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Mr Beardy Drummer
English muffins with smoked salmon and cream cheese. Cup of Tea. Slice of cake.
Everything left in the fridge. Grilled bacon, halloumi, garlic bread and mushrooms. Delicious, salty horror.
it so does!I hate aniseed and licorice, celeriac doesn't taste like either
Not to me, and I won't kiss the husband after he's had one sambucait so does!
It was really delicious.Pip said:Kosheri aka kushari, koshery, qushari, etc etc. It's Egyptian, popular with Coptic Christians because of the meatlessness (Fridays, Lent). There are lots if variations and different recipes, but this is how I do it:
Boil green lentils and put aside (or use ready cooked)
Fry garlic and a few teaspoons of ground cumin in oil, add passata or a tin of chopped tomatoes, vinegar and a little bit of sugar. Simmer until it's somewhat reduced and glossy. Add chopped coriander. This is the tomato sauce, you can turn it off and ignore it until you're ready.
Fry onions (I usually use four but I doubled the recipe last night) until they're crispy and put aside.
Put basmati rice in a bowl of cold water, wash and drain (believe me, I've tried to omit this part but unfortunately it's necessary)
Melt butter and fry dried vermicelli, broken into pieces, until it's brown. Add the drained rice (I used 300g last night), coat it in the butter, and add hot water (800ml last night) and a stock cube, few teaspoons of cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper (I would have added extra salt if I was cooking it for myself). Boil then simmer for about 12 minutes. You do the absorption method. When it's cooked, add a few knobs of butter, lentils, about half the onions and mix it all up. To serve, put the tomato sauce on top, and some more crispy onions on top of that.
When I've had it at people's houses or in Egyptian cafes, it's always had macaroni rather than vermicelli, so I think that's more ~authentic~, but I prefer vermicelli. More authentic is also to use about 4x as much butter as I did.
It's especially nice as leftovers because if you assemble the layers in a bowl and heat it up in the oven it kind of bakes even more
Beef ribs braised in dark ale, quartered brussels sprouts with sliced almonds, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, green salad. Store-bought Boston cream pie for dessert.
Gave the kids a choice between a chicken and broccoli stir fry with rice or another wrap