Lamb rogan josh, butter chicken, tamarind chutney, samosas, parathas and okra. All in one night, four hours to be exact. It seemed a challenge but we did it almost effortlessly. Feeling like a contestant on Iron Chef I attended an Indian cooking class last Friday. Ambitious and confident in my own Indian cooking skills, I wondered what, if anything, I would learn. It was a humbling experience. To say Indian cooking is complicated is something of an understatement. I learnt many, many things, notes hastily scribbled onto my recipe sheets are exciting to look at. Like Mexican cuisine and others, Indian cooking always has some ingredient or technique that seems totally alien but has been used and applied for vast generations, making us wonder why we didn't know about it before. It was a fun night.
