A trip to the grocery store in the late July heat pretty much took the desire to cook right out of me. But I was prepared for this! We had jars of hot mango chutney and hot lime pickle that we brought home from our trip to Northern Virginia. I had some little pitas in the freezer and plain yogurt in the fridge.
Condiments and bread: sounds like dinner to me.
I whipped up some raita, being a couple cups of plain yogurt, mixed with a cucumber (peeled, seeded, and diced, but it should have been chopped), and spices to taste: cumin, salt and pepper, fennel seeds mashed in a mortar and pestle. Not quite a proper recipe, but good enough. That, with toasted pita and the chutney and pickle, was perfect: spicy, cool, sweet, and crispy all at the same time.
143 words | July 22, 2005 09:39 PM | Kitchen