Indian Cooking in my Kitchen

not by me, not yet anyway.

While here we decided that we really want to sample South Indian cuisine, lack of babysitters prevents us from getting out to sample as much as we'd like and the kids would not thank us for taking them anywhere unless they could just eat plain rice and chappati.

So Mr Fixit, Kumar, has arranged for his very best friend, who happens to be a chef at one of the big posh hotels to come to our house to do a trial, if it goes OK he may come here each week to prepare dishes that we can store or freeze. He will also make European dishes for us if we want - that could free up some of my time spent in the kitchen, where the endless washing, sterilising and preparation of anything fresh is a bit of a chore and bores DS to bits!

So, tomorrow he comes. The only critera I have specificed is low fat, low salt. I have spent this morning criss-crossing the city in search of all the ingredients on his shopping list and am really intrigued as to what he is going to rustle up, here's the list...
2kg chicken, 1kg of Sear fish fillet, 1kg lamb chops, 15 eggs , 100g green chillis , 2kg onions, 500g beans, 20 lemons, 2kg potatoes, 5 leeks, assorted peppers, coriander, alot of garlic, ginger & garlic paste, 1kg spinach, 1 litre of cream, 1kg basmati rice, 5 loafs of bread, cashew nuts, 1kg moong dahl, 2 kg maitha flour...and a whole raft of spices and herbs.

Will let you know what he magic's up!