Ecoelle's MFW Diary

ecoelle

Haven't got much done, cleaned the high chair them talked on the phone for a good 30 mins to my mate who i've not spoken to in ages:)

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ecoelle wrote: »

I think that they are but 1'm not sure, the chana i buy is dried in a bag, looks like yellow split peas, but i guess if you dried chick peas and split them in half then they would probably look like this:)

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=chana+dall&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&noj=1&tbm=isch&tbnid=w9S1jivuvxDjpM:&imgrefurl=http://planet-asia.co.uk/beta/grocery/dalls-pulses/chana-dall/chana-dall.html&docid=Z1y3hc7iYsx99M&itg=1&imgurl=http://planet-asia.co.uk/beta/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/460x317/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/h/chana_dall.jpg&w=460&h=317&ei=soqFUO2GHMrI0AXNiYGACw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=2&sig=114922477845606317895&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=185&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0,i:115&tx=110&ty=70&biw=1280&bih=657

This is the one i buy

completely coincidentally my MIL brought round the same day I posted this 2 tins. One of Chana and one of chickpeas (both by east end company) Bizzarely, the spanish translation for chana is.... chickpeas. Wonder why they call it a different name just because its split chickpeas?

ecoelle

I'm not sure i just know it's yummy:)

Right, second load in, all towels done and drying, bathroom cleaned, whole house hoovered, high chair and mat de-gunked, emptied the bins, now on to the kitchen:)

ecoelle

Ok, 12.30 and i've done the kitchen, wiped all sides, cleaned the microwave, hob and kettle, put the next load of washing to dry. Cuppa i think:)

ecoelle

Mung Bean Daal for tea which both sounds and looks terrible but tastes amazing:)

Mung Bean Daal
At least 6 portions
Total cost £1.73
Cost per portion 29p
Including rice cost per portion increases to 36p per portion

2 medium onions, diced 15p
1tsp ground cinnamon 2p
1 tsp cumin seeds 2p
375g mung beans 80p
1 fresh red chilli 10p
Vegetable oil 5p
3 tsp garam masala 12p
salt 2p
juice of one lemon 30p
6 cloves of garlic 15p

Using a large saucepan, fry the onions in a little oil until soft then add the chopped chilli, cumin, cinnamon, stir to coat in oil then add the mung beans and 2 pints of water.

Boil for 5 mins then simmer for 45 mins

Add garam masala and then simmer again for 35 mins, adding extra water if it starts to look dry

Add teh salt and lemon juice and simmer for 10-15 mins until the beans are soft

In a small pan heat the oil on the lowest setting your hob will do and add the chopped garlic, fry on the lowest heat until the garlic goes golden and is 'chewy'

Serve the mung beans with rice and pour the garlic oil over just before serving

Yummy with chapatis for a lighter dish and freezes brilliantly to be defrosted in the microwave or on the hob.

You may need to adjust the amounts of spices to your own taste, i use slightly more cumin than the recipe states and i always add an extra hit of chilli by combining the fresh with a half tsp of powdered chilli but you will be able to taste it as you go along and make amendments where necessary. If you have never used Mung beans before you will find them dried in the world foods section or sometimes they are with the lentils and pearl barley.

They look like this


And come in bags like this

ecoelle

Right, tea is on.

I've cleaned little one's silver money box so it's all nice and shiny again, also posted 3 books on freegle for collection asap, checked ebay, 7watchers, 1 bid:) Going to do the shopping list for tomorrow and menu plan for next week.

ecoelle

Ok
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Jackets with Tuna Mayo for hubby and beans for me with salad[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]Vegetable Lasagne with salad[/STRIKE]
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Mung bean daal and rice[/STRIKE]

Veggie mince Hotpot with veg and gravy

Tuscan Bean and pasta soup

[STRIKE]Homemade veggie pasties
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Freezer Tea


[STRIKE]I need 2 more...off to hunt through the cheap meals threads:)[/STRIKE]

Found this http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/index.html

made me realise it's ages since we had homemade pasties so that's on the menu for this week, plus a freezer tea, this will either be something that i've made this week and we don't mind eating again, or something from the depths of batch cooked heaven:)

ecoelle

8 Watchers...still only 1 bid:(

ecoelle

Catching up with Nigel from the weekend...Nigel Slater that is...is it wrong that i find him incredibly sexy? Oooh, i think he's the equivalent to Nigella but for women:) obviously just to look at from the looks of googling him, but i can dream:)

Anyway back to it:)

Going to go and do the back door window and the kitchen window...wish me luck...

ecoelle

Thinking of joining the 'make £10 per day in November' thread, not sure i'll go for £10 maybe £3 per day, which would be £90 in total for the month. I'm doing pretty well with the surveys, need another 300 points so i can claim a £10 voucher from IPSOS, and need another £5 to claim a £10 voucher from Valued Opinions, so i reckon another 8 surveys and i'll be there:) Unless i manage to get one of the rare £3/4 ones. If anyone would like refering for either IPSOS or Valued Opinions i can reccoommend them both, i get on average 1-2 surveys a day from VO and 3-4 per week from IPSOS so if you've got 20-30 mins a day spare it's worth doing. If you fancy it then let me know.

Right, £3 a day...Rules

I can count money made from selling things, eg ebay/car boot/classified adds in local paper.

I can count cashback made on 123 account/123CC/Quidco/TCB once it is actually paid out

I can count money made from surveys once i have it in vouchers

I can count roadkill money

Roadkill and vouchers will not count as OP pot money but sales and cashback will. Think that's it:)