Worldwide Food Tour: India

This week our worldwide food tour takes us to India! Starting with Chana Masala a moderately spicy vegetarian chickpea curry paired with fresh naan bread and finally a Mango Lasi to help curb the bite of the spicy curry.

Difficulty: 3/5
Taste: 4/5

The curry was pretty basic, just chickpeas simmered in a tomato based curry and finished with a healthy dose of garam masala. I left the seeds in from the peppers to give it a bit of a kick and the flavor was very curry forward with the heat on the back end. The naan was a bit more complicated – a basic enriched dough (made with yogurt) and proofed overnight. I cooked it on a piping hot cast iron skillet which did a pretty decent job of imitating a tandoor and it was pleasantly chewy and paired well with the curry. The lasi was pretty good but I felt the mango flavor was muted.