"Can you cook Indian food?"

What happens when your mother requests Indian food (not take out or made from a box) for her birthday dinner?  Since it would be a bit expensive to call up Rosy (our new cook at the Delhi house) and get her famous recipes, I sent out a plea for help.

Sonali at Yo Mama Morris and Heather at IndianTies came to my rescue.

A trip to the India Mart in Omaha proved successful for all ingredients needed (minus the mango powder, no luck there) ... and two trips to the *normal* grocery store provided the rest of the items needed.

This exercise has been just a tad bit frustrating in that I'm not used to how long each recipe will take, so ending up with dinner "on the table" all at the same time was slightly challenging.

THE RECIPES :

Cucumber Raita

Aloo Gobi


Sauteed Green Beans with Coconut

Chicken Dilruba


Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Saffron Rice (from a bag)

Naan (frozen from a bag ... I was not quite up to that challenge!)

 I think that generally speaking, the finished product was a success!  Mia was enamored with the spices.  Tony loved the tandoori and I LOVED the raita!  Terran asked for more spice next time, and I think he'll have more spice than he knows what to do with once we arrive in Delhi!