dinner with the chahal family - 1st October 2010

An entertaining evening with friends to say goodbye to the university girls. Poor Arnav!  Girlie company for him once again. But the two of us did have a few games of Jenga and Snakes and Ladders till Arnav realised that I kept making up rules as we were playing Snakes and Ladders - for instance, if one landed on a square with a 'pillow', it meant losing a turn because the player had fallen asleep; if one landed on a square with a bin, another lost turn and so on. Prolonged the game and kept him very busy as he never knew what new 'trick' I would play on him.

Starter Menu

Nepali chicken cutlets

potato and paneer tikkis

Main meal

Chicken biryani

raita

My contribution

Pear and frangipane tart - elder daughter BG's request.

Tried out James Martin's recipe for sweet shortcrust pastry from his book 'Desserts' but was very disappointed. Despite the rest in the fridge, the pastry was very difficult to handle. So went back to a recipe from the French book - Tartes au Maison . Thought I would see what Google Translate would make of the translation French into Hindi. So typed in the French imagine the translation for softened butter! Ganda makkhan - Dirty butter!!