Last Night's Supper, Today's Lunch

"Do you like Indian food?" That was one of the first questions I asked John at the onset of our relationship. I'm not saying I wouldn't have married him if his answer had been "no," but I certainly was pleased to hear him reply, "Yeah. Chicken Tikka Masala is awesome."

I'd never had that dish before, but I ordered it at one of the Indian restaurants we later visited and discovered that he was right! You can imagine my joy to find a from-scratch recipe for it at another girl's blog.

When I was pregnant, the strongest morning-sickness trigger for me was the smell of onions, so I avoided this and many other of my favorite recipes for a while. It's like a new recipe to me again, and, oh, it is delicious!

This time, I used some of our homemade yoghurt and fresh ginger for the first time. I get my coconut milk at Trader Joe's and freeze the remainder of the can for another time. (And I do use the forbidden light coconut milk, as well as half and half instead of heavy cream.) I also double the amount of cayenne pepper because the recipe is a bit mild as-is.

We eat ours over brown jasmine rice, but one of these days I'd like to make up some of the yoghurt sauce for the top and try my hand at some naan.

Did I mention that we also have cheesecake in the house? Awesome food day!