and salad. And Hubs was happy he got me a cooking lesson.