Notes about Recipes in this book

• Mushroom and bean caldine

  • etcjm on September 10, 2019

    Picked this for my meat free Monday. Interesting flavour, I subbed the beans to butter beans. Don't. It needs to be a small bean. Served with cauliflower pakoras and plain rice and raita. Was substantial and tasty. Dubious instructions though so I winged it (might just be me) I would imagine leftovers would be lovely blended to a soup, very hearty.

• Kutch chicken biryani

  • etcjm on March 30, 2020

    Never made a biryani before so thought I'd give this a try. Very tasty. My tips would be; make the marinade the night before. Have a helper (or an empty dishwasher) as you will use nearly every pan you possess if you do it in one go. Cook this when you have some curry sides stashed in the freezer to make light work of any extras. Do not expect this to be saucy, it isn't but it is very good indeed. I think the chicken would be spicier if left over night in marinade - your choice. You could use less rice in my opinion. Would be great to take to a party for them to finish in the oven, you'd be proud.

• Mixed vegetable kadhai

  • etcjm on November 03, 2020

    Nice veg curry. Not outstanding but good flavour. Sure it will be lovely as leftovers. Served with coconut rice. Recipe not correct in that it misses out when to add the ground spices so don't miss them out!

• Andhra green chilli chicken 65

  • etcjm on April 30, 2021

    This one has been on my list for a while, I think I hung on because I couldn't comprehend how it would work and taste. I wasn't brave enough to use the 5 chillies and halved them. Next time I'll up them. I really enjoyed it. Lots of flavour, not overpowering given the amount of ginger and garlic. Served with plain rice and chana masala from Ripe Figs. Will do again, different and very tasty.

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