My sister-in-law, Marianne, is one of my favorite people to talk to, especially about food. I like my other ones as well, but she is the one I have had the longest. More importantly, she lives the closest to me. This means that I can go and mooch off her when she allows. This past Friday she was without my brother as he was working a double at the Firehouse. I successfully ingrated myself to her when she said she wanted to cook a little Indian food. She has raved about it before and my ears perked up like Georgia (her German Shepard) when I heard Indian food. I even volunteered to help her collect the fixings. So off to the store leaving my two nephews to watch over the home front.

That night we had 3 dishes – Lamb Korma, Chicken Tikka, a Vegetarian Biryani and Naan bread. I ate till I burst. It was amazing. I could almost hear the Bollywood music in the background and feel Aishwarya Rai giving me a backrub. Awesome. I know, I know, Aishwarya Rai is from the south and these were all dishes from the north brought primarily in by the Mughals. Fine, but allow me to wallow in my own fantasy, ok. Yes, I know she is married. It is only a backrub.

Back to the food – paradise. The Lamb held only a hint of spiciness as neither my sister-in-law or I wanted the heat to overpower, but still delicious. The Tikka came out succulent. The Biryani was very good as well. The naan was simply divine – even though it was the only product that she didn’t make. Walmart. Who knew? Still, it came through perfectly and was a great way to eat the dishes. I don’t know how authentic it truly was, but damn it was good. I had a hard time deciding which was my favorite so I kept eating till I could make up my mind.

I hope to make many a long journey (ok, like 3 miles) to eat more of her great food. Wink, wink. Was that perhaps not so subtle? I did mention that I like to mooch. :-)

P.S. – The above picture is of Aishwarya Rai. A fine looking woman. It was only a backrub!