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Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 21:07**

With the Hairy Bikers curry book

Bb bought it for me for my birthday, and tonight we had the first meal from it, dictated by what I had to be used, which was an aubergine and a bag of spinach.
So, aubergine & tomato curry, and saag aloo

Blimey, they were gorgeous!

Even better probably as, having checked both recipes oh so carefully earlier, when it came to garam masala there was only a teaspoonful in the jar :shock:

I needed about 3 - but the book has a recipe for it

So Bb was on garam masal duty - not quite properly as we couldn't spare the space/hob space/frying pan for toasting, so used ground spices for some of it. But it smelt fantastic

The two dishes went together really well, completely different but complimented each other perfectly.
We also had cheapo Tesco onion bhajis (the 1st thing I did from the book was their onion bhajis, which are brill, but too much work with everything else), and naan, yoghurt, lime pickle & mango chutney

One of the book reviews said their recipe for saag aloo was worth buying the book for

Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 21:13**

I love curry recipe books Di so I'm going to buy this one.

ETA I always order saag aloo when I'm in an Indian restaurant.

Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 21:36**

It's a lovely read Ally, there are plenty there that I shall work through

Saag or saag aloo is a favourite of mine too, but then I'm happy to just eat spinach with anything, cooked or raw

Ooh, that just reminded me of a boyfriend, isn't it funny how that happens

Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 21:58**

Diflower wrote:Saag or saag aloo is a favourite of mine...................
Ooh, that just reminded me of a boyfriend, isn't it funny how that happens

Let's not go there....

I make loads of curries, of all sorts, and if you can get any books by Madhur Jaffrey, Ken Hom or Ching He-Huang then get them.

I have pinched some of the Hairy Bikers' versions from the 'web' and they have been fantastic. Their lamb vindaloo is the best ever.

Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 23:25**

Well actually, what I hadn't had time to mention was that I spent some of my birthday money today

WH Smith have a funny turn once in a while - Bb spotted the huge River Cottage Meat book in there for a fiver one day and grabbed it for me. And today was one of those days, they had a whole display of cookbooks for a fiver - and one of them was Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Easy

So obviously I got it

I've had her Indian and Far Eastern cookery books since they first came out and they're very well thumbed/used/stained so I knew I couldn't go wrong

Posted: **02 Feb 2014, 23:29**

Here it is

Posted: **03 Feb 2014, 09:19**

Oooh I love that book cover.

When you fly into Birmingham airport to get out arrivals you walk past WH Smiths and a couple of years ago..just calling my name..was a display of smashing little hardback books.

100 Indian recipes - for the princely sum of £2.

Thank you very much.

Years ago I bought a beautiful hard back Wild Food recipe book by Marco Pierre White..not for the recipes I hasten to add..he looks flamin gorgeous in the photos. 8-)

Posted: **03 Feb 2014, 11:24**

allyluvselvis wrote:Years ago I bought a beautiful hard back Wild Food recipe book by Marco Pierre White..not for the recipes I hasten to add..he looks flamin gorgeous in the photos.

Such a bad boy...I would :oops:

Posted: **03 Feb 2014, 11:48**

Diflower wrote:
allyluvselvis wrote:Years ago I bought a beautiful hard back Wild Food recipe book by Marco Pierre White..not for the recipes I hasten to add..he looks flamin gorgeous in the photos.

Such a bad boy...I would

Even being in his Nottingham restaurant last June was enough to make me feel giddy. :oops: