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February 21, 2008

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OK. So i was over enjoying THIS blog – which lead me to the recipe on THIS blog – the one for the garlic naan. So I decided that sounded like a delicious idea – and made the dough this afternoon.

Despite the rave reviews on the aforementioned blogs, the dough seemed pretty heavy and stodgy (despite it’s smoothness) – and so I was a bit sceptical. But anyway – the dough rose – i punched it down amidst floury clouds, kneaded in the garlic – rolled it into little balls (it’s sounding like a lot of work – but really – it’s easy peasy). Then snuggled the dough balls under a tea-towel until they puffed up.

At this point – you put on the bbq – butter it well and you fry the rolled out balls – only about a minute each side. Well – they bubbled up, and charred in that Nigella-esque criss-cross way – and they were DELICIOUS! Light and soft to the bite – not chewy, not doughy, not oily, just GOOD! The recipe made SO many – i rolled out about 3/4 of the dough and put the naan in the freezer ready for other Indian nights. You should DEFINATELY try it.

We had it with chicken and potato curry – which I love. Actually – i love the chickeny gravy and the potatoes – i can do without the actual chicken.

I like to get out the mortar and pestle and pound the bejeezus out of some garlic, golden shallots, galangal and ginger. Then I fry that up with some finely sliced onion, in some vegetable oil. Let it all go golden and burnished and delicious smelling – then you throw in a dessert spoon of curry powder (not too spicy for the kids) – fry, fry, fry until all lovely and amalgamated. Then add one large tin of coconut milk, one cup of chicken stock, 700g of diced chicken thigh fillets (or chicken pieces if you like BONES!) – and a couple of potatoes roughly chopped (keep the pieces big). Give it a good stir, then add salt, freshly ground black pepper and a tablespoon of tomato paste (or a couple of chopped fresh tomatoes). Cook until the potatoes are tender. And serve with the Naan. (Sometimes I add a good slosh of soy at the end, to enrich it a bit – i like salty things!). If you are a herby type, some coriander is nice – or just a little bit of mint can really lift all those flavours… and a squeeze of lime or lemon is always good too.

Now.. tomorrow, I’m going to make these Poppy Seed Pancakes – they sound great – and they have agave nectar in them. I don’t really know what that is. They also have lots of poppyseeds, guaranteed to punctuate your teeth with their tiny black polka-dot-edness. And speaking of tiny black polka-dots, they are definately begging for really good vanilla ice-cream.

I found this recipe through stumble upon. After tiring of Facebook and Myspace… I’m totally hooked on my Stumble toolbar! It’s actually really good! Who knew?! I just put in Food and Craft as my preferences when I signed up – and now in a dull moment, i can just click the Stumble button up there in the left corner of my screen and it shows me some pretty websites. Like really good ones that I WANT to look at. Total time-wasting terrifickness.

(It seemed like a good idea to light lots of candles tonight).

xx mikes

3 Comments

Cosy February 23, 2008 at 10:10 AM

I made this for tea tonight and it was yummo! You’re right: the chicken gravy is the best! And with leftovers for tomorrow, I bet it will be even better. Thanks Pip!

Shoes Mend Hearts February 21, 2008 at 11:11 PM

how great is stumbleupon! i love it

sosser February 21, 2008 at 4:09 PM

sounds soooo delish! i have to try it 🙂