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Continue reading →: Wedding Anniversary
As you can tell from the title today is my (and naturally other half's!) wedding anniversary, 8 years and counting *grin*, granted we will not be able to celebrate until Sunday (or maybe even the 26th/27th!) but nonetheless a day worth counting. Other news, hmm let me think, well I…
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Continue reading →: Chicken with whole spices
Ingredients 1 medium chicken, cut in pieces5 medium onions, finely sliced50g ghee3 Kashmiri chillies4 by leaves10 cloves12 crushed peppercornsthumb-sized piece of root ginger, thinly sliced2 garlic cloves, finely sliced300ml yogurtsalt to tastepinch of saffron Method Mix all the ingredients in a flameproof casserole and marinate for 30 minutes, turning from…
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Continue reading →: Mixed Vegetable Curry
Ingredients 2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil1 tsp (5 ml) cumin seeds1 tsp (5 ml) coriander seeds1 large onion, finely chopped3 cloves garlic, crushed1 tsp (5 ml) garam masala0.25 tsp chilli powder1 medium potato, finely diced1 parnsip, cut into small chunks1 courgette, sliced1 green pepper, deseeded and cut ito strips1…
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Continue reading →: One more week
Okay since the last posting, the rosehip wine is on the way, the honey beer has been bottled and not much else has happened! There is one more week of oddness (Dr Tempewytch will finish in his show), but then I can get back to normality AND start doing again…
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Continue reading →: Bored, bored, bored!
I seriously want to get some stiching finished off BUT at the moment the only thing I want to stitch on is something new, anything new! I have various started projects (Perfect Pets, Medieval Sampler, making up the cat ornaments, Crewelwork, Wallace and Gromitt bookmark, Winnie the Pooh, a Snoopy…
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Continue reading →: Start to another week
Blimey Monday comes around quickly doesn't did! I was hoping to get some stitching done today BUT instead it ended up as a catch up computer day and letter writing – which is not a problem as otherwise it would have been spread over the week (mind you I will…
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Continue reading →: Singapore-Style South-Indian Chicken Curry
2.5 tablespoons curry powder 4 chicken legs, skinned and divided into drumsticks and thighs (or a 1.35 kg/3 lb chicken skinned and cut into serving pieces) 2 tablespoons corn or peanut oil 6 medium shallots, finely chopped 5 cm/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and very finely chopped 6 cloves…
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Continue reading →: Honey Beer
1 lemon 1.5 lb dark honey 1 gallon water 0.5 oz hops 1 teaspoon granulated yeast Method Peel the rind from the lemon, avoiding the white pith. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and strain to remove the pips. Dissolve the honey in 1.75 pints of the water in a…
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Continue reading →: Masroor Ahmed’s Hyderabadi Lamb with Tomatoes (Timatar Gosht)
560g/1.25 boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 2.5 cm/1 inch cubes 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated 6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed to a pulp 1.5 teaspoons ground cumin 0.5 teaspoon ground turmeric 1.25 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons corn or peanut oil 210g/7.5 oz onion, peeled and finely…
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Continue reading →: Stuffed Marrow
1 x 2kg marrow Stuffing 1.5 kg good beef shin on the bone, chopped into 3-4 pieces (by the butcher) olive oil 1 large onion, peeled 2 good garlic cloves, peeled third cinnamon stick 1 small teaspoon cumin seeds 2 heaped teaspoons hot smoked paprika fiely grated rind and juice…
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