On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World

 

On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World by Raghavan Iyer

Chunky potatoes with buttermilk is quick to make with easily available ingredients. Chef's have such a beautiful way of talking of food. They make us appreciate food in ways rhat are missed by common eaters and cooks. For example in the chunky potatoes video, Chef Raghavan Iyer brings our attention to the color of the just grinded paste. In Masala chai, Chef Chetna talks about the tea getting an almost caramel color. Thinking this way, we can enjoy cooking and elevate ir from the chore it can get to, if we dont take the effort to infuse novelty into it, either with new recipes or new ingredients.

First color change and first aroma change.

My younger one thought the curry was too garlicky. I thought it was wonderful to have a gravy curry done so quickly. I scrape the potatoes, cube them and then microwave them for 6 minutes. In that time, you can have rest of the stuff ready. I prepared it more runny than the recipe. Looked forward to more cooking and learning this year.