Smoked Salt & Pepper

I've been exploring South Austin a little more on some of my lunch breaks from Century Animal Hospital (a little self-promo never hurt anything, right?). This Pakistani food trailer was on my list of places to check out. My roomie back at UT, Fauz, is Pakastani and I had to check this out to report back to her. She lives in Houston now, with abundance of good Pakastani food around her, but I had to see if Austin has anything that can hold a candle to all the delicious foods she had introduced to me. Also, I like chatting up Aunties. Spoiler alert, there was no auntie at the trailer. But there was a very nice, helpful young lady who walked me through every menu item and gave me a recommendation. I ordered the aloo something and some samosas. The time took a little while, because there was just one person working in the trailer on the cold day I visited, but that gave me some time to check out the Thicket trailer park. Very cute and cool area with tons of trailers and option...

My fiancé and I were hanging out at our friends pool when we walked by a party grilling tandoori chicken. It smelled so good and we instantly had a craving for it. Later that week, I tried a recipe to make some at home. The recipe is from Epicurious. It was very good and pretty easy. Reid loved the spiciness of it (I added a lot of cayenne to the yogurt sauce). Tandoori chicken is traditionally cooked in a clay oven, a tandoor. In this version the chicken is broiled. Tandoori chicken Ingredients: For spice paste: 1 large garlic clove 1 1/2 tsp coarse salt 1 small fresh red or green chile 1/3 cup low fat plain yogurt 1 tbs fresh lemon juice 2 tsp fresh grated ginger 1 1/2 tsp ground coriander 3/4 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp ground clove 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 2 tsp vegetable oil For yogurt sauce 1/2 cup low fat yogurt 1 tsp fresh yogurt Pinch cayenne Preparation:...