The
grill pan is one of my favorite kitchen treasures. It lets me (almost)
replicate the look and taste of an outside grill, right on my stove-top. I’m all
for shortcuts and making life easier, so you well know how this fits into my
lifestyle ;) Another thing that makes life easier is ready-made sauces – for the
life of me, I can’t imagine slow simmering some BBQ sauce over 12-14 hours! I
have better things to do, like read a juicy cookbook or go grocery shopping for
exciting ingredients! Now, there’s two kinds of grocery shopping I indulge in.
The first one is running to the local kirana store (doubles up as exercise) for
curry leaves or a loaf of bread and the second is where I make a huge list and
plan an exciting day at a large and well stocked supermarket. (yes, I’m sad
like that).
Foodhall @ 1MG Road, has been a regular haunt to pick up all things interesting – wasabi
paste…check, gnocchi…check, tarragon vinegar…check, Ras-El-Hanout…check, an
elephant…check (ok, just checking to see if you’re paying attention!). So when
I received a little hamper from Foodhall, I was pretty thrilled - more
ammunition for my kitchen! I wanted to act all Master-cheffy and do a mystery
box challenge, but we both must agree that Grilled Chicken and Pasta sounds pretty
basic. We however jazz it up by using the red chilli, apricot and rosemary
sauce and a twisty coloured pasta. Not so basic anymore huh? :P But honestly,
repeatable and easy recipes are what I always bookmark and this one finds pride
of place in that list. Let’s get cooking…
