Jahnvi--I wish we could have shared some food with you and Christian but I'm sure it's better when you make it! You will just have to look at the pictures and give us your critique! :)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Indian Family Recipe
Tonight we borrowed Jahnvi's great-grandmother's recipe for tehri (yellow rice) and fish. Jahnvi is Ryan's sister's dear friend, who I was lucky enough to meet during Ryan's sister's wedding. The recipe she shared with us stems back to Northern India, as Jahnvi's mother's side of the family is from Agra (also known as the city where the Taj Mahal sits). I was able to visit Agra this past Christmas, so cooking this dish brought back a lot of memories. Jahnvi also had some interesting insights about cooking Indian food in the USA. She said that in India her family never uses garlic and onions to season food because they have so many other spices to choose from, which we do not have here. Sadly, we were forced to resort to garlic and onion, along with some more traditional spices such as turmeric and cumin seed. Ryan thought it was funny that Jahnvi asked us to "wash the rice." I have seen this in other recipes but I forget what you are washing off. Can anyone explain this so Ryan can stop laughing at me? The recipe turned out to be very delicious! I ate it with my hands (to be honest I would eat every recipe with my hands if I was allowed) because that is what we did in India (more south India...and only the right hand....but like I said, any excuse to eat with my hands......).
Jahnvi--I wish we could have shared some food with you and Christian but I'm sure it's better when you make it! You will just have to look at the pictures and give us your critique! :)
Jahnvi--I wish we could have shared some food with you and Christian but I'm sure it's better when you make it! You will just have to look at the pictures and give us your critique! :)
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Hey Zoe!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe! It looks like u guys did a great job!! My mom would be so proud... This is by far my comfort food when I miss home and Christian enjoys it very much too!
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful to my mom and sister who have taught me everything about cooking. In fact- my sister has a neat food blog- called followmyrecipe.com
You should definitly check it out- she blogs about all kinds of recipes. Enjoy!
That looks delicious!!
ReplyDeleteI've heard people wash rice to remove the excess starch clinging to the external parts of each grain. Of course, most non-whole grain rice is mostly starch, anyway. But if you don't wash it off, it burns at the bottom of the pot (or if you make it in a steamer as I do, it gets all crunchy down there--which, growing up my family's rice always had crunchy things like pine nuts or whatever in there, anyway, so I actually kind of like that).