I wanted to do some cooking from "Made in India", so we had chili paneer, cilantro chutney chicken, and chapatis. I was also baking a cake while making all these things, so dinner was quite late. The paneer tasted pretty good, but I didn't make it spicy enough, and the next time I make paneer I won't press it quite so long. Also, I should have made this at the last minute, as it was tepid by the time we sat down. I loved the chicken; the cilantro chutney had a lot of interesting flavors and it great on its own. It called for unroasted, unsalted peanuts, which I didn't have, so I used a handful of salted and roasted, and the rest raw cashews. This will be my cilantro chutney recipe going forward.
The chapatis were only semi successful. As it was getting late, I used the mixer for the dough, which I think was a mistake. Made it too tough. They rolled out OK (although they weren't pretty and round, like the photo), but weren't as soft and tender as, say, our flour tortillas. But I'll try again!
Back to the cake: a spice cake with (so called) caramel icing (from Food52). Looks terrible, tastes wonderful. The crumb is very soft and moist and the cake is nice and spicy. Notes: make it in a bundt pan next time, not a tube pan. Even a little more spice would be good.
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