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Stir fries, salads, soups.

Yes, I think that's the one. Eight years doesn't sound great given the price, my Tefal one at a quarter of the price has lasted four or five years. Was it replaced under warranty.

@lynx most likely steel. Cast iron would be pretty weighty for that size.

Non coated pans seem the way forward to me. Stainless for most things.
Cast iron for some things.
Carbon steel for frying.

Recently needed some pans that would work on Induction hobs I went for 8" 10" and 12" steel flat bottom woks and the 11" omelette pans from either hoo hing or loon fung asian cash and carry places. The four pans came to less than £25, the one thing about the omelette pan is the handle is too long.

Looking on the nisbet site for saute-pans this one is called an omelette pan but looks saute shaped. But no lid tho.

I bought a stainless steel one with a transparent lid a couple of months back and love it, I use it all the time... Easy to clean, no problems...

thing about the omelette pan is the handle is too long

dremel

We finally got round to making the dal makhani last night.

Followed instructions for soaking and pre-boiling and after an hour an a half in the dal the beans were medium soft beans at best with some hard beans too. Gave it another 2 hours before giving up and having pasta.

Gave it another 4 hours bubbling away today, no hard beans but it wasn’t great, definitely not the creamy texture we were hoping for.

From what I’ve read this could be down to old beans which are past their best, really glad I’ve got 1.7kg left in the cupboard...

Add half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate next time, works a treat...

I have never had this issue but i always use a pressure cooker .. balloo is now open for takeaway!

I'll try the bicarb trick next time, thanks Joe.

@amey great news for all in SE8! I think we'll be giving them a call this weekend.

I used to eat there two or three times a week when I lived around the corner. Had no idea they were still there. Great news.

EDIT: Or is it the same place? Same unit, but was it same owners in 2008 or so? Either way, the food was superb.

Courgette and lemon cake

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This looks great, very interesting and I don’t think I’ve had or even heard using courgette in a sweet cake. How was it?

Fucking lush, the courgette adds moisture but is lighter than carrot in a cake. Have had similar cakes before.

I made the same recipe last week but found putting all the wet ingredients together meant there wasn’t enough air in the batter. So this time creamed the butter and sugar, then added the eggs before adding the shredded and squeezed courgette. I used a whole meal spelt flour, didn’t have baking powder or cream of tartar so used bicarbonate of soda and a dash of apple vinegar.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/frosted-courgette-lemon-cake

Added bonus it has two whole veg, so half the cake is one of my healthy diet items for the day.

Also uses three lemons so it’s almost half of my daily fruit and veg requirement when I eat half of it.

courgettes like pumpkins belong next to my roast dinner not in puddings.

septic muck!

Your opinion is invalid

Pumpkin pie - fucking awesome

Any recipe ideas for 1.5kg slab of short ribs? Presumably I can butcher them down to individual ribs once defrosted. I don't own a slow cooker.

https://thewoksoflife.com/asian-braised-short-ribs-with-chili-lime-potatoes/

Did this the other day which is a nice summery dish that makes the most of the short rib

Yeah, that link is getting bookmarked

It’s a good blog for recipes
Think I shared it for crispy roast pork before

That and Ladyandpups are two of my most visited

Home tempura. Out of everything we did the best was pumpkin. Worst was squid just went soggy.

Tempura Japanese pumpkin is utterly delicious. It's one of the tastiest things on the planet.

Yeah I didn't think we could recreate it but it was really nice. 👍👍