BBC Good Food

04 April 2009

Tested

"made this for my birthday on thursday and party on saturday, but it was eaten so quickly I had to make one again on saturday. I made the base out of digestive cookies and like Dan I didn't see the point of the whole clingfilm water business just pour it on a whack it in the oven for 55-60 min an it will be fine (needs a little longer then suggested in the recipe) The candied lemon didn't work out for me. I followed the recipe and made it before the cake went in, by the time it was finished the candied lemon was just a solid piece of yellow sugar. Any tips, pointers??"

10 November 2008

Tested

"I thought this dish was great, but a little to salty so next time I'll dilute the stock a bit more. Since spinach is almost the only thing that I really don't eat I left it out and had the curry with some naan, veg raita and green (koriander/mint) chutney (recipe came from the site of indian food made easy also from bbc). Because you cook the rice in the curry, the curry itself becomes thicker and creamer. With a lot of recipes for curry you end up with something so watery and a flat taste but this was great. I used a whole balti curry sachet from Pataks. The lamb was really tender and I think the trick is to have good meat and just panfry the lamb for a moment before adding the stock"

25 October 2008

Tested

"just made this and it's ok. I didn't think it was great. I didn't have any fenugreek so to give it a bit more flavour I added some corianderseeds which worked well. I also toasted a couple of pitabreads and made a veg raita with cucumber, cumin, pepper and fresh coriander. The pitabreads with some of the rice and curry and some raita were really nice. I didn't think it was really spicy, but then again I quite like spicy food so maybe if you're not used to chillies you will find it spicy"

25 October 2008

Tested

"I'm sorry to say that I didn't like this dish at all. Everything tasted of turmeric and ginger. All the other flavours were just lost. I normally don't really use turmeric so maybe i just don't like turmeric but I won't be making this again."

13 September 2008

Tested

"I'll be trying this recipe, but I was wondering which vegetables would go well with it and at what point to put them in. As far as the black mustard seeds go, I'm from holland and we have lots of chinese and thai shops who sell spices, fresh fruit and vegetables from asia often for far less then in a deli or normal supermarket. I can't imagine they don't have stores like this in England so if you see one just walk in and have a look around you'll be amazed."