She made the madras chicken with sliced chicken thighs, tomatoes and lots of onions. The gravy was perfect soaked into the rice. Well, actually, I thought it was drinkable, but eating it soaked in rice is probably more acceptable dinner behaviour. :)

Jac made the vegetable korma with cabbage, green beans, pumpkin, sweet potato, broccoli and potato. Korma is probably Jac’s favourite curry to cook.

This garlic naan was the kind you heat up in the microwave. Convenient as well as tasty, and great for mopping up every last drop of curry gravy on our plates.

These were our relishes and pickles, starting from the top left and moving clockwise: mango chutney, cucumber raita, tomato and red onion relish, and homemade vegetable pickles

The tomatoes were just ordinary bagged tomatoes from the supermarket, but they were sweet and juicy in this relish.

I love the refreshing coolness of cucumber raita. I’m pretty sure the chopped mint came from our garden.

Remember the jar of vegetable pickles we got at Christmas from our friend E? These were from that jar! They were a fantastic side dish for this meal! I loved the caufliflower and cabbage especially. Some of you may know these vegetable pickles as “achar“.

My plate, round one. It was a fantastic feast! We ate our dinner sitting at the coffee table in the lounge and watching TV, which is what we usually do when we don’t have guests – but it felt like a special dinner. I am very spoilt!