Thanksgiving

When I look at so many chicken variations, I feel like making them all. Today there was enough chicken to try 2 kinds. I made methi murgh and murgh musallam. There was a point while making them, where I wondered if they would taste any different. One version was marinated and the other not. There would be that difference. that kind of helped the cooking process, giving me time to cook one while the other was marinating. Both called for tomato puree and onion paste. I used dried methi, so it did make a difference in the curries. I like the taste of both at the end. They can use more spices but that must be the insatiable me.

I wanted to make a dessert in no time. I didnt want the recipe to have 3 cups of flour. This chocolate fire cake recipe with its 1-1/4 cup flour wooed me. It was easy to mix and quick to pop it in the oven. Instead of chocolate chips, I used butterscotch chips. I used pasilla chile powder instead of red pepper.
I am now making peas pulav minus the garam masala as I want it to have the pristine white colour. A lesson I learnt from our last biryani exercise - to make a side gravy so that any deficiencies in the spice level can be masked.
Friends got us peace offerings of white truffles and pecan pie.
I had duck today. I liked the layers better than the vertical strands part of it. I should have tried it along with the skin which had orange sauce. I single handedly finished curried potatoes made by my friend. It is one of those simple comfort foods - boiled potatoes, fried onions and spices.