As Promised here are the recipes for the potato chana and lentil and spinach channa. CHENNAI POTATO MASSAL. (POTATO CHANNA) 3-4 teaspoons sunflower oil. half teaspoon mustard seeds. half teaspoon fennel seeds 2 cloves chopped garlic handful of curry leaves. preferably fresh but dried will do. 2 onions finely chopped 3 fresh plum tomatoes chopped … Continue reading
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HARDLY A CHILLI IN SIGHT……part one.
The British love their curries….a hangover from the British Empire I suppose. …Curry has become as much an iconic British dish as fish and chips and roast beef and Yorkshire pud.. So when I heard that the chef of the well known, local, posh Indian restaurant Sanmini was giving some cooking lessons, I jumped at … Continue reading
THE BEST CHIP SHOP IN THE WORLD…..
On the way back from said dash to emergency health centre, Michael suddenly decided he was hungry, and “fancied fish and chips” … Major bowel surgery has only affected his appetite in that everything tastes wonderful! So, as I am temporarily indulging his every whim, we called at the Olympus Fish restaurant in Bolton town … Continue reading
IF YOU THINK YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO COOK, THINK AGAIN! 15 minute meals…
Jamie Oliver has become my cooking guru. His book 30 minute meals, in which he cooks three course meals in 30 minutes has become my bible, not that I ever succeeded in making them in 30 minutes. Usually they take me 45minutes for the three courses, but the recipes are good. Whatever food scientist put his recipes together deserve all the credit they can … Continue reading
"HOW ARE YOU TODAY?"
I am really fascinated with American wait staff . They make me feel as if they are really interested in my meal and whether I enjoy it. Is this genuine? This is a subtle art, a combination of body language and words.Do they learn it at some waiter school? There is a sense of equality … Continue reading
chicken. Daupinoise. / fish / food / Jamie Oliver / Recipies
MY FAVOURITE MEALS THIS WEEK.
FISH TRAY BAKE. a lower fat variation on a Jamie Oliver dish. serves four. Quick and easy. Four salmon fillets, pinboned around 8-10 prawns 1 lemon quarted four tomatoes chopped roughly or several cherry tomatoes half 30g tin anchovies in oil 8-10 asparagus, woody ends removed, or half a red pepper sliced. 1 chilli chopped … Continue reading
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