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Old 28-05-2009, 01:28
Finky
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Recipe suggestions please! My parents are veggie and I am cooking for them tomorrow (Thursday) night. Have left my cookbooks at university and would like to get some tried-and-tested recipes. Got to be simple and inexpensive.
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Old 28-05-2009, 03:52
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My parents like my chick pea and potato curry. It's not 'authentic' or anything, but it's tasty. And cheap. This is how I do it

-Soften a large, chopped onion in some vegetable oil
-Add two heaped teaspoons each of cumin powder, garam masala and tumeric and let it cook out a bit
-Mince/finely chop four cloves of garlic, four green birds eye chillis and 1/2 - 3/4 an inch of peeled fresh ginger. Add all this to the pot
-Stir in some peeled, chopped potatoes (one large tater per person)
-Stir in a large (drained) tin of chick peas
-Cover with stock (usually water plus boullion powder)
-Bring to the boil, turn down and simmer for twenty/thirty minutes or until potatoes are tender
-Taste, season, add a good squeeze of lemon juice and a handful of fresh, chopped coriander

And that's it. Sometimes I end up with too much liquid, which I have to ladle off

Serve with boiled rice

Ooh, and it's nice to serve it with plain, natural live yoghurt (yum) or you can add chopped cucumber / coriander / mint / onion to the yoghurt to make it into a kind of raita

Because of the lack of veggies in this dish I'd reccomend serving it with either a side vegeatble, fruit juice or a fruit salad to finish (although my dad's happiest when presented with tinned mangoes and custard )

Good luck
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