the takeaway secret

chivers1977

chivers1977 wrote: »

Please could someone PM me the doner recipe. I am going to order the book today but have a craving for this now!! Thanks!!

Found it on Mumsnet!! We all loved it!!

JayJay14

Did the chicken balls with sweet & sour last night - DS(21) described it as 'Awesome' so I think that's a hit then.

angeltreats

Can anyone tell me if there is a naan bread recipe in the book? When I've made them I've used yeast but I've seen a few recipes that don't (they use SR flour instead) and I wondered how the ones in the Indian restaurants are made.

anguk

angeltreats wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if there is a naan bread recipe in the book? When I've made them I've used yeast but I've seen a few recipes that don't (they use SR flour instead) and I wondered how the ones in the Indian restaurants are made.

There's yeast in the naan bread. I'll pm you the recipe.

Swan_2

angeltreats wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if there is a naan bread recipe in the book? When I've made them I've used yeast but I've seen a few recipes that don't (they use SR flour instead) and I wondered how the ones in the Indian restaurants are made.

there is a naan recipe, with garlic & coriander & peshwari variations & it uses yeast

the recipe I usually make uses baking powder & yeast :huh: but it works well


oops, cross-posted, slo-o-ow typing

angeltreats

Thanks very much both of you

building_with_lego

JayJay14 wrote: »

Did the chicken balls with sweet & sour last night - DS(21) described it as 'Awesome' so I think that's a hit then.

We had these for lunch yesterday;
first comment from 6yo DD was "your sauce is much better than the other one, Mummy";
second comment was "this chicken is astounding!"
third comment was "does astounding mean good" ! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Overall I think it was a hit. I was amazed at how easy the whole process was- if the supermarket delivery hadn't turned up we'd have been eating in under 30 minutes, which makes it quicker as well as cheaper than the takeaway... :T

molly_malone

Don't know about any one else but when I make the sweet n sour chicken and fried rice from the book it seems healthier than the local Chinese.

sb44

molly_malone wrote: »

Don't know about any one else but when I make the sweet n sour chicken and fried rice from the book it seems healthier than the local Chinese.

I'll never forget seeing a chinese couple in Tesco a few years ago pushing around a trolley full of nothing but bags of granulated sugar, there must have been about 50 bags in there.

I remember it not only because of what was in the trolley but wondered why they hadn't gone to the cash and carry for it, it must have been cheaper than Tesco.

The thought that sprung to mind was that it must have been for sweet and sour dishes.

midnightraven3

could have been for that weird syrup they put on banana/pineapple fritters too