comfort food

Yesterday, because of the ice storm, Mr. P worked from home while I went into the office. I came home in rain -- no windshield to clean off, but the temperatures were starting to fall -- and slushed my way into the driveway. Just as I was starting to prepare dinner, Mr. P asked if he might make uppama.

It's our Indian comfort food, consisting mostly of cream of wheat (yeah hot cereal!), but also Indian spices, (I think it has fried mustard seeds, ginger, garlic, hot peppers, and curry leaves, the latter two of which we keep in the freezer as staples). There are also two kinds of lentils -- split yellow and pale white. And then we add in some green vegetables (edamame last night - no more peas in the house) and corn and toasted cashew nuts. We serve it with mango chutney.

This is a recipe that comes from the marvelously named Spice Box, but we've altered it over the years, so its page is heavily annotated.