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Curry and Naan
「Elena-obaachan, do you have any rice?」
「Ah, come to think of it I forgot we ran out of them」
When I returned to the living room to ask about it, Elena-obaachan had this expression that seemed to say, ‘Oops’. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Even though we are going to have curry we don’t have rice!?」
Elna-kaasan’s expression turns grim after hearing that there is no rice.
「It’s fine. You can still enjoy curry delicious with other things besides rice」
「That is certainly true, that flavor will go well with anything like gratin or paste」
She can instantly think of such a delicious adaptation immediately like that, so she has a talent for cooking, but unfortunately, Elna-kaasan tends to find things troublesome.
「Then I will make naan today」
Once Elna-kaasan was satisfied with the explanation, I returned to the kitchen.
Nord-tousan seems to be efficiently handling the preparation of the ingredients.
I start up the magic stove while glancing at that.
Pouring some oil into the frying pan and heat it up, then I add the spices like mustard seed, kashmiri (カシミア kashmiri red chili powder), cardamom, and cumin and heat them carefully so they won’t get burned.
This stage already makes a nice aroma spread out.
I knew it, the tempering technique I learned from Baghdad is essential in this.
「Ara ara, it smells really nice」
「Apron-wearing Nord looks good」
One of them peeks inside the kitchen, lured by the smell, while the other one is lured by her husband’s figure, wearing an apron.
Oh well, they are only looking from the entrance so I let them be since they won’t get in the way.
After the tempering is done, I remove the obstructive whole spices and saute the onion, garlic, ginger, and other ingredients that Nord-tousan has chopped.
Once the spring onion turned light brown, I added spices such as cumin, turmeric, and coriander, and continued to mix ingredients like tomato sauce, carrots, and beef.
At this point, add water and lassi to it and continue to simmer, but since Elena-obaachan is not used to eating curry, I’m going to add a little more lassi than usual today.
We usually used lassi sparingly in the Slowlett house but today I focused on serving it to Elena-obaachan. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Is there any other thing to do?」
「Then, please make the naan」
「Naan?」
「It’s like a bread that will go well with curry」
「I see」
Add some bread flour into the bowl, cake flour, sugar, salt, yeast, oil, and lukewarm water, then I ask Nord-tousan to mix them all together.
「……it’s kind of nice to cook together like this, right」
Nord-tousan muttered in a deeply thoughtful manner while kneading the dough.
I thought he would say that. I want him not to say something like that since it’s embarrassing, but I’m sure I would say the same thing when I became a father.
「Right」
I don’t know how to respond to that so I just gave him a word of agreement.
Once it starts to look like a dough, I had him shape it into a ball and place it into the bowl.
Once the bowl is covered with a sheet to make it airtight, I place it into the stove I’ve heated with Fire magic to around 40 degrees C and just wait for it to ferment.
「Do you think it is fermenting properly?」
「There is no problem」
After checking with a finger test, the hole didn’t close up immediately, and the dough was kneaded again.
「It has gotten a lot more elastic, huh」
「Un, it’s going to be springy and tasty」
After cutting and dividing it into easy-to-eat sizes, I continue to thinly roll out the dough with a rolling pin for each portion. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「I’m going to do the cooking so tousan should continue to roll out the dough」
「Okay」
Adding oil to the frying pan, then continue to heat the elliptical naan over medium heat.
The dough expands after several minutes and when the surface is browned, I flip it over.
After continuing to repeat such a process, the naan was completed successfully.
「The curry is done」
「Ara, that looks really delicious」
「The presentation is different from usual, isn’t it?」
「It’s because we are using naan today」
This time the meal was served with the large naan placed on a large plate, salad, and the curry in a small bowl.
「What is this? What is this really good smell?」
As I was setting the table for our meal, Lazareth-ojiichan returned at that timing.
「Al and Nord cooked lunch for us, you know」
「I see! I see!」
Lazareth-ojiichan took his seat happily when Elna-kaasan said that.
Looks like he’s going to eat too.
Oh well, I made a large amount of curry and naan so there’s no problem with the addition of one more person.
「Well then, I will go ahead and taste it」
「Go ahead」
Once everyone took their seat, we decided to start eating.
「Ara ara, my my! The combination of the spices from Lazur can make such a complexly rich and sweet like this!」
「The sweetness and umami from the slowly simmered spring onion, carrot, and beef came out and melted into the soup. This is certainly delicious」
It looks like Elena-obaachan and Lazareth-ojiichan - who are trying curry for the first time - are very excited with the flavor.
I’m glad the two of them seem to like it.
When I tried to check the taste, the sweetness was just right.
「……did you use cumin and coriander? I remember some things but I’m not familiar with Lazur spices so I don’t know the rest」
「It’s amazing you can understand that just from eating it alone」
「Is that so?」
As expected from someone running a company, he seems to have a deep knowledge of spices.
Lazareth-ojiichan looked happy when I praised him.
「Al, there are no forks or knives, how do we eat this Naan?」
「Aah, you eat them by tearing them with your hands. Be careful since it’s hot」
Mina would grab it firmly with her hands and end up burning herself, but there’s no such clumsy person here. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Everyone cut their naan into small pieces while checking the temperature.
「It’s springy and delicious」
「This is delicious enough to be eaten on its own」
「It’s even more delicious when you dip it in the curry and eat them」
When I suggested such a method, Elena-obaachan and Lazareth-ojiichan dipped their naan into the curry and took a bite.
「Certainly, this is delicious」
「They seem to melt in my mouth」
The salty and multiple layers of umami mix together, and the slightly sweet naan complements it perfectly.
It is so delicious I can’t stop tearing the naan, dipping it in the curry, and eating it.
「The curry rice we usually eat is good but this way is also not bad」
「If anything, people who are used to eating bread would prefer to eat this way」
It seems like this is also well-received by Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan - who are used to eating curry rice.
From now on, Bartolo’s workload will increase as he will also be asked to make naan instead of just rice, but let’s have him do his best as the chef.
「Fuuh, it was delicious. If it were such a delicious dish, I’m sure we could sell it well if it spreads in the royal capital, but it is going to be difficult since it uses plenty of Lazur spices. Maybe if we spread it, it would be for the nobles or merchants?」
Perhaps his instinct as a businessman was stirred as Lazareth-ojiichan started considering selling it as soon as he finished eating.
「That might be true, but I promised the Lazur person who taught me this not to recklessly spread the recipe around」
「Is that so? That’s unfortunate」
Then I told him there was a circumstance about spreading the recipe, Lazareth-ojiichan looked very disappointed. He has this face that says ‘I could make a lot of money if depending on how it’s done’, but I’ve promised Baghdad already so it can’t be helped.
「Thank you. I’m happy I was able to eat my grandson's home-cooked meal」
「I never thought you could make such a delicious dish!」
「I’m glad you enjoyed it」
Elena-obaachan happily hugged me while Lazareth-ojiichan patted me roughly on my head. This is kinda embarrassing.
「I’d like to try Eleonora’s home-cooked meal next time」
Lazareth-ojiichan mutters while having a distant look in his eyes, but I thought that it would be quite unlikely to come true. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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