Last cooking post... promise!!

OK, this will be the last cooking post... promise!! Now I have many of the basics down... cooking is so much nicer when someone else is cleaning up after me! I think I should bring Sheela home with us :)

Last night I made a full indian dinner. It was my first experience with a pressure cooker ( a highly popular method of cooking here in India). I nearly passed out in the kitchen when the cooker "whistled" for the first time. The recipe called for a cooking time of "3 whistles"... not sure just what that meant - I waited and watched as the cooking started. The pressure began to build in the pot and I heard a slight whistling sound. Counting that as "one whistle", I continued to wait and watch. About 5 minutes later - "BAAAAAAAMMMM"

The steam release and sound from this cooker is scary! THAT was actually "whitstle" number one. 2 explosions later, dinner was complete! Butter chicken, lemon rice and papadum (made from lentil, chickpeas and black gram). Take a look... the kids loved it!Sheela taught Lauren how to roll out the chipattis, too! Chipattis are the Indian version of fried dough... although they do use whole wheat atta flour (a bit healthier, I presume).

Here's Lauren, heading to settle into her beanie bag and watch the Pink Panther with her chipattis.