November 27th, 2007
Yum!
Staring at the cupboards, nothing obvious to eat staring back at me…but then, there’s that unopened bag of lentils I’ve never known what to do with…aha!
Ingredients:
- 1 red onion – sliced
- 1 garlic clove
- 100g (ish) red lentils
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- small handful pine nuts
- 200ml (ish) water
- 1 star anise
- garam masala
- turmeric
- coriander
- chilli flakes
- dash of worcestershire sauce
Method:
Heat some oil – I use groundnut – in a pan. Then add about a teaspoon of turmeric and one or two teaspoons garam masala. Cook for a minute or so until your kitchen starts smelling lovely.
Throw in the sliced onion, give a good stir so it gets covered in the spices, add the pine nuts, then cook til the onion’s soft – about five minutes.
Stir in the garlic, coriander, chilli, star anise, and lentils.
Add the chopped tomatoes and water, season with salt, pepper and the dash of worcestershire sauce, bring to boil, then cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
Serve with chapatis, eat, yum!!
Tags: curry, lentils, recipe, vegan, vegetarian
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October 23rd, 2007
This week myself and the wesley have been watching blockbuster sequels, with mixed results.
First – Pirates of the Caribbean 3
What a pile of CGI nonsense. They really have dispensed with any pretence of a storyline now and are just going for ridiculousness.
I immediately wanted to watch the first Pirates of the Caribbean to be reminded of how bloody brilliant it was without being tainted by awful sequels.
Second – Spiderman 3
Jesus Christ, how incredibly dull. No action, all romance between two totally unlikeable characters, and lots of sappy sentimental rubbish in between. And why didn’t the butler speak up in the previous film? Oh, because that would have meant there wouldn’t have been a previous film. How convenient.
Third – Die Hard 4
Brilliantly ridiculous. I especially loved the insane fighter plane causing billions of pounds of damage and killing lots of people for no reason. No, I mean it! Can’t fault the filim, in fact, I want to watch it again…this time with popcorn.
Tags: blockbuster, film, review
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August 18th, 2007
I created this concoction this evening and it was absolutely bloody delicious…sometimes it’s a very good idea to simply stick to what’s in the cupboards/freezer.
Serves 2.
Ingredients:
- 2 salmon fillets
- Soy sauce
- Ginger, chilli and garlic sauce
- 2 star anise
- Chinese five spice
- Crushed chilli flakes
- 1 tbsp groundnut oil
- 6 fl oz rice
- turmeric
Method:
Tear off two large pieces of foil and stick the salmon fillets in the middle of each.
Pour over a good lashing of ginger/chilli/garlic sauce, likewise with soy sauce. Sprinkle with chinese five spice and chilli flakes. Put a star anise next to each fillet.
Now fold up the foils into parcels, making sure none of the sauce can escape, and tightly crease it together so none of the heat can escape.
Place the parcels onto a baking tray and stick in the oven for 25 minutes at 190 degrees C.
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan on the highest heat.
Add a teaspoon of turmeric and a pinch of chinese five spice.
Then add the rice and give it a good coating in the mixture.
Boil 14 fl oz water and pour over the rice, then bring down to the lowest heat, stir, cover, and cook for 15 minutes without taking off the lid.
When it’s ready, serve the rice, stick the salmon on top and pour the sauce over from the foil parcels. Eat. Yum.
Tags: fish, recipe, salmon
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