We spent New Years with the Khan's. I felt the need to have our traditional holiday celebrations just to have something special to do. They don't really appreciate my efforts and they fight me no matter what I do. I don't care.
Our traditional menu is based on Granny's meal that she required us to eat each year. But we make some modifications to bring in some Indian influence, and to make it vegetarian. The menu is listed below.
Black Eyed Pea Curry
Indian Spiced Spinach
Basmati Rice
Corn Bread
Facon
Typically I served either Pineapple Upside Down Cake or Banana Pudding, but since both of the Khan's are diabetic, I picked up a sugar free chocolate cream cake and sugar free fudge tracks ice cream for dessert.
Everyone has to eat one bite of everything as it will all bring good luck for the new year, according to southern tradition. Black Eyed Peas for peace, greens (spinach) for money, rice for riches, corn bread for prosperity, hog jaw (facon) for joy.
Black Eyed Pea Curry is based on this recipe. I leave out the ginger, salt, sugar, and cayenne. It's very tasty. Even Robert really liked it and got seconds and made sure I left the remainder for them to eat when we left.
For the spinach, I used our basic spinach recipe - I put garlic and mustard seeds in a pan to cook a bit, then added spinach and tomatoes and ground coriander and ground cumin and tumeric. then topped with lemon juice and cilantro. I usually add onion but was all out.
I used the cheap Jiffy corn bread mix which is always tasty and easy.
The facon was by SmartLife, the one found in the produce section. This is always better than the Morningstar Farms one found in the freezer section.
Peas: $2.30
Tomatoes: $2
Cilantro: $1
Spinach: $2.50
Corn bread: 52 cents
Facon: $9
Cake: $5
Ice Cream: $3
Total: $25.32 ($5.06 per person, $15.19 for our family)
Not too bad for a holiday meal that included dessert and leftovers to leave with the family
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