MealPlans WB 9th March 2009

SunnyGirl

I'm wondering if anyone has a recipe for homemade chicken biryani (sp?) I saw an advert on the tv last night for a packet mix for this & as I don't buy them anymore I wondered about making my own. This was my favourite indian takeaway dish in the days before MSE & I'd love to be able to make it at home.

If this is in the wrong place please feel free to move it. I thought about the quick questions thread but I know the people on the menu planning thread are awesome cooks - their menus have me drooling every week :T Thanks in advance!

Julimk

I find Anjum Anand reliable for Indian, how about this one?

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/609177

Or, in her first book, there is a really easy one with leftovers – 300g LO chicken curry & 400g LO cooked rice. Mix a tblsp of yoghurt & 40ml of water into curry to loosen gravy. Put a couple of spoons of the gravy from the curry in the bottom of an ovenproof dish & spread out. Layer ½ the rice, the chicken & then the rest of the rice.

Dot surface with butter, pour over saffron milk (pinch saffron soaked in 2tblsp milk). Cover with foil & cook at 180c for 20-30 mins.

HTH

SunnyGirl

Julimk wrote: »

I find Anjum Anand reliable for Indian, how about this one?

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/609177

Or, in her first book, there is a really easy one with leftovers – 300g LO chicken curry & 400g LO cooked rice. Mix a tblsp of yoghurt & 40ml of water into curry to loosen gravy. Put a couple of spoons of the gravy from the curry in the bottom of an ovenproof dish & spread out. Layer ½ the rice, the chicken & then the rest of the rice.

Dot surface with butter, pour over saffron milk (pinch saffron soaked in 2tblsp milk). Cover with foil & cook at 180c for 20-30 mins.

HTH

Thank you so much for the speedy reply :T I've copied & pasted both recipes & will add them onto next weeks plan. Thanks again :A

trying-very-trying

Well, last week's plan ran very smoothly, splashed out for a chinese carry out for 19yo birthday.

I haven's thought about what days beyond today and tomorrow, but this is what we'll be having:
Mon: Phil Vickery's chowder, (from Aldi's recipe of the week) with crusty rolls and bacon. The soup will be made using my chicken stock as cooked in sc last night.
Tue: Beef casserole with Scottish Swede Pie (Recipe card picked up in Tesco) The beef will be cooked in my sc today.
Mr Be's cauli cheese and actifry wedges ;
Mushroom Kasha with sausage ;
A simple potato, and whatever else need used up, bake in the remoska ;
Baked pots with hopefully some lo beef casserole
Sun: Roast beef dinner. Chocolate gateau and cream.

As before my new recipes are marked in red. Right better go and get started. I'll also be making my own chicken pate for sandwiches this week.

SunnyGirl, there's a simple biryani recipe in the All New Remoaska thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1464375&page=8, but you could do it in the oven, or microwave, I would think.

Edit: Tue: beef casserole and swede pie, will now be chilli beef with rice.

champys

trying-very-trying wrote: »

Mushroom Kasha with sausage ;

trying-very-trying, could you please share the recipe for Mushroom Kasha? I have a lot of mushrooms to use up, and this sounds very interesting - provided it doesn't need real kasha (buckwheat grits?) as I couldn' lay my hands on them here.....

thanks in advance!

trying-very-trying

champys wrote: »

trying-very-trying, could you please share the recipe for Mushroom Kasha? I have a lot of mushrooms to use up, and this sounds very interesting - provided it doesn't need real kasha (buckwheat grits?) as I couldn' lay my hands on them here.....thanks in advance!

It's a recipe out of Jocasta Innes' Pauper's Cookbook, but this is my understanding of the recipe in the book.

1/2lb pearl barley
1/4lb white mushrooms
couple ounces butter
seasoning to taste
couple ounces grated mature cheddar
1 beaten egg

Stir the egg into the barley, so that the grains are well coated then leave to dry.
Slice the mushrooms, then simmer in a pint of slightly salted water (I might use marigold bouillon) for 15mins, then drain, reserving the liquid.
Return the stock to the pan, add the lump of butter, and simmer until the butter has melted. Then add the barley, cover and simmer very slowly for 10 minutes, stirring occassionally.
At this point,according to the recipe, the contents of the pan should be transferred to a heavy casserole with a lid. I shall be using my remkoska throughout, so I will just add the mushrooms, cut into small strips, and the seasoning. This is then to be baked at about 180c for about an hour, the before serving another lump of butter and the grated cheese is stirred in.
I might also top it with a cheese and breadcrumb mix and brown it before serving.

Hope I haven't broken the copyrights of this recipe.

Raychee

Hello

This is the first time I've posted on a menu thread...

Monday - pasta and (leftover) pork with onion, peppers and creme fraiche

Tuesday - Sausages and Jacket Potato (needs to be an OH-friendly meal as he's cooking! )

Wednesday - Chicken curry

Thursday - Cottage Pie (OH-friendly again)

Friday - not sure yet, depends on whether I'm working

Saturday - Sausagemeat & apple pie with veg or chicken fajitas.


Although I have cut our food bill down to (on average) £40 a week for 2, I am aware that I'm not very MS yet... but I'm working on it...

champys

Thank you t-v-t, that sounds very interesting. I do have pearl barley in stock, so I shall give that a go. Marigold bouillon sounds like a good idea, and I have that too - as well as a Remoska. I might increase the mushroom content as I have lots to use up; otherwise it seems to be much like a barley risotto kind of thing. Thanks again!

trying-very-trying

I've never cooked risotto, but I have done a Nigella Orzotto, and that's made with barley.

Miss_Liquorice

My meal plan this week:

Sun - scotch & egg pie, chips, beetroot & cucumber
Mon - Piquant steak & chips
Tue - sweet & sour chicken and noodles
Wed - bolognese (frozen) wth baked potato
Thu - lemon chicken & rice
Fri - toad in the hole & veg
Sat - Southern comfort chicken and rice