Week 43: Curry - Punjabi Thali (Murgh Makhani, Palak Paneer, Dal Tadka, Chole, Makki ki Roti, Raita, Jeera Rice)
Alongside the 52WOC challenge I am also doing a little side quest to cook certain massive countries (which have hugely diverse cuisines) in more depth, so eventually I want to cook something from every state of India, every province of China and every US state - I'll probably include more countries eventually but this feels like a good start. I chose Punjab as Indian state number 3, largely because these dishes are familiar to the Indian food that is available in the UK.
I made Murgh Makhani (butter chicken), Palak Paneer (cheese and spinach), Dal Tadka (lentils tempered with spices), Chole (chickpeas), Raita (yoghurt, cucumber and onion), Makki ki Roti (flatbread made from cornmeal) and Jeera Rice (rice flavoured with cumin and other whole spices).
I thoroughly enjoyed all of these dishes. I ended up not scaling any of the recipes down and I ended up with loads of leftovers which meant that I didn't have to cook much for the rest of the week!
Alongside the 52WOC challenge I am also doing a little side quest to cook certain massive countries (which have hugely diverse cuisines) in more depth, so eventually I want to cook something from every state of India, every province of China and every US state - I'll probably include more countries eventually but this feels like a good start. I chose Punjab as Indian state number 3, largely because these dishes are familiar to the Indian food that is available in the UK.
I made Murgh Makhani (butter chicken), Palak Paneer (cheese and spinach), Dal Tadka (lentils tempered with spices), Chole (chickpeas), Raita (yoghurt, cucumber and onion), Makki ki Roti (flatbread made from cornmeal) and Jeera Rice (rice flavoured with cumin and other whole spices).
I thoroughly enjoyed all of these dishes. I ended up not scaling any of the recipes down and I ended up with loads of leftovers which meant that I didn't have to cook much for the rest of the week!