Recent content by mike1958

Saag Aloo - as far as I understand it is an Indian dish using Spinach (Saag) and Potatoes (Aloo). Perfectly happy to be corrected. Mike

I have lots of potatoes, onions and spinach from my vegetable garden. Would like to make Saag Aloo if someone could post or recommend a recipe. Thanks Mike

I note the recipe above requires Chicken Masala for the initial marinade then Tandoori Masala in the main recipe. I have found a recipe for home made Chicken Masala online but having difficulty finding a recipe for Tandoori Masala. Perhaps someone could post one?. I live 50 mile round trip from...

Thanks Craig and Andy, Recipe looks great, will be trying it very shortly. Mike

Made a recipe I found on youtube yesterday by The Bombay Chef. The video has over 11 million hits and generally people love it, however having written it down and started to cook it I realised it had hardly any spice in it (half teaspoon garam masala) and lots and lots of sugar (4 tablespoons)...

The cheese I used on this occasion was Sainsburys Taste the Difference Mull of Kintyre Extra Mature. The Ricotta went in because it had been hanging around in the fridge for a couple of weeks. I do make a lot of soup and always use the same method with the main aim to make use of as much of my...

Just made garlic naan bread and as usual it was perfectly acceptable for eating but not really like a naan should be. Mine is like bread in the centre and generally quite crusty. I think it should be much softer and elastic. My recipe today was plain flour, yogurt, dried yeast, sugar, black...

Snowed under with courgettes - just thought I would share a soup recipe I have just made. I never throw away any water (stock) I have boiled vegetables in, the stock that happened to fall out of the freezer on this occasion was cabbage & spinach. The recipe..... Put about 1 litre of homemade...

Thanks for replies, The issue for me is, I am led to believe heating oils makes them carcinogenic and as I eat a lot of fried food (deep fried & shallow fried) I try as best I can to choose the healthiest option. Price is not so much a concern as my health. I guess whatever oil I fry in I...

First post. I have joined this forum hoping for some proper guidance regarding deep frying. I am a fisherman and cannot resist deep frying some of my fish in batter. The advice about deep frying seems to change far too frequently. I used to fry in sunflower oil but read rapeseed oil is...