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Kimchee
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We went to a potluck the other weekend, and discovered the Indian dish Chicken Biryani.... YUM!
So my wife asked the woman who made it (a co-worker) to send her the recipe. Since the co-worker is from India, we were excited to get her
"authentic family recipe"!
Made it last night, decided it was good.... but not nearly as good as what we had at the pot luck.
So I went googling to see what other recipes used in the dish.
Discovered that it has a LOT of regional variations, but that there was one
KEY ingredient that the co-worker left out of her recipe...
YOGURT.
Every recipe I found used yogurt either in the chicken marinade or in the cooking process. Not a drop was in this lady's recipe!
Now, I don't really think she deliberately left the ingredient out of her recipe, but.........
On the plus side, I get to make it again before too long!
Moral of the story... for unfamiliar, somewhat complex recipes received from someone, I will be googling them before making them, LOLOLOL!
So my wife asked the woman who made it (a co-worker) to send her the recipe. Since the co-worker is from India, we were excited to get her
"authentic family recipe"!
Made it last night, decided it was good.... but not nearly as good as what we had at the pot luck.
So I went googling to see what other recipes used in the dish.
Discovered that it has a LOT of regional variations, but that there was one
KEY ingredient that the co-worker left out of her recipe...
YOGURT.
Every recipe I found used yogurt either in the chicken marinade or in the cooking process. Not a drop was in this lady's recipe!
Now, I don't really think she deliberately left the ingredient out of her recipe, but.........
On the plus side, I get to make it again before too long!
Moral of the story... for unfamiliar, somewhat complex recipes received from someone, I will be googling them before making them, LOLOLOL!