Sometimes there is no need for there to be 25 ingredients and 3 hours preperation time for a meal, you want something quick and easy. As much as I enjoy cooking there are times when all I want is an easy meal.

Just been sifting through the recipe collection and I came across these two that I wrote for a friend whose son was going away to university i.e. really simple to cook and taste good.

• 250 grams green lentils
• 1 large onion finely chopped or grated
• 1 large/ 2 small

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Blimey, thats sounds frighning!!!

McSatan posted his recipe for a masala to make curry house style curries, looks good, hope he doesnt mind me posting it here.

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Other Recipes, kind off

The following are some miscellaneous curry recipes. The quantities are vague since I just tend to cook as I go along, so to call them recipes is not quite right, they are more a guide to cooking!

Pulao Rice

The cup size for this recipe does not matter as long as you use the same cup size for all the ingredients.

• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cardamom pods
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Chilli mix

Most Indians will make up what is best described in english as a base chilli paste known as a sambal. This is basically chillies, ginger and garlic with a little oil and vinegar. Place the ginger in a food processor and process till it is smooth. Add the chillies and whole garlic and process so that the chillies and garlic are about very small pieces i.e. the size of the chilli seeds. Slow the processor so it is just stirring the mix, and dribble in a little oil and white...

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The following guide is something I have put together to help provide a starting point for people wanting to cook curries at home. I don’t cook to exact measurements and generally curries are not overly affected if you vary what goes in. For example you may use 2 large onions instead of 3 medium onions or add more or less chilli, its all to taste really.

The first recipe is the way my mum taught me to cook curry. I’m the youngest of 6 children, after raising 4 girls I guess...

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