I love having friends over for dinner, and Saturday night was no exception.....We had a very good friends from LBK, John and Nancy and a new friend Karin - who recently moved here....and we just had such a nice evening....drinking....talking.... eating.......and talking a lot more....
Instead of the usual offering of a wine aperitif, Karin suggested a Vodka Gimlet - and we all followed suit. I had never had that drink before...but it was great...and easy on the taste buds...not too sweet...not too sour... and not too boozy. Vodka and Rose's Lime Juice and lots of ice and a slice of lime to top it off....Ummmm...
The Curry turned out great....I like to serve it buffet style, so everyone has control and choice. I made a Chicken Tikka Masala and also a Chingri Malai Shrimp Curry and they were both hits. I deviated from the true Indian theme, by having a served salad first - with field greens and fennel, orange slice, cashews and golden sultanas. I invented a dressing with Olive Oil, Wine Vinegar, lemon juice, dash sugar, salt , pepper and curry powder to taste. It was good, but I put too much on and would have been better with less. I only use the "curry powder" for things like that - the curries themselves - I did the traditional spice combinations to make my own curry flavor. The Malai shrimp curry originates from southern India and has coconut milk - the Chicken Tikka Masala used broth and some cream...,..so dessert was Lemon Sorbetto and Amaretti cookie!
None of my friends want coffee after dinner any more - not even decaf....but I love it. When I'm out to dinner at a restaurant, I always have it.....I'd rather have coffee than dessert! But we did have a small decaf espresso and talked out on the patio until we all wanted to say adieu......so much fun to get together with good friends........
So that's the latest update and once again... I hope that if anybody out there finds this blog... and actually reads it.....I hope they'll realize that I'm just a person......trying to live in the 21st century......
