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The Great 'Cheap cooking substitutes' Hunt
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terra_ferma wrote: »I use that to, it has the added advantage that fat separates so you can remove it if you want a lower fat version.
I actually shred directly over the food I'm cooking and add water separately, the lazier system seems to work fine for me.
DH does as I described to make rice and peas i.e. the West Indian dish. When I make curry I do as you do; much easier!0 -
Maybe not a substitute, but I make Lamb Tikka, and I've started using less meat and padding it out with aubergine instead.0
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& Soworried: "Saffron for turmeric in rice dishes"
I do hope that was a mistake, and you are not actually substituting the world's most expensive spice for nasty, cheap turmeric.
turmeric is a really good anti inflammatory
http://www.top10homeremedies.com/kitchen-ingredients/10-health-benefits-of-turmeric.html0 -
terra_ferma wrote: »Do you grow you own? That wouldn't work for me, here aubergines are £1 each, rarely reduced (except ethnic shops which I can't easily get to).
I don't grow my own, but by them regularly at Tesco - wors out cheaper than more Lamb...0 -
I use dried marigold petals instead of saffron in savoury dishes - a little colour and mild flavour but wouldn't be strong enough to use in eg saffron buns0
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well marigold petals will give a little colour to rice but I'm not sure they'll make a lot of difference to curries. Worth a try though. You can use them fresh straight out of the garden as well - just the petals though, none of the rest of the flower0
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For Yellow Rice, just add 1/4 of a teaspoon of turmeric to each portion of rice. (I use 75g of rice & 200ml of water.)If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5?
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