Friday, April 16, 2010

How Does Your Garden Grow?

I purchased 2 paintings today. The artist is a young, struggling artist Sujit Karmakar, who is also showing at Studio 21. These two are called very simply "Childhood".
Opinions solicited.

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Tandoori Chicken - Dinner Tonight

One of my culinary ambitions is to be able to make a good Tandoori Chicken at home. Why? I spent few years in Delhi and grew to love the rustic simplicity of TC. Sure, decent TC is available everywhere, but cooking and eating at home, ensures I actually know what went into my food.
So, I am on a perfecting TC mission. Yesterday, I marinated a whole skinned chicken with ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt, chilli powder, salt, a wee bit of rock salt, some garam masala and some lime juice. I'm not happy with the marinade. Somethings missing, I think I need to up the yoghurt and use fresh ginger-garlic. Well, I marinated the chicken overnight and then put it in the griller at 190 deg C for about 1 hour and turned it around 3 times. It was cooked perfectly. The right amount of char and soft and very well-cooked inside. So, I got the timing correct atleast.
This is the best picture - somewhat obscene looking Tandoori Chicken!

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Friday, April 09, 2010

Excuses

  1. I am busy.
  2. No really.
  3. I'm bored.
  4. I'm depressed. Very depressed.
  5. I'm tired.
  6. And now I've even run out of excuses.