It's always good to start off the week with a treat on the horizon, and by cooking a green lamb curry from Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Easy book on Sunday, Nic had made sure we had something to look forward to.
The great thing about curry is that leaving it overnight to mature softens the flavours and adds depth and this curry was no exception. It's made with two large bunches of fresh coriander whizzed to a paste, so not one for the coriander-phobes (of which there seem to be a surprising number). The book recommended accompanying it with a mushroom and pea curry, not something we'd ever tried. My but it was gooood! Chestnut mushrooms kept their texture in the spiced sauce and were savoury amongst the sweet, bursting peas. This could be a great veggie main dish on its own with rice and dhal. It really didn't need a meat accompaniment.
Steve took his usual celery and spicy houmous to gaming tonight, whilst Nic angelically did her Fit To Ski exercises (actually, what the Fit To Ski exercises neatly proved was that she needs to do a lot more Fit To Ski exercises!) Less than 6 weeks till Avoriaz ....
The great thing about curry is that leaving it overnight to mature softens the flavours and adds depth and this curry was no exception. It's made with two large bunches of fresh coriander whizzed to a paste, so not one for the coriander-phobes (of which there seem to be a surprising number). The book recommended accompanying it with a mushroom and pea curry, not something we'd ever tried. My but it was gooood! Chestnut mushrooms kept their texture in the spiced sauce and were savoury amongst the sweet, bursting peas. This could be a great veggie main dish on its own with rice and dhal. It really didn't need a meat accompaniment.
In fact the dinner was a hugely welcomed feast after the lunch Steve had - Pea soup followed by a low fat yoghurt. Mmmm.
Steve took his usual celery and spicy houmous to gaming tonight, whilst Nic angelically did her Fit To Ski exercises (actually, what the Fit To Ski exercises neatly proved was that she needs to do a lot more Fit To Ski exercises!) Less than 6 weeks till Avoriaz ....
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