Beans and Toast

Indian Food.  Where spices hide all sins.  I mean that in the best possible way.  Any culture that can make goat taste good, can certainly make vegetarian taste good.  Chana Masala may possibly be the easiest Indian dish I’ve ever made, certainly amongst the quickest.  In my opinion this is the penultimate chick pea dish, second only to the mighty hummus.  Before making, there is a tip to making Indian food that an Indian friend once gave me.  Close all closet and bedroom doors before starting.  This frankly, should be the first lesson in any Indian cooking class.

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So I may have slagged off the Canadian side of my family regarding the turkey in my last post.  I can only offer this as evidence that holidays were not a pure culinary disaster.  This is in fact the king of holiday sides.  No matter the dish, no matter the holiday, this is a requirement.  In fact it was once remarked by an 73 year old woman, “this tastes like winning the Nobel prize for chemistry while at the apex of an orgasm.”  I’m pretty sure that old lady never had an orgasm, but it’s certainly not an inaccurate description.
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