Losing in Lockdown - Slimming World Support Thread

bubbs

joedenise said:

bubbs said:

Denise, i told  a lie deleted that, where the mountain thing is click on it and choose your  pic, hey presto!

What mountain thing?  

This, above the box where you type

joedenise

maman said:

Yes please to the curry mix denise, and then a recipe for how you use it. 😉 Like ruby, I usually just adapt recipes as I find SW rarely work. It'll be good to know how the cheesecake thing works out. 🤔

There's quite a few ingredients!

3 Tbs coriander seeds
2 Tbs cumin seeds
1 Tbs mustard seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp paprika
1-2 dried chillies, depending how much heat you want

Put the seeds and peppercorns into a dry frying corn over a medium heat and cook for a few minutes, stirring regularly, until the mustard seeds start to pop and the seeds are aromatic.  Tip into a pestle to cool for a few minutes.

Once cooled, add the dried chillies and using a mortar grind to fine powder.  Add the turmeric, cinnamon, paprika and mix together.  (I actually cheat and use an electric grinder!)

Store in a small screw top jar.  Makes enough for 3-4 curries.  I usually use 2 good Tbs.

Basic curry sauce:

Chop a couple of chopped onions and cook for a few minutes to soften, adding splashes of water to avoid sticking.  Once softened sprinkle a couple of Tbs of curry mix over the onions and cook out to get rid of the rawness, again adding splashes of water as necessary.   Add a tin of tomatoes and bring to a boil and simmer to thicken and use as required.

I often make to this stage and then freeze ready for whenever I want a curry.

beanielou

Working.

maman

Thanks so much denise. I'll give it a go. Do you think it would matter if I used powder instead of seeds as I'm going to grind it anyway? I have all those in the cupboard except fennel. 😊

joedenise

maman I've never tried it with just powders but can't see any reason why it wouldn't work.  I don't think you can buy ground fennel - if you can I've never seen it!

Thanks bubbs.  The photo's on DH's phone so I'll have to use his phone to post it - it looks a bit of a mess because when I sprinkled the crumble on top it covered all the fruit up so you can't really see it!

bubbs

beanielou said:

Working.

Awwwww 😍😍😍

joedenise

It was OK but certainly wouldn't waste that amount of time to make it again.  It was a lot of faffing about.

This was 2 syns worth:

bubbs

joedenise said:

It was OK but certainly wouldn't waste that amount of time to make it again.  It was a lot of faffing about.

This was 2 syns worth:

It's set well, that's quite a big bit for 2 syns as well
You get star baker this week

joedenise

Thank you so much!  (blushes!)

The whole thing was 8 syns and it said to cut into 8 portions but as there are only 2 of us we had a quarter each and then we'll have the same again tomorrow for pudding.

gettingtheresometime

Maman yes it was the lamb one but when I saw the price of lamb I changed it to beef, also changing the stick to a beef stock as well. If I'm honest I could have done with it a little hotter but hubby isn't a massive fan of too spicy food so I kept it as per the recipe.

(could I have the spice mix as well please Joedenise?)

tonight's tea was another mindful chef recipe ...Spanish cod, with chickpeas & roasted peppers

As for bedding, my treat to myself (especially this time of year) is to get it washed & ironed by the local cleaners.