mumbai, ok, not really

dinner. i didn’t want to make a grocery run & there seemed to be lots of ingredients in the house. there’s that boxed & foil pouched indian impulse item i purchased at whole foods a month ago...i imagined it could be a fast lunch one day, but, i never wanted to make the rice to go with it. ok, today is the day. what else? fresh spinach & bingo. a faux indian meal at home. remember the enchiladas? well, i can’t bare to throw any food away & i had some roux based sour cream sauce leftover. perfect for a super fast creamed spinach. first, in the rice cooker goes the basmati rice. next wash & spin the spinach. sauté spinach in 1 clove of pressed garlic and a tablespoon of olive oil. add spinach to wilt. add cold roux and a splash of half & half, salt, white pepper, cayenne and freshly grated nutmeg. whiz in food processor. done. now, for that foil pouched punjab eggplant, heat & eat in 90 seconds. cut pouch, pour into bowl. cover with plastic wrap and nuke. throw on a plate and snap a photo. the Tasty Bite all natural vegetarian punjab eggplant was very good. i recommend it. it was spiced right and didn’t need the doctoring i anticipated. two thumbs up on my at home indian dinner.