The "FIRST" beat goes on...

I guess Zach's recent post made him reminiscent of our FIRST date.  Last night he brought the India Garden http://www.indiagardenonline.com/ home to me, he made Chicken Tikka Masala  without http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPCwH8uJawA the chicken and Veggie Samosas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUA4g874WUs  with Raita (recipe below).  It all was fantastic but still trying to figure out where the vegetarian meal came from...for those who know him it's very out of character.

(Three posts later I think we have beaten the dead horse that is the FIRST reference, I promise, it ends here.)

RAITA 

(Zach typically makes some version of the recipe below, the chemist in me is learning to embrace his less than precise approach to cooking)

Ingredients

2 cups low-fat plain yogurt

1/2 cucumber, grated

1 teaspoon cumin powder

1/4 teaspoon red chili powder

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1.  Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Let them sit pretty in the serving dish (preferably glass) getting chilled for half an hour or so.
3. Sprinkle a bit of cumin powder& red chili powder on the top to add a riot of colors to the dish just before serving.
4. Serve as an accompaniment to Indian dishes.