The All New Bang on Trend Cookbook Challenge 2018

pipkin71

Pollycat wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/72075277#Comment_72075277

If this works both recipes are there (post #1060, bottom of the page)

Sadly it comes up as an invalid thread specified when I click on it

Pollycat

pipkin71 wrote: »

Sadly it comes up as an invalid thread specified when I click on it

OK, sorry. The link was to our lovely old thread that somehow got closed down and couldn't be reopened.

I'm on my phone today but will post the full recipes tomorrow.

downshifted

So today I’m using up some Greek yogurt in this recipe
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4639/lemon-curd-and-yogurt-fool

It looks tasty and ridiculously easy and gets good reviews. One of the reviews mentions adding amaretti biscuits soaked in limoncello and since the brother in law thought it funny to bring us back some in a very rudely shaped bottle from his Italian hols I might just do that.

We’ve got visitors this weekend and I’m going to make the Hairy Bikers Beef Bourguignon if I can get baby onions

Floss

Downshifted use shallots

Nelski

downshifted wrote: »

So today I’m using up some Greek yogurt in this recipe
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4639/lemon-curd-and-yogurt-fool

It looks tasty and ridiculously easy and gets good reviews. One of the reviews mentions adding amaretti biscuits soaked in limoncello and since the brother in law thought it funny to bring us back some in a very rudely shaped bottle from his Italian hols I might just do that.

We’ve got visitors this weekend and I’m going to make the Hairy Bikers Beef Bourguignon if I can get baby onions

mmm love both those recipes

Getting behind now due to new year and a necessary lunch out today So I am sticking my nose in my new John Tarode book tonight ready for this weeks selection

Nelski

Right well my choice for this week is Mr Tarodes version of Omelette Arnold Bennett

The link is not too his as there isn't one on the t'internet but this was as near as possible

Lots of eggs and milk in so just need to pick up some haddock. Loads more things I want to try next in his book ....this one is pretty easy and uses stuff I have in...easing myself in gently

Doubt I will ever get to taste this at the savoy so will have make do with mine

Mrs_Cheshire

I'm trying a sw Mediterranean chicken casserole tomorrow

Pollycat

OK, for pipkin71:
as mentioned earlier, Jane is the lovely lady who cooks fab food in our favourite Goa beach shack. She dictated this recipe to me.

DHAL FRY/DHAL TADKA – JANE’S RECIPE

Wash & boil the red lentils with turmeric powder.
Put some oil in a pan and add the garlic & cumin seeds and fry.
Add tomatoes & onions and fry a little more.
Add a vegetable stock cube.
Add coriander powder & chopped ginger root (or ginger powder).
Add chopped green chilli & garam masala.
Combine the above with the cooked dhal (lentils) and boil.
When ready, add fresh coriander.

ABOVE IS DHAL FRY - FOR DHAL TADKA:
Heat extra oil and add a whole red chilli.
Add the oil and whole red chilli to the mixture.

Below is what I did:

1st Attempt (quite spicy, consistency OK, maybe use 5oz lentils):
6oz red lentils
1 Tsp Turmeric
1 Tsp Ground Cumin
Salt
2 cloves garlic, chopped (or crushed if you don’t like big pieces)
1 Tsp cumin seeds
1 small onion, very finely chopped
Fresh tomatoes, skinned & chopped or half a tin of chopped tomatoes
1 vegetable stock cube
small piece fresh ginger root (maybe ¾ to 1”), grated
1 Tsp ground coriander (I ground the seeds)
2 green chillies and seeds
1 Tsp Garam Masala

Rinse the lentils, add 1.5 pint of water, turmeric & ground cumin and bring to the boil.
Boil uncovered for 15 minutes, then cover & simmer for 15 – 20 minutes (maybe up to 30 minutes), ensuring it doesn’t boil dry.
Blend slightly but not until smooth.

Melt butter in a frying pan, then fry the garlic and cumin seeds.
Add the tomatoes and onions and fry.
Add the crushed stock cube.
Add the coriander powder and ginger.
Add the chillies and garam masala.
Fry for a few minutes, then add to the lentils.

Garnish with fresh coriander and serve with naan bread.

I've since batch cooked this recipe in my slow cooker with success - it freezes well.
And goes great with this recipe below with thanks to Islandmaid:

Flatbreads/Roti – recipe from Islandmaid
I use a standard coffee mug:
2 mugs of plain flour
1 of natural yoghurt
a pinch of salt
a glug of oil (Veg or olive)

Mix and kneed together till you get a lovely smooth dough - cover and leave to rest for 20 minutes.
Divide into 12 and roll out thinly.
Heat a dry frying pan and add each roti/chapati/flatbread.
Leave for a minute or so and flip till each side is speckled brown and have lovely bubbly bits - continue till they are all done - they freeze really well.

Nelski

That sounds lovely Pollycat

Pollycat

OK, new recipe for me tonight:
chorizo, sausage, cabbage and chickpea stew.

I dislike chickpeas so will substitute some sort of beans, either haricot or cannellini.
No idea where this recipe came from but I was obviously interested enough at the time to copy it into my recipe folder. I last saved it in Word 2 years ago.

Has a carton of passata in too as well as beef stock (I'll probably use veg stock) so I might add diced potatoes to make it a one-pot meal.