Bacon, sausage, hash-brown and egg bagel. Prepared by Flo.
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Okay so here’s what I had in the cupboard and fridge to bodge this together -
Spices -
- mustard seeds
- cumin seeds
- coriander seeds
- fenugreek seeds
- tesco medium curry powder
- ground turmeric
- ground chilli powder
- garam masala
- salt & pepper
Ingredients
- cauliflower
- carrot
- mushrooms
- frozen peas
- spinach
- onion
- garlic
- tomato paste
- 3/4 of an open tin of Mutti polpa tomatoes
- garlic
- basmati rice
- rapeseed oil
Method (bit strong but a description of shoving what I had into a pan)
- Prep the veg and tip into boiling water for 10 mins and drain and set aside
- Whilst the veg are doing, splash oil in a pan, (I have a hybrid thing that looks like a wok but is thicker material and heats more progressively, like a rock-ceramic) on medium heat
- Throw in a tsp or two of mustard seeds and when those are sputtering added chopped onion, and then after a few minutes 3-4 cloves of minced garlic (don’t let this burn)
- Take the other seeds (1tbsp cumin, 1 tbsp coriander, 1/2 tsp fenugreek) and dry fry them in a small pan just until the fragrant smell is released and then grind in a pestle and mortar before adding the curry powder (about 2 tbsp) and turmeric (1/2 to 1 tsp) and chilli powder (1tsp)
- Tip spice mix into a bowl, add 1tbsp of oil and 2-3 tbsp of tomato paste and mix. You can grind in some pepper but I leave salt till last just in case there’s salt added to the powder or paste etc I’ve got to hand
- Add the paste to the pan and mix thoroughly, heat for a few mins until you can see the oil coming through, then slowly add water about 20ml or so and mixing it in with the paste. I do this by eye but reckon there was probably 100-150ml tops
- Heat this through until the oil comes through again and it starts to thicken a little (about 3-4 mins). I think I threw the mushrooms in at this stage.
- Add the tomatoes - polpa give a great consistency to the sauce but you can use any tomatoes, fresh chopped etc and also passata if that’s what you have to hand.
- Stir on medium heat and you’ll see it thicken slightly.
- Get your rice pan water boiling and wash the shit off the rice thoroughly, more the better.
- Add 2tsp of garam masala to the sauce and mix in and then add your veggies and lower the heat a little - cook this while you’re waiting for the rice to soften in c 10 mins. Add chopped or whole spinach towards the end for a few minutes.
- Taste and add salt and a little more garam masala if you like.
- Serve
Now normally I’d have my own curry paste pre-mixed from scratch (ie no Tesco curry powder involved); more veg like potatoes, sliced okra etc; tin of chick peas; lots of fresh coriander leaves to add to plated food and/or very finely sliced and added at the sauce stage once the tomatoes went in.
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Great 
Thanks Wayne.
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I look forward to your Stella a version 
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Air fryer jacket potatoes with butter and grated cheddar cheese served with sriracha mayo tuna and iceberg lettuce. Bloody lush.
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How long do jackets take in the air fryer?
Was the first time I tried them.
The online recipes reckoned 50 mins at 200’ but I find the outside of food burns too quickly at that temp so I set mine at 165’. They were still a bit hard after an hour so I gave them another 25 mins and they were perfect - really crispy skin but soft inside,
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God tier potato 
Someone really needs this as a tagline
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Wife is back home tonight after two weeks away on business. So I made this apple tart , almond pastry,apple, cinnamon and a little vanilla. Will be with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream
Roast chicken , roast pots roast carrots and broccoli for main
Chicken out resting
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One tomato plant we were given has ended up with quite a lot of green tomatoes.
So as well as some chutney, I am also seeing whether they can make a good curry base gravy.
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Wow, Hash Masala. Who knew ?
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That explains why I ended up toking on coriander instead.
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That pie looks good. Where is it from?
Bingo 
Pieminister.
(waits to be wrong)
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I’m very partial to Pieminister but I’m hoping it is a budget alternative.
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