Spice it up I say - give me a fragrant, spicy, and absolutely delicious curry any day of the week. It can be a vegan, vegetarian, fish, or meat curry, as long as it fits the flavour profile.
Best served with garlic Naan bread, Roti or Basmati rice, pickles, and sambals.
Cooking from Cans - yucky or not?
I don't like cooking from cans, but I make an exception when using beans or pulses. This Chickpea Curry is one of the quickest dishes to make. The Naan bread took a little longer, but you can always buy ready dough from your local bakery, although they're not always obliging!
Takeaway food
Takeaway food also doesn't appeal much except that it's super handy when busy. However, a local Indian takeaway called the Curry-O's who has won several awards for their Bunny Chow, are an exception. They also make my favourite, Broad Bean Roti rolls - saucy, aromatic, and yummy!
Restaurants
When I eat out and there's Prawn Curry on the menu, I find it difficult to choose anything else! We celebrated my big seven birthday with friends at an authentic Indian Restaurant - hubby ordered a creamy Chicken & Prawn Curry, and this time I chose something different, the Lamb Curry Rogan Josh, which is a stronger tomato-based curry with an aromatic gravy made with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, and bay leaves. It was divine, and a very special evening!
I'll always be thankful to our friends who invited us on the spur of the moment the night after my birthday; we had a small celebration the day before at my brother's home, so it was a double celebration.
Little did I know then that hubby would be gone a mere two months later!
From Spices to the Ocean
Home-cooking
I love fish in any form; these are Prawn Fishcakes with a crunchy Oats coating that I made one year for a Christmas lunch.
We have an annual natural phenomenon in Kwazulu Natal called the Sardine Run, when billions of these little silvery fish migrate from the icy Cape waters to the warmer Indian Ocean.
Marinated and fried till crispy, absolutely delicious, and it's easily obtainable from the seine netters.
I love a thick Vegetable Soup using Lentils or Split Peas as a base. Three must-have vegetables are Potatoes, Carrots, and Onions or Leeks. I add any other veggies on hand, grate or place them in the food processor, and sometimes add leftover roast chicken.
My favourite comfort food is Cottage Pie - made with a savoury ground beef, topped with creamy mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven. Served with my favourite veggies, creamed Spinach, and Corn on the cob, this is comfort food at its best!
Dessert
All my friends know me and my sweet tooth!
Pavlovas - featherlight, melt-in-the-mouth Meringues, filled with whipped cream and topped with berries of every kind, have become a regular request from my family for any special occasion. I'm only too happy to oblige as I get to taste test!
Finally ending off with another of my favourites, a tropical Fruit Salad, always best when Papayas and Mangoes are in season.
I've photo-bombed you with enough tempting food, and have a ton more to share as I love cooking, baking, and of course, eating, many different kinds of food, but I will stop here!
What are your favorite dishes—either to cook or to eat?If you're hungry after reading/looking at all this food, blame it on Memoir Monday and @ericvancewalton who asked -
Supper tonight was easy - I made a big pot of Lamb Curry when my son and his girlfriend were visiting and froze the leftovers. No cooking tonight, I just popped it in the microwave, made a salad, and dinner was done!
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I could be very happy indeed if you were the one feeding me. As it is, I am sometimes happy with what I cook, but I keep it real simple. Here's a recent meal of mine, prepared for one human and one dog. Lamb chops Baharat, with spinach and rice.
I looove lamb chops but did not have any photos! Lucky dog❤️
I use sometimes canned things like pulse and beans and lentils or peas it's useful and faster but I prefere not canned things, by the way I quite dislike takeaway food I prepere restaurants or cook at home, and I love Indian food 😍😍 and obviously Indian restaurants!! I like your post a lot.
I've always loved Indian food, we're very fortunate as Durban has the largest Indian population outside of India so we're spoilt for choice.Thank you @noemilunastorta, I absolutely agree, takeaway food is all the same. Beans and pulses indeed are handy for a quick meal.
Wow, seeing all those dishes, honestly makes me really want to try them all, no, it's better to eat them all, that great variety of dishes you are showing, I don't know which one must be tastier, but I think I'm sure they must all be very good, and as I love to eat, I think I would enjoy them very much.
Greetings.
They're all my favourites, all popular dishes, I'm sure you'd enjoy them, especially if you like spicy food. Thank you for stopping by @lanzjoseg
No, I won't blame anyone, but all of these dishes look incredibly tasty. I wouldn't leave your kitchen if I were anywhere near your house. 😂
Haha, I'll feed you fat😅 They're all delicious, I've done blogs on most of them, actually need to add the links!
Nice seeing you @mipiano🧡
All that food looks really yummy. Great photography too.
Thank you @gillianpearce, it's nice seeing you in my kitchen😉
It's such a wonderfull kitchen. You're welcome to cook for me anytime. 😁
Yum!! This all looks so good
Thank you @calendulacraft!
Yes, it has given me a tremendous desire to eat all that, but there are always dishes that I like more. That first dish of chickpeas looks very tasty to the eye and the other one the sardines and with that excellent garnish. A real feast. Thanks for sharing, my friend. Have a nice Thursday.🥰❤️