Those of you who linger on facebook occasionally, may know that we have started a new Sunday night tradition - curry night! It all began last Saturday when we in Petone checking out the spice shops ('Nice & Spice' is particularly good). While browsing around, as you do, we came across a shop selling cookbooks. Lots of cookbooks. Our eyes fell upon the 'Asian' section, having recently been to Asia and being the aromatic food lovers that we are..... Tim noticed one book in particular, Madhur Jaffrey's 'Curry Bible'.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Madhur-Jaffreys-Ultimate-Curry-Bible/dp/0091874157
We browsed through, noting that within it's highly decorative pages it held recipes for curry's from all over the world. We were way too tempted. Needless to say, we left the store just a little poorer than when we went in :)
As we walked back to the car, I couldn't help but think about all the other cookbooks that sit on our shelf, get used once, and then proceed to gather dust..... so I suggested that we have a weekly 'curry night' and gradually work our way through the cookbook until we had cooked everything (ok, so I have to give some credit for that idea to the movie 'Julie and Julia', hehe). Anyway, it seemed like a good enough idea, and we quickly decided on a curry to make the next night 'Hyderabadi Fish with a sesame sauce'. That curry was a rip roaring success, and it paved the way to this weekend and 'Royal Chicken Korma' (Shani Murgh Korma).
So we are now sitting in our living room waiting for our dinner guests to arrive, the subtle aromas of saffron, coriander, and cinnamon wafting through the air. Life is good.
