Monday, October 30, 2006

Lal Maas and Sweet Raita

Laal Maas
Laal Maas, a hot lamb curry
Translates as 'red meat' red being the colour the chillies impart. I use Kashmiri chillies instead of the ordinary ones; they're milder and impart colour rather than flavour. I've used lamb and potatoes for this dish.

Sweet Raita
Sweet raita, a yogurt based side with greek forest honey and raisins

Raita is a yogurt based accompaniment to hot Indian curries. Yogurt (and other milk products but yogurt's the best) contains casein, a protein which neutralizes capsaicin (that's what makes chillies HOT). So its a good idea to serve a yogurt based side along with hot curries. This one's made of greek style yogurt with greek forest honey and brown raisins.

Macchi pahalgami!!




Dory (fish!) in a creamy (non fat) sauce with Roti on the side. That chilli is a Kashmiri chilli. It imparts colour without too much heat. Roti is a flat indian bread made of whole wheat flour. This is more of a chappati though i.e. thinner and lighter.