Jan 21, 2017, Updated May 28, 2024 Happy FRYday, friends! Although I’m writing this so late from the west coast that it will surely be Saturday before you read it. In the spirit of doing things more quickly and confidently (really, I guess that just translates to more efficiently), I’m writing you a quick hello before I sink into painting for the evening. I was running a bubble bath (like I do most nights) but then started perusing art blogs while it filled up and was struck with sudden inspiration to take out my paintbrushes. It’s funny, painting is something I really, deeply enjoy to my core but it is something I make so little time for. Sitting down in front of a blank canvas terrifies me. Sometimes I do an underpainting (which for me, is just un-whiting the canvas by painting the whole thing another colour), then by the time it dries, I get anxious and stash it in the closet for another day. Why? I think simply because not doing something is easier than doing something. Staring deeply at a candle from a hot, soapy tub is decidedly easier than the self-discipline it takes to activate my brain. Same reason so many novels go unread and a mountain of dishes often greet me in the morning (wait, no, that last one is just l?a?z?i?n?e?s?s? exhaustion). But doesn’t it feel so much better to do something?? Paint something? Read something? Go to the yoga class? Yes. So I moved the candle from the bubble bath to my kitchen table and I am totally going to paint tonight. But first, I really want to share this tandoori-marinated fried chicken because it’s amazing and because I reeeeeally wanted to say FRYday. Fried chicken is really deceptively easy and quick. Like, 10 minutes for juicy, bone-in meat. All your friends will be super excited and impressed with you, and they don’t have to know how easy it was. I cut up a whole bird and let it sit in a delicious Indian-spiced yogurt mixture for the first half of the day. I’ve had it in my head for a long time that this would be a delicious thing to do, and guess what? It is. I served it with Samosa Potatoes (!!!) which was another recent brain-child that I can’t wait to share with you. The only note I have about the chicken is DO NOT FORGET to take it out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before you intend to fry it. If you don’t let it come to room temperature, it will get really dark on the outside before it is cooked on the inside. My Indian husband loved the heck out of this, FYI.
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