Bombay Beef is the bomb

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, this week's adventure was an Indian dinner party. 


I cooked butter chicken, bombay beef and yellow lentil dahl served with naan bread, poppadums, cucumber and mint raita, and mango chutney, finished off with chai tea. The chutney, naan and poppadums were store bought of course (not enough time to knead dough etc. on a Friday night!), but I'm actually pretty proud of the curries and the chai - all made from scratch and I now have a food cupboard full of spices and a home that smells of spices and curry. 

My mates said it was all full of flavour, and there were no left overs; I guess that's always a good sign ;) India isn't a country I would particularly want to visit, mainly because I don't like crowds and I don't think I could stand to see the poverty. However, I do like Indian food and will never bother buying Indian sauces in a jar ever again, the results of making it yourself are tenfold more flavorsome. 


I'm going to take this opportunity to warn my readers to expect to see a  LOT of European food over the coming months. I have decided to go to Europe in 2012, for my *cough* 30th birthday - England, France, Spain, Italy, and Greece are all on the list. Let the saving begin!