By the time we got back from Santa Cruz...

...we were sun burnt and tired, but still not hungry due to those breakfast burritos. Because it was so warm that day we came home and enjoyed a nice glass of Pimm's No. 1 and 7-up. Over our Pimm's we discussed what we wanted for dinner. We knew we didn't want anything too heavy, but sushi was out because of how expensive it can get. After looking through Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's nothing caught our eye. Then one of us (I'd like to take the credit for the idea) had the idea to make Indian Taco Truck Burritos.

The Indian Taco Truck Burrito comes from Curry Up Now that Matt and I frequent in Burlingame. These burritos are the best Indian Taco Truck Burritos I've ever had (granted, they are also the only Indian Taco Truck Burritos I've ever had, but I think that nothing will ever compare.) Thinking back, it's because of this that our meal was doomed to fail.

We spent quite awhile in Trader Joe's looking for the perfect contents of our burrito. We settled on the yellow curry chicken, some frozen rice, some frozen chaana masala, whole wheat wraps and vegetable samosas. Here are all the ingredients in their glory.

 

Now, the burritos weren't that bad. In fact, the chicken and the channa masla were good (but not taco truck good) and complemented each other really nicely. The problem was the rice. The picture on the bag and the contents of the bag didn't really align. Most concerning was the color. See what I mean? That's not a normal curry color...

  

It's not so much that I judge my food on the color. I am all about giving my food the benefit of the doubt, but the flavor wasn't right either. The rice had apple and raisins in it, which we thought had the potential to combat some of the spiciness of the chicken and chaana, but that wasn't the case. Over all, the rice had a really weak flavor and was the weak link in our burritos.

Here's the chicken. We used our grill pan to grill it, and it only took a few minutes on each side to be cooked thoroughly. We had so much chicken (remember, we weren't even that hungry to begin with) that we saved some for lunch on Sunday. The chicken still had good flavor the next day.

 

 

Once all was said an done we constructed our burritos. At least they photograph nicely!

 

I think that we will probably make these again, but next time figure out an alternative for the rice. And as for the vegetable samosas? They held their own! 

Now off to pack. On the packing agenda for tonight? Getting rid of all those stupid mailers and other pieces of random papers that have accumulated over the last 10 months as well as boxing up all those little odds and ends that I have.

Oh, and what's a cooking post without Maddie meowing? Well, here you go!