My daughter went to the South Indian Mountains several years ago. The airline lost her luggage and she was left with not much more than the clothes on her back and a 28 inch Ashika drum for two weeks.
She left the drum there at a monastery because it was too much trouble to carry it back. The following year she returned to India, this time carrying a large red and purple Conga drum decorated with shells and Antique African bells made by her friend, Dr. Kwasi Jayourba at his drum factory in Pittsburgh. Dr. Kwasi is a jazz drummer who used to play with Nat King Cole in Vegas back in the day when black people had to enter through the kitchen. She left the Conga drum there as she did not want to carry it back. So India got a couple of drums and we got a couple of recipes.
East Indian Potato Salad
Boil 4 cups of cubed potatoes as if to make potato salad
Grind together 1 very small hot chili pepper and 3 tablespoons of chopped cilantro (coriander). Mix 1/4 C coarse ground salt and the juice of 1 lemon. Combine with the chili and cilantro. Pour over the potatoes and mix well. Serve chilled.
Secrets of the Indian Restaurant Curry
