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> Hi Doug,
>
> Thats a wonderful gesture for taking food for the Pakistani couple.
> Yes, the Moghuls ruled India about a couple of hundred years ago, and
> hence the influence of Moghul cuisine on Indian cuisine. India has
> about 15% of muslims as part of its populations, even more than the
> total number of Muslims in Pakistan. Thats why there are similarities
> between the 2 cuisines.
>
> If you want to take them a snack, kebobs will be easy to make. Take
> ground meat (chicken or beef or lamb), add ginger garlic paste, cayanne
> pepper, 1 egg, salt, cilantro, curry powder/garam masala, bread crumbs
> and adjust salt.Marinate for half an hour and shape them into kebobs
> (on metal skewers) and grill them at 375 F in a pre-heated oven. You
> can also take some pita bread (warmed but not crisp) after applying
> olive oil and dried rosemary and baking it for 15 minutes to make it
> warm n soft. This will be a nice treat
>
> I hope this helps you.
>
> Ronnie
>

I'm proficient with a mortar & pestle, so making my own ginger-garlic paste
makes sense. What proportions do you suggest?