Our favorite (and only) nearby Indian restaurant closed just before Storkbite was born and we haven’t found a place worthy of replacing it.  We have since been faced with making Indian food at home.  I’m not really good at it, but there is an amazing grocery store nearby called Patel Bros. and the have all the best ingredients.  We just got back from visiting Storkbite’s grandparents earlier in the day and I had a jar of masala simmer sauce.  I had never used a totally prepared – just add chicken – simmer sauce before. We had been on the plane and Storkbite behaved badly (she is just 5 months so I should give her a break), so I decided that it was an excellent occasion for the Masala simmer sauce.  I just added cubed chicken breasts from my frozen reserve and made some basmati rice.  For a quick meal, it was pretty darn delicious.  It’s going to be a bland week here at Storkbite Stew.  I had to give last week’s CSA box away due to our vacation.  We will be back to frozen foods until Thursday night.  Stand by…

The little jar of masala sauce only suggested that I use water; however, I should have used less water and more heavy cream.  I simmered for 15 minutes and then added about a 1/4 cup of heavy cream and stirred.

We plated the basmati rice, covered it with chicken tikka masala and topped it with fresh cilantro.  Not a bad meal for a night that was headed towards take-out.