What's for tea tonight? (pt4)

[hiccup]

Some sort of lentil and chorizo thing I think

 

[sheothebudworths]

tonight I think will be pad thai noodles with king prawns

thats if I get the veg I need

Do you need Bees to go?


Shall I start a thread?!


We've got chicken thighs in a vaguely japanese marinade, with rice, broccoli and possibly (if I can be fucked) strips of carrot and courgette which I'm going to very lightly steam, then toss in some sesame oil/toasted sesame seeds/soy sauce.

 

[aqua]

no I need to go after work he has nothing to do today at all

(and is still moaning he's tired )

 

[madzone]

no I need to go after work he has nothing to do today at all

(and is still moaning he's tired )

He can paint my bloody skirtings for me

 

[aqua]

*packs him off to madz*

 

[sheothebudworths]

And then he can make my curtain

 

[idioteque]

I have a chicken fillet defrosting in the kitchen that was going to lead to sweet and sour chicken, but my baby corn and mange tout may be too old for it now...

 

[ringo]

Oooh, do give a recipe for the patties.

Will post when I get home tonight.

 

[pootle]

Home made lamb kofte kebabs, stuffed peppers, rice.

 

[ringo]

Can't remember where I originally got this from but this recipe is almost exactly the same. I used sunflower oil and didn't have any pomegranate seed flour. A little gram flour (or corn flour) would do the same.

Aloo Tikka
by Vicky Bhogal

Servings: 4
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour
Ingredients
4 Potatoes
1 large onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsp Rapeseed oil
1 tbsp Cumin seeds
1 tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Garam masala
2 green chillies, chopped finely
a good handful of fresh Coriander, chopped
2 tsp pomegranate seed powder
125g gram flour
Yoghurt to serve
Method
1. Place the potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water and cook until soft. Drain and rise in cold water.

2. Roughly chop the potatoes into a large mixing bowl.

3. Heat the rapeseed oil in a frying pan and fry the onions for 30 seconds. Add the cumin seeds. Continue to cook until the onions are translucent, but browned with the colour of the cumin seeds. The onions should not be golden, just soft and translucent.

4. Add the onions to the potatoes along with the salt, garam masala, chillies, coriander and the pomegranate seed powder.

5. Gently mash with a fork to combine the ingredients into a rough mash. Leave to cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

6. Mix the gram flour with enough cold water to make a slightly runny paste.

7. Divide the potato mixture into 12 equal portions. Take a portion and roll into a ball then flatten to make an even disc.

8. Dip each disc into the gram flour to coat well. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry in the cakes in batches until golden brown.

 

[Orang Utan]

some kind of bean thing

Changed my mind. Decided to continue the grain theme this week and have quinoa, thyme, leek and Taleggio. I'm running out of grains so may do another bulgar dish, another couscous dish and a rice dish for the rest of the week, but I may change my mind and make loads of tarts instead and mix the themes

 

[soulman]

Boring but nice. Steak, potatoes, steamed carrots and mushy peas.

 

[May Kasahara]

I changed my mind too. Ended up making a stir fry, nothing earth shattering but sustaining enough, then had chopped banana and Greek yoghurt with maple syrup for dessert

 

[Detroit City]

well i have to stay at me dads for next three nights to babysit the dog and cat....they told me they left me some chicken curry and some potato/okra dish. so i guess it'll be that unless i decide to opt out of indian food and make summat else

 

[hiccup]

Some sort of lentil and chorizo thing I think

And indeed it was.

Cooked whole green lentils with a couple of bay leaves until they were nearly tender

Fried some:
Onion
Chilli
Chorizo
Celery
Red pepper
Mushrooms

Chucked in a tin of tomatoes, the lentils and some veg stock. Cooked it for another 20 minutes or so. Lush.

 

[Orang Utan]

See, this is what I'm hoping to do - create recipes from scratch, rather than rely on books all the time. I've got a lot to learn

 

[hiccup]

Ain't nothing to it, but to do it

 

[Orang Utan]

All I've done on my own so far is soup and the odd beany mess

 

[feyr]

i had homemade burgers in bread rolls and salad.

 

[foamy]

i had chicken pie, baby carrots and brocolli with pesto mash (cos i read it on one of these threads and got a craving for it )

 

[Looby]

I had Pizza Hut.

 

[aqua]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm pizza hut

 

[Looby]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm pizza hut

It's a guilty pleasure.

 

[Dillinger4]

nomnomnom!!!

 

[snackhead]

cheese and gin

 

[aqua]

what a marvellous tea

 

[Ms T]

Another night shift make-do tea of lemon sole goujons, baked potato with coleslaw and broccoli. A bit strange, but surprisingly nice.

 

[pootle]

A sort of sausage cassoulet with venison snorkers, maybe baked potatoes and some sort of veg.

 

[mrsfran]

I'm making tea all for myself this evening! Yay!

I am going to make chicken ramen with soba noodles, dashi, wakame, bamboo shoots and shitake mushrooms.

 

[Lea]

Going out for a Japanese tonight but I reckon it's going to be mock Japanese as the restaurant is owned by Chinese.