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Indian Cooking Wednesday (& Saturday)

3/3/2015

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On Wednesday evening, we dropped in on a cooking class and learned how to make some Indian dishes which we tested out on Saturday! 
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Butter Chicken and Tandoori Squash... Mmmm
On Wednesday after work, we headed to the Sobey's grocery store on Merrymeeting Road to attend their weekly cooking class. The recipes are created by Sobey's chefs and all of the Atlantic Canadian stores feature the same recipes every week; this week they focused on Indian food. 

As soon as we took the stairs up to the Community Room at Sobey's, we realized that we wouldn't actually be cooking the dishes ourselves. We were initially disappointed until we realized that a chef would be cooking the dishes and then we would be eating them, following along with the recipes. There were six other people in the class, with some of them attending the class for the past 9 years! Obviously there's something good going on here.
The dishes that the chef prepared were:
- Appetizer: Onion Bhaji with Garlic and Mint Raita
- Main Course: Butter Chicken (made with Masala Marinated Chicken Thigh)
- Side Dish: Tandoori Squash
- Dessert: Melon Citrus Ice Cream with Homemade Honeycomb
(check out the recipes in the slideshow below)

The chef started off with the Homemade Honeycomb, which was crazy to watch. Adding baking soda to honey, sugar, and golden corn syrup results in an overflowing pot of bubbly toffee. It was then poured out on a baking sheet and left to cool. In the end it resembled the inside of a Crunchie bar. Very tasty, but also very easy to overcook and burn.
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Melon Citrus Ice Cream with Homemade Honeycomb
Then the chef prepared the Tandoori Squash with a mint Greek yogurt dip. He placed the squash in the oven before starting on the Onion Bhaji, one of Luke's favourite Indian foods. The chef then started in on the Butter Chicken and delicious aromas filled the air. As the chef cooked, he described some of the steps but we were mainly left to chat amongst ourselves and observe the goings-on in the overhead mirror.
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Onion Bhaji in the pan
Once everything was ready to eat (2 hours later), we were served overflowing plates of tasty food prepared right in front of us, plus some extra naan to boot. For $15 each, it was a great deal. Not to mention that the Regulars brought their own Tupperware so they could take any extras home. Smart move considering there was enough Butter Chicken to feed an army!

The chef was constantly going between recipes so it was crazy at times, but it taught us the best order to prepare the various items if we were to make everything at home for one big feast... and Saturday afternoon we did just that! Basically.

On Saturday we tried our hand(s) at making a couple of the dishes from the class on Wednesday. We thoroughly enjoyed all of the recipes we tasted so we had a tough time choosing. In the end, we decided on Butter Chicken and Tandoori Squash.
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We invited Elizabeth's parents over for supper and enjoyed a mini Indian Feast. The dishes were complimented by some white wine, and the food was enjoyed by all. We were really impressed by the quality of the recipes and how easy they were to make! The cooking class was a great way to spend a couple of hours on a weeknight and we're glad that we checked it out. 

Here are some more pictures of our two-part cooking adventure, plus recipes from Sobey's:
10 Comments
Sara link
4/3/2015 12:23:30 am

How cool that Sobey's puts on cooking classes! Is it just specific to each store, do you know? That homemade honeycomb looks so good!!

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Elizabeth link
4/3/2015 02:52:16 am

The only information I could find online was for the stores in Atlantic Canada but I'd be surprised if they didn't do it everywhere because it seems so established here!

And the homemade honeycomb was awesome. I was amazed by the whole process and want to make it at home sometime. Plus, with some chocolate drizzled on top, it'd be just like a Crunchie bar!

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Kaelene link
4/3/2015 08:26:27 pm

How fun! We have been making Chicken tikka masala in the crockpot this winter and it is so good. I never really ate Indian food until I tried it last year and now I am hooked!

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Elizabeth link
5/3/2015 01:44:25 am

I am also hooked on Indian Food, I could definitely eat it every day. We received a Crock Pot for Christmas and have tested out one curry recipe in it but should expand to try more!

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Amanda link
5/3/2015 11:16:57 pm

Butter chicken is one of my favourite dishes! Any tips or tricks for making it at home?

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Elizabeth link
10/3/2015 02:09:42 pm

Nothing in particular - we just followed the recipe from the cooking class and it was delicious!

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Stephanie link
9/3/2015 01:42:05 pm

Looks amazing! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/newmrsadventure/tasty-tuesday-recipes/">Pinterest board!</a> Please join us again this week!

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Rebecca
10/3/2015 08:40:12 am

Yumm! I can't wait to try these myself! Are the classes normally different types of food from around the world?

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Elizabeth link
10/3/2015 02:06:34 pm

The recipes were so tasty! And it seems like they switch it up all the time, although I don't think it's always necessarily internationally-themed.

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Athalia link
2/2/2017 02:36:46 am

It looks yummy. Cant wait to make it by myself. Have you tried it with some wine? I wonder which wine can be paired well with that dish

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