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Upma
Upma is the Southern Indian answer to Polenta, made on semolina or cornmeal, normally as a breakfast dish. I was feeling "riced out" and made this actually on Polenta with ghee, onion, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, turmeric and some home grown green chilli. upma.jpg Luverly comfort food, h...
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:36 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Methi Powder
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6634
Re: Methi Powder
Non BIR alert :twisted: In Southern India they say "when you see Fenugreek, curry leaves aren't far away". For Aussie traditional old school curries, fenugreek powder is the signature flavour of Keen's curry powder. Whenever I serve a fenugreek smelling curry to a local their first comment...
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:07 pm
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Methi Leaves (dried) in a Madras or Not?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12503
Re: Methi Leaves (dried) in a Madras or Not?
Methi leaves seem to feature in most of the BIR YouTube videos, as well as coriander leaves sprinkled over the result. Like CA I don't recall the usage of either in the Good Old Days.. in fact I never heard of Coriander until I discovered it to my alarm in a Vietnamese Pork Roll (Banh Mi) about ten ...
- Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:18 am
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Curry at Christmas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4606
Re: Curry at Christmas
Went into Aldi this morning for my fortnightly shop. They had a big range of chicken and meat half price to clear, obviously stocked up too much for the holiday. My freezer is groaning at the moment - so many animals had to die :blink: plus I scored about a kilo and a half of forequarter lamb chops ...
- Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:40 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
On topic : My second batch is well under way, I'm going to use these as fresh greens. methi new batch.jpg Waaay Off topic : Pete, do you actually brew? I think there are a couple of guys on forums who brew on boats, if not yourself. You're welcome to the recipe but it's fully mashed all-grain and y...
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:16 am
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Mutter Paneer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2836
Re: Mutter Paneer
Nah, but they are "field fresh" according to the Birds Eye bag :evil:
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:20 am
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Mutter Paneer
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2836
Mutter Paneer
With home made paneer and home grown green chillies, curry leaves, kasoori methi and coriander.
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:08 am
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: Quorn Rogan Josh
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3366
Re: Quorn Rogan Josh
On my recent restocking trip to Newcastle NSW I picked up a pack of Soy Wadi dried TVP chunks. http://www.desimart.com/Bansi-Soya-Chunks-7oz If cooked until tender and with the right seasonings you'd swear you were eating chicken... might be to your wife's taste. I usually do them in a sweet and sou...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:44 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Amazing, that a plant smelling like a manky old pea pod can be dried out to such a fragrant herb. I got about 4 heaped TBSPs that will keep me going for a couple of months. (A4 Sheet displayed for scale, also a recipe for Brains SA - been emailing the head brewer :evil: :evil: ). Now although we hav...
- Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:29 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
What a wonderful modern world we live in .
- Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:21 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
We've got a hot dry 30 degrees today so I'm just air drying them in a wok in the shade.
edit: I'll play some Bollywood music at it.
edit: I'll play some Bollywood music at it.
- Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:23 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Almost there, I'll do the deed on Monday
I've got a little bench top convection oven that blows hot air, I'll set it to low for an hour and see what happens.
I've got a little bench top convection oven that blows hot air, I'll set it to low for an hour and see what happens.
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: An old favourite of mine..
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2774
Re: An old favourite of mine..
Looks like some sort of a curry....
- Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:33 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Been in for eight days and looking frisky already :D I just used a couple of supermarket trays with ventilation holes in that had held fruit, sitting in a plant pot "saucer". The seeds were just from a local deli that sells spices out of big jars by the scoopful and it was obviously a nice...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:46 pm
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Planting mine today. Are you anywhere near that walkie talkie building?
- Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:22 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Found them in a deli, I bought 200g and will do a search on growing them. I guess soak them overnight then sow under a thin layer of seed raising mixture?
- Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:59 pm
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
I'm in town today, I'll try to get some fenugreek seeds and give it a go, as spring has sprung here
- Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:14 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
I talked to an Indian shopkeeper last year and he said you need to let them flower, maybe that's the trick. Will try again this year when I can get some seeds. It's actually grown as a cattle forage in QLD (being a legume and soil improver) so I guess there's only part of its lifecycle when it has t...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:17 am
- Forum: Fenugreek/Methi
- Topic: Growing Kasoori Methi in the UK?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18547
Re: Kasoori Methi in the UK?
Looks the goods. How's the aroma? When I tried growing it, the flavour was more like pea pods. Don't have any methi seeds at the moment but will be stocking up on spices soon.
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:13 am
- Forum: Photos
- Topic: bhuna - rogan josh - ctm
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4278
Re: bhuna - rogan josh - ctm
Looks great. I picked a heck of a day to start dieting