Showing posts with label tamarind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tamarind. Show all posts

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Day 55: Hummus + Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney (As Sound as the Flat Earth Theory)



Hummus and Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney
Status: Homemade. A bit of a technical failure.
Satisfaction: 8.

Associated with: Non Sequitur



You know when you try to make one thing and end up making something entirely different? That's what happened with this "tamarind" (read: apricot + dates) chutney. I read online that a blended mixture of apricots, dates, prunes, and lemon juice would make a suitable substitute for tamarind paste, but apparently these were the same people who created the Flat Earth Society because they were dead wrong (i.e. the flat-earth believers and theorists of yore, not the people who created the site dedicated to studying said believers and theorists). It tasted more like a sweet apricot/date jam than anything else. Therefore, in honor of this momentous but still highly delicious failure, a lovely Non Sequitur comic memorializing this grossly overstated movement.

Below the cut: Homemade Apricot "Tamarind" Date Chutney Recipe

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Day 47: Gorgonzola Naan with Tamarind Sauce (can be Serious Monkey Business)


Gorgonzola Naan with Tamarind Sauce
Status: Naan = Store bought (Trader Joe's), Tamarind Sauce = Restaurant bought (Spice & Sweets)
Satisfaction: 9.

Associated with: Tamarin Monkeys

The only Indian food I eat is naan, and--picky as I can be--I will only eat it if served with yummy sweet tamarind sauce.

Incredibly cute monkey not included.