Make This Cajun Dish for Mardi Gras

Jambalaya allows for infinite variations

Photo: Aya Brackett

Even if you hadn’t planned a Mardi Gras trip to New Orleans for Tuesday’s pre-Lenten revelry, you can celebrate in spirit by cooking up a Cajun dish like jambalaya.

But before you start cooking, you have a couple of decisions to make — like whether you’ll commit to red jambalaya with tomatoes, or brown…