Indian Style Baked Salmon
The last thing Stephen and I said to each other last night before we went to sleep wasn’t “sleep well” or “see you in the morning” but “mmm, salmon”. Not the most romantic end to the evening but fairly typical. We swing from being incredibly organised about what we’re going to eat during the week […]
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A meat-free dinner is pretty rare in our house and I would hazard a guess that it’s actually never happened before on a Saturday night. Saturday night is usually all about treating ourselves and being indulgent and, as much as I love pulses and lentils, I don’t consider them to be indulgent. The reason for […]
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This is something Stephen has been wanting to cook for a while. I hadn’t heard of it until recently and I don’t recall hearing him mention it either but my knowedge of Indian dishes is very small and I have a very bad memory so this isn’t unusual. I first heard about it a little […]
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It’s been so long that I’m not sure anyone is still reading, if you are then thanks for being so patient while we’ve been off enjoying ourselves. The Summer has been brilliant fun but not much of it has been spent in the kitchen. We have of course been eating and, as is now second […]
Read More..>>Sag Aloo and Moong Dal
Last week I was feeling rather ill for most of the week and ended up eating quite a lot of fairly plain food. This included mostly cooked vegetables and not much meat. Although I am over that now, some of those menu choices still recur. With Kerri out this evening and an abundance of potatoes […]
Read More..>>Kaalee Mirch Cha Mutton, Moong Dal, “Sag” Aloo and Chapatis
We got a bit over-excited in the ‘ethnic’ section of our local supermarket this morning and ended up with enormous bags of yellow moong dal and chapati flour. With Indian food a given for this evening’s dinner (particularly with an afternoon with IPL cricket on in the background) we just needed to decide on a […]
Read More..>>Beef baked with Yoghurt and Black Pepper
I might have mentioned that we have quite a lot of meat to get through this week. A combination of having a freezer the size of a shoe-box and wanting to use as much of the meat while it’s at it’s best (i.e. unfrozen) meant that tonight we opted to use the oxtail – try […]
Read More..>>Indian Chicken in “Fried Onion Sauce”
When I arrived home this evening, I was greeted by the delicious smell of this cooking. We had found it in Madhur Jaffrey’s “Indian Cookery” and decided on it over the weekend while trying to be good and planning our meals this week ahead of time. Kerri had started on it shortly after she arrived […]
Read More..>>Indian Cooking – Rogan Josh, Chana Dal, Spiced Cauliflower and Naan Bread
We recently bought Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery as we felt that we needed a decent Indian cookbook and reference rather than just searching for recipes online if we fancied cooking Indian dishes. The book has turned out to be just what we were after, with a section on the various spices and other ingredients that […]
Read More..>>Bombay-Style Chicken with Red Lentils
We had a roast chicken for lunch yesterday and even though we have large appetites, we never manage a whole chicken so there are always leftovers to contend with. We’ve had some success using cooked chicken in the past so looked to Madhur Jaffrey for inspiration. The recipe we found called for uncooked chicken but […]
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