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Saw these pictures and at 9am my mouth is now drowning in saliva!

some strong work, are you brown?

Reported for racism

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Sunday brunch - latkes

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@moog how was the dal makhani?

I made a mutter paneer and a cabbage dish the other day and my wife made Meera Sodha homemade naan. Which I managed to overcook after an hour and a half's preparation on her behalf. They still tasted good though.

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Question: can you braise a piece of pork belly and still get crackling?
Or do you need to seperate the skin from the flesh and cook seperately?

I only just got round to getting the urid beans so it might be a week or so until we try the recipe.

Very glad to have found a local source and avoided the madness of internet ordered pulses. Thanks @Oliver Schick and @amey, Katpakam Cash & Carry had them.

I saw them in Sainsbury's in Beckton on Thursday and wondered if you'd got some.

I've got an amazing Indian grocer at the end of my road, but I really miss the Turkish shop at the end of the road at my old place.

Great to hear that worked!

Yes, you can get all this stuff in London from brick-and-mortar shops (which for the most part don't sell bricks and mortar). Long may that continue.

Stand mixers - are the kitchenaid ones any good? Probably don’t want a 6.9l monster but are any of the 4.8l ones worth it? Quite like the idea I could also buy things like the pasta roller, grain mill, sausage stuffer, meat grinder etc. Or will the attachments really need the more powerful dc motors of the bigger units?

I think KitchenAid are heavier just to feel more quality?

Look amazing.

Have you got a recipe for the aubergine pickle?

We did this in the bread thread.

I had a KitchenAid and didn't rate it. I think the Kenwoods are better (but don't currently own one).

Which one?

Parents and I both have Kmix. Really good- hasn't let me down in 5 +years of pretty consistent use. Parents slightly longer.
Useful attachment bit at the front for pasta roller/ mincer.

One of the Chef series would be my choice.

Probably this one unless I could find a reason for the 6l / xl model:

https://www.johnlewis.com/kenwood-kvc7300s-chef-titanium-stand-mixer-silver/p2973571

Saw the fire breathing chicken Korean noodle cups in Tesco but couldn’t remember where I’d seen them mentioned, so thanks for ruining my lunch and my tastebuds :)

They are official YouTube food challenge fodder and I don’t even want to be in he same room as the 2X version.

I've had 4.8l ones for the past 10+ years - no complaints yet.

Copes fine with juicing (the plastic auger does have a habit of melting though) / sausaging / grinding / whisking / kneading (up to 1kg)

I've not tried the pasta attachment.

I followed this one, by and large

http://xantilicious.com/recipe/goan-brinjal-pickle/

I had to make do with what was in the cupboard, so dried kashmiri chillis & dried pasilla, and dried curry leaves instead of fresh. Also used large aubergines, as opposed to baby ones

After salting & rinsing, I let the aubergines dry out a lot, so that they'd retain shape & texture after cooking.

Next time, I'll probably dry them for less time - there's a balance between shape & toughness that I didn't get quite right.

Cool, i ordered the small (4.8l) heavy duty lift mixer last night, nisbets had the black model for 30%off. What swung it for me is the potential to buy the mockmill attachment for milling grain at home for bread making, then the pasta and sausage attachments.

Finally got a hold of good seafood which I made into some seared scallops with sauteed peas and topped with cashews and gorgonzola sauce (I know people are gonna give me shit for the cobination, but it works). Followed by aubergines, peppers and bulgur stuffed squids. Winning combo.

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Mmm. Would eat.

Oooh. I’mma have one of those now :-)

I don’t enjoy anything hotter, but I do enjoy these very much. The 2x one sounds ridiculous.

I made a pretty poor attempt at Mojo Pork shoulder (https://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/CHEF-the-Film%3A-Mojo-Marinated-Pork-Shoulder/58458/ - it was for a family video thing.. dont ask)

its ok but now that its been in the cooked and in the fridge, I sliced some up and its pretty dam bland, and a quite fatty.

any good recipe ideas with that to do with either:

• 400g sliced
  
• 300g wedge
  
  

of fairly bland uninteresting roasted pork shoulder?

Need more work on presentation but a fun first attempt, burnt hand aside

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