Dinner last night was a mix of a few favourites. Trader Joe's masala naan - toasted to a slight crisp on the outside. Chopped sweet potato (the "e" in the title is hard worn memory of the 1990s VP Quayle debate about how to spell potato which sadly is forefront in my mind whenever I have to type the plural form of the word). Lisa made these with a combination of clementine and lemon juices, olive oil, dijon mustard and tempered spices. The green curry base was made from ginger, garlic, green chilies and cilantro - both from our garden - cooked with coconut milk. A "super simple" curry that had just the right amount of heat. We paired this with a 2007 Upstate NY Pinot Noir. The bird pictures on the place-mat are of various birds - which is a bit coincidental since the NY Times travel section this weekend just included a beautiful spread on Indian and birding in India. It is perhaps the first time birding every appealed to me. The link the article is:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/travel/16India.html?ref=travel. I believe you'll find the content quite lovely.
Cheers, Michael
