Indian Food

One of the things I have not yet tried is Indian food. Tonight was my first chance. Gilda's Club's Chef Series featured an Indian Chef. She was wonderful. Very informative. She talked a lot about all the different spices and we got to sample two different dishes. One was garbanzo beans with mango. Although that in itself doesn't sound very good, it is the spices that give it the flavor. It was good, but nothing I would make. The second dish was a tuna scampi. She served it warm on crackers. This one was much better. Very tasty with just a hint of heat. She also told us that Northern Indian cooking is very different from Southern Indian cooking. The Northern apparently uses more fats and meats, where the Southern leans towards light oils and lots of vegetables. If anyone is interested, the gal has a website and a cookbook. You can check it out at www.curryonwheels.com