I give you “Rava Dosas with Potato Chickpea Masala.” Now, I’ll be the first (and Becca, a close second) to tell you that I generally don’t willingly cook or even order vegetarian dishes. Unless it’s pizza. Pizza counts, right? But last night I was informed that not only would I a) be responsible for dinner that night, b) by myself, and c) for four. D) was that we should invite one of our good friends that keeps kosher. This presents plenty of fun issues to work around. While I’d usually take the easy road and just substitute tofu, I decided to go for it last night.
Out comes epicurious and “Lord Krishna’s Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking.” I had picked it up used off amazon a couple years ago and hadn’t cooked from it once. From that, I came up with the dish shown above and a curried creamed spinach. The latter was good enough that the remains disappeared before the camera could be found. 
This was amazingly tasty (I should say “is,” given that I am eating leftovers while typing this), but I would definitely recommend working in pairs or planning about two hours to do this, especially if you’re making anything else. Stirring the masala, adding cream to the spinach, and making the rava dosas (the crepe-like pancake it’s sitting in) while setting the table for four does not make for a relaxing evening. Fun fact about eating this: One person went burrito style, one folded with fork-and-knife, and two ethiopian, tearing bits of the crepe off individually with the masala.
I think that cookbook is going be making more appearances. Stay tuned.
indian food takes forever. When my mom throws a dinner party, she takes an entire week off of work to prepare.
Yeah, it’s fairly labor-intensive. Every single thing is chopped, minced, or diced. There are always many, many spices to add, and a lot of steps to follow. It all comes together pretty quickly, but I can’t imagine actually trying to cook more than two dishes at the same time… at least not without at least an hour of prep.
In the end, it’s still totally worth it. I actually just made chicken tikka masala last night for my in-laws.