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Chicken curry recipe recommendations please.

This chickpea curry from Matthew Kenney's book plantlab has become a staple for us. Dead simple and absolutely brilliant. 2 tsp vadouvan, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 onion, 2 kaffir lime leaves, 1 stalk lemongrass, 1 inch grated ginger, 1 inch galangal, 2 cups of coconut milk, 2 cups of chickpeas.

The naan is baked in the Ooni based on a Meera Sodha recipe (click the first link as a direct link leads to a paywall), as much as I hate to say it I might prefer the Jamie Oliver recipe.

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I tried.

Not great, not terrible.

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(Too thick, messy, etc - I've got more batter so I'll see if it's still good tonight and try again).

I'm having those Meera Sodha Cauli Cheese and chilli Rotis tonight I think. So good. Cold leftovers are epic win as well.

Looks ace, i cant advice you as you will have to experiment but play with urad daal and rice ratio; i go 60/40.

Also pan has to be hot but not mega hot and you add oil after you pour the mix; around edges.

Salted chocolate buckwheat cookies

Bit weird doing them using a piping bag, but pretty good.

I had some leftover cauliflower and some broccoli on the turn and made the mix but but it in dosas with leftover dosa mix.

Recommended!

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(This dosa looks particularly bad or actually like an idli but it's unrepresentative, I had got marginally better by then).

Also, I made some Felicity Cloake perfect chocolate biscuits for our neighbours, and I took this picture because the dough looked like a giant turd:

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Something sinister looking about the tin of beans here.

Rolled it in beanz after the pic yeh?

Just took collection of 2kg of beef short ribs from my BiL’s local butcher out in penge/anerley.
Looking forward to slow cooking some of it.
Wondering if I need to trim some of the fat, or leave as is..

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The fat will render. Just skim it if there's too much.

Also, want.

I would leave the fat. Fat is flavour.

Hot guts sausage
Horseradish
Cornichon
Ketchup

Had two more and now full up.

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Need to make a couple of dishes for a garden picnic thing on Monday. Needs to travel well. Vegetarian.

If I was hosting it'd be something that could be finished and served quickly but not sure I'll have that luxury. Could handle mise en place at home and then dress/mix etc on site but that's probably about the length of it. Any suggestions before I whack out the Ghayour?

Pitas or Corn chips plus?
Baba Ganoush
Mole sauce
Salsa Fresca
Hummus
Fresh veg

I went to a barbecue the other day and had a sort of green bean salad/curry with chunks of coconut-coated roasted tofu in it. I think it might have been initially served warm but my god it was nice cold. Thought about it daily since. I will try and find a recipe from the host.

Can anyone recommend a good place for lunch in Chelmsford please? Needs to be walking distance from the station.

This was the recipe https://www.lazycatkitchen.com/green-bean-dry-curry-coconut-tofu/

Som Tam salad would ship well
Potato Salad
Panzanella (keep the bread separate and combine at the picnic)
Could do a nice grilled asparagus and hazelnut salad
Kimchi pancakes

This looks very interesting. Thanks for digging out the Recipie. 👍

sort of green bean salad/curry with chunks of coconut-coated roasted tofu

Sounds ace. Would appreciate a recipe if you find it?