Cooking for the Sport of it (3 Indian dishes, rice and Naan Bread)

The Naan bread I used this recipe 

but I made it vegan by doing the following: 

~using almond milk for the dairy milk

~using egg replacer powder (pretty sure I use this one...

...I put it in a glass jar and don't have the label anymore!)

So... I think I could of used LESS than 4.5 cups flour.

Next time I need to use a rolling pin to make them thinner so that they are 

more evenly cooked! I used these instructions for how to bake them 

in a cast iron skillet on the stove top! 

I would have used vegan yogurt but my grocery delivery service did not 

sell plain and sweetened vanilla was NOT my choice for yogurt for this!

So I made it up instead :) 

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So for the Indian dishes,

I think I did not add enough spice as I was in a hurry and did not measure.

so it was a bit too bland. 

I used this recipe for the big dish with the green peas. 

Any suggestions for adding spice after the fact, esp to the tomato dishes? 

I would love to learn any tips you may have :) 

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Meanwhile, today I learned a lot including:

~boiling potatoes in their 'jackets' and having them cool and then peeling them.

This works great and a perfect new cooking technique for the dish! 

~roasting cumin seeds (smelled kind of like hot newly popped/popping popcorn to me!)

~cooking mushrooms and taking them out to cook something else before re-adding them

~making naan bread on stove top 

~that I *can* make many dishes at once as long as I pay attention to the timing and

when 2 recipes are the same time length, 

do one and then the other after the other one is underway

~the potato and cauliflower one worked great and was kept nice and warm with stove

burner turned off and lid kept on...however, before serving, turn burn on med-low

and stir a bit to dry it out as it got a less crisp because of the condensation

that happened with the lid on 

~next time measure spices more exactly and consider upping the spice a bit (but not too much) 

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Well, I was in the kitchen cooking for a good 6+ hours.

My ankle (the one that I broke 2 summers ago) swelled.  Typical, post-injury.

I am so happy I can walk (that whole summer I was laid up).

I love that I can swim in the pool, cook, enjoy our home... 

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I can tell I am still a bit worried about my eye health.

I hope to do some research on this... 

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Well. I am so happy about the cooking adventures I had today!

I learned a lot, look forward to trying again

and hope that one day I can make really good naan bread! 

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Mr Husband and I did some special prayers (a day late for St John's day)

and that was a blessing.

I pray that each of you will have blessings and encouragement

in whatever path, valley, mountaintop, unexpected terrain...may be in your life.

May God help us and save us!