Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Best food on earth

My cute neighbor Payal is from Gujarat, India. I feel so lucky to have her and her husband Alex next door!  Alex is always giving great tips on home improvement, and Payal and I are constantly trading food (she supplies the healthy indian food, and I give back the baked goods!) and Cal adores her.  She calls him "bum-bum" - meaning chubby, and it makes me laugh every time.

A few months ago, I was sitting there eating a meal provided by Payal, and had the thought I need to learn how to make this, or I will forever regret it.  That week we picked a day and a meal, spent the hours between 4-6pm prepping, and the four of us (errr 5 but Cal didn't eat it) ate it together and had a wonderful evening.

Since that time, we have made some of the BEST FOOD that I have ever tasted.  Some of the dishes we have made are:

- Cucumber Raita
- Gobi Paratha
- Pav Bhaji
- Malai Kofta
- Garlic Naan
- Stuffed Eggplant
- Bhakri
- Papprichad

Ryan is probably sick of hearing me say it, but I want to go to India in the next decade so badly.  Sometimes I feel a little envious knowing somewhere in the world there are people eating that delicious food every. single. day.

That is why, when our kids are old enough to understand/appreciate it, we will start our "international nights".  I want to teach our children about different cultures and to be open to new and different foods, and to hopefully be able to take them there at some point in the future.  That's the ideal, hopefully we make it happen!

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