Adventures with Indian Food
A few weeks ago, a friend gave us some extra packets of Indian food - a very spicy tomato and eggplant dish. One evening, I offered it to Jonah with some plain yogurt. At first, he said he only wanted a tiny bit of yogurt, because he likes things a little spicy. After a few bites, he asked for more yogurt. Two scoops later, he said it was great. Once he was done, he required a popsicle for dessert to cool his mouth.
Of course, Jonah is not the only one who thinks Indian food is spicy. A few days after that, I took some frozen Indian food to work. It was much hotter than I expected, but I had not taken plain yogurt to work (and I thought blueberry yogurt would be weird). Instead, I cooled it off with some matzah that had been sitting at my desk since Passover last year. That was a non-authentic but good combination.
And today, I made dinner out of three packets of pre-prepared microwavable food - paneer, another spicy packet (which was what Jonah really wanted!), and brown rice with quinoa. It's an easy way to cook...
Of course, Jonah is not the only one who thinks Indian food is spicy. A few days after that, I took some frozen Indian food to work. It was much hotter than I expected, but I had not taken plain yogurt to work (and I thought blueberry yogurt would be weird). Instead, I cooled it off with some matzah that had been sitting at my desk since Passover last year. That was a non-authentic but good combination.
And today, I made dinner out of three packets of pre-prepared microwavable food - paneer, another spicy packet (which was what Jonah really wanted!), and brown rice with quinoa. It's an easy way to cook...