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GOSHT KALI MIRCH / SPICY LAMB IN BLACK PEPPER…& BLOGGERAID
“The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.” John F. Kennedy Very often I find myself leafing through the pages of one of my fave Indian food blogs…Quick Indian Cooking run by none other than the glamorous Mallika. She’s quite the Domestic Goddess of Indian cooking…& as quick as an express. She cooks out of her lovely space in London, combining & frying spices to concoct up the perfect Indian meal. When I run out of dog-eared pages in my Indian recipe books, when I have exhausted all my known combinations, & when I am looking for fresh ideas, I turn to the ever dependable Mallika … &…
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BLING ON BOLLYWOOD WITH A LAMB CURRY!
Hasta la vista, Baby Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) BLING ON BOLLYWOOD…LAMB CURRY! Hasta la vista; is a Spanish parting phrase meaning “see you” or “so long”. It literally means “until the seeing”, but is used in the sense “until next time”. My dish here reflects the same sorta feeling. It’s the time of the month again for The Monthly Mingle at Meeta’s @ What’s For Lunch Honey! This time’s special…it’s the BOLLYWOOD bling!! Time to show-off colour, polish the family silver, splurge on all things oily & rich…generally ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET!! Also time to fall off my ‘healthy perch’…blame it on Bollywood or blame it on…
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ROGAN JOSH…A popular lamb curry; Served here with stir-fried cawliflower
” Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.” Fran Lebowitz LAMB ROGAN JOSH…a passionate curry! A very popular dish from North India & Pakistan, Rogan Josh is just mildly spicy. It gets its fiery red colour from paprika, & like all popular recipes, has many versions. Here is my own simple rendition of Rogan Josh…mild, tasteful & one we all like very much. I like this recipe for a change because it has no tomatoes & isn’t too laden on calories. Though traditonally cooked in clarified butter or ghee, mine is cooked in sunflower oil. I served it with a…
