Asian Cuisine

Several asian cuisines have pastes that come in jars or tubs that can be used as the basis of a sauce if one is lazy. I’ve done this with Thai curries (green, red, yellow–sautee a bit, mix with coconut milk, stir, add meat and vegetables) and with different Indian food (tandoori–mix with yogurt, or different curries, also to be mixed with yogurt, marinate and grill for tandoori, just cook for curries). The results are not as good as when made from scratch, which I’ve occasionally done also, but those recipes do go on and on…(and you don’t really want asafoetida in your house anyway because it stinks.) But all in all, asian cuisines are really tasty food and I will continue eating it.  My usual habit after eating on an Asian restaurant is having some coffee from the Espresso vending machine outside.