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Aduki / Azuki Bean Salad

January 23, 2012
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I made this salad for my lunch today.  I was reminded yesterday reading Carl’s post on his vegetarian haggis how good aduki beans are, they’re the puy lentil of the bean world for me.  They’re flavoursome, the taste reminds me of black-eye beans/peas and being so small they give you a lovely texture and if [...]

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Tarka,Tadka, Chaunk, Dhungar: Tempering Spices & Making Dal

November 15, 2011
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I’ve recently made 2 posts on spices and now would like to mention one of my favourite ways of spicing lentils; tarka.  Tarka, tadka or chaunk and also known by other names if you look on wiki here, is a very good way of spicing food, not just legumes. I first noticed it years ago [...]

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Some Spicing Tips

November 9, 2011
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I’ve written the post on Don’t Dry Roast Spices here, and wanted to do a quick one on a couple of tips.  A week or so ago I was asked by Carl if I had any tips for a Goan curry he was making, to which I answered no, but I said I do have [...]

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Don’t Dry Roast Spices

November 8, 2011
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Want to be controversial in the foodie world here, tell them not to dry roast spices before making a masala mix.  If I hear or read one more chef, cookery writer stating, “you should dry roast spices for masala because it enhances them, giving a better flavour..”  I might just scream…quietly inside. It was a year [...]

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Lentil Curry, Spinach Curry with Fresh Apricots

August 21, 2011
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I have to make a note of these curries I quickly made last night otherwise they will be forgotten never to be made again which according to my oldest daughter is a habit of mine.  When I make it again I will take better photos and post those.  It was one of those full days, [...]

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Fish Stuffed with Herbs

August 13, 2011
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This is the sort of meal I like to cook in any given evening, easy to prepare and packs so much flavour which I can change depending on my whim on the day.  I came across these long fillets of hake, quite unusual where I live, as soon as I spotted them I started to [...]

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Fish in Herb Salt Crust

August 13, 2011
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I made this recipe by Giorgio Locatelli back in the Spring, it’s his version of the more classic salt crust baked fish as I’ve made here.  Giorgio makes it with seabass fillets rather than a whole seabass like mine.  The recipe is here, scroll down to where it says Sea Bass in Sea Salt.  Last [...]

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Fish Baked in Salt Crust on the Barbecue

August 13, 2011
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These photos go back two summers, I’ve had them in my photo album with the idea of repeating the experience this summer.  I would then take a lovely shot of the plated fish set on a stylised table with the backdrop of the green outlook of my garden.  I have no idea what happen to [...]

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Good Things Do Come In Bottles, BBQ & Brown Sauce

April 20, 2011
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I had bought chicken to make my Sweet Miso & Lemon Chicken but at the last minute had to change plans, allergy daughter had over done on soya previous days and I needed to make a soya and maize free dish for the family.  Rummaging through the kitchen cupboard I saw the bottles of Wilkson [...]

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Linguine with Brown Shrimp, Crab, Lemon & Chili

April 3, 2011
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I cook pasta often for the family but rarely eat it myself because I have to limit the amount of wheat I eat.  I love everything made with flour but it just loves me back too much, if I ate everything I wanted I would be jogging all day every day.   For this reason [...]

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Sweet Miso and Lemon Chicken

February 2, 2011
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This chicken tastes delicious, savoury, slightly lemony, juicy and very morish.  Don’t be put off by the title of Sweet as it’s not sweet at all.  Sweet miso just means it’s a soya-rice paste that is relatively sweeter, lighter both in taste and colour to the other stronger darker miso used often in soups, noodle, [...]

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Lamb, Quinces and Cardamon Casserole

January 16, 2011
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Since discovering my local Greek grocer has had a supply of quinces recently and having never come across them before while living here I’ve been thinking of ways to use them.  My first post with them was Quince Tarte Tartin and my next use for them I wanted to try something savoury.  I was going [...]

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Egg-free and Dairy-free Chicken Goujons (Chicken Nuggets)

October 30, 2010
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When I made these goujons for my daughters’ lunch today I had the plate above by the kitchen window ready for photographing.  When the oldest and middle daughter walked into the kitchen and saw them they both said, “Why don’t you serve a plate of chicken nuggets to us like this?” and then the oldest [...]

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Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

October 8, 2010

Ok my darling girls and husband, you want to know the meatball sauce recipe and here it is.   For using any other time I’m away, sick or whatever reason you’ll have to fend for yourselves again. Brown the meat, add a little oil to get the meat started.  They don’t have to be browned [...]

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Lemon & Thyme Chicken

July 19, 2010
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I have made this recently for friend’s coming over for lunch, it’s so simple to put together, packs so much flavour but no effort whatsoever.  I have thyme growing in pots on the patio and I always have a lemon, there would be something amiss in my kitchen if I didn’t have a lemon.   [...]

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