From the Kitchen today....

💚 Spinach was on the agenda, and I was reminded how bright green it can get when sauteed. Delicious. Simple, easy, with pine nuts and nutmeg.

💚 Leftovers of the 13 Treasure Happiness Soup - it is always so good you can't stop at one bowl. Two is the absolute minimum. There is enough for tomorrow 🥳

💚 Chilli Paneer 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Who'd have thought it would be as good as (or better) than some restaurants? 🤦‍♀️ Paneer lightly battered, in a sauce made primarily from (chilli, onion, garlic. red capsicum) with chilli sauce, soy sauce and tomato sauce. That's #IndoChineseFood for you 😋 😋 😋

💚 Oh! My! OH! MY! When the (chilli, onion, garlic. red capsicum) hit the hot oil in the pan - the aromas! I think the street was salivating at my kitchen window.

💚 The recipe is from #ChaiChaatChutney by #ChetnaMakan.

💚 With the paneer was more of the sprouted brown basmati, which is my new love. Found just before the rice crisis hits, so I may never ever find any more 😭 💔

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COOKBOOK REVIEW/Chetna's 30 Minute Indian/Chetna Makan

A quick look at another Indian cookbook, this time focused on quick Indian meals. Not a vegetarian book, but some nice recipes in it. It reminded me of the sub-cuisine of India called Bachelor Food - quick and easy dishes for those studying or working away from home and having to cater for themselves.

This doesn't quite fit the genre, as you do need some kitchen items a bachelor (male or female) might not have in more temporary accommodation.

It's a good looking book, glossy pages, lovely photographs, and lies flat when you open the book. There are Indian recipe names along with the Anglicised names.

Chetna is also the author of Chai, Chaat and Chutney, a book of Indian street foods which is much loved here. She has a website, with recipes! https://chetnamakan.co.uk/

Overall, a nice book, for quick and presumably easy meals from the sub-continent.

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