My Husband Actually Cooked Dinner!
No offense at all intended to the sandwich king, he treats me very well with what he does prepare… but, scrambled eggs were about the extent of his culinary explorations.
Until Tuesday.
He actually prepared a lovely Indian-style dinner. You might not know that the most popular dish in the UK is no longer fish and chips, it’s actually a curry dish, Chicken Tikka Masala.
I never had Indian food until he took me to a curry house near his old home in the UK. I fell in love with the dishes. So, he prepared this favorite as our main course, with a great variety of vegetables.
The chicken plays second-fiddle to all of the veggies, really. Which is fine by us, we love the peppers, potatoes, peas, onions and probably more that I’ve forgotten. As for the chicken itself, I’ll admit that I do not like the feel of raw chicken, so I usually buy the pre-roasted and skinned varieties.
We picked up the sauce, naan bread, basmati rice and samosas at our favorite import grocer, Global Foods Market. We were originally there just to pick up Mike some HP sauce, so his tremors would subside, and while we were there, I decided we could stock up on some Indian ingredients as well. We picked up another type of sauce I hadn’t had before, and we’ll make that soon.
Don’t worry if you want to try this dish, but, haven’t got an import market near you, you can get similar sauce from Target’s grocery department under their Archer Farms brand. It is really darned good.
Now, he must realize that since he’s managed to impress me so much, I can’t just go back to sandwiches…
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Mike and Melanie Perry
The next time I am in your area I will expect a good home cooked UK dinner out of Mike.
Sounds delicious…
Mark,
~lol~ Sure thing, you’ve got it.
Sure looked like a great meal, perhaps when you guys come visit, we can cook for each other.
Scott, I think we should be brave and just let the kids cook for us.
;-p Come on, between the four of them, we should get something quasi-edible.
Congrats on the first Indian dish he just cooked for you all!!! And Congrats Congrats on the baby news! We are looking forward to hear the news!!!
And Mike! Keep up the good cook!
Dont worry about i’m still in catch-up mode… Dinner sounds greats & when were next over your way we’ll expect some Indian as well, on the proviso you let us make something for youse guys…
Oh, I’d be happy to let Mike cook you some good Indian food. He’s certainly been jonesing for some himself.
I love trying new things.
And believe you me, I will let you guys loose in the kitchen if you like.