Brrrr....

The boiler broke over the weekend, which isn't so bad as luckily we were countryfying it up in sunny Surrey (well, rainy surrey but anything countrysidey feels sunny). Though when we got back and had to break the ice off the washbasin and de-ice the inside of the windows... I realised I wasn't good at extreme cold. So glad I'm off to -15 NYC in a couple of weeks then off to Lewis for Christmas and New Year. Brrrrr.

Better get currying. Without red wine or brandy it's the only way to stay warm. (And eating dinner in bed in my new duck down padded jacket is soooo unbecoming).

So tonight's hot affair was cauliflower, red lentil and red pepper curry. I par boiled the lentils and cauliflower in some weak veggie stock first, while frying onion chunks and garlic with cumin and garam masala. I then added the red pepper chunks to the deep frying pan and added the fresh ginger and fresh red chilli.

After a few minutes and some basmati whacked on the hob with cardamon, I added 4 chopped tomatoes, some finely chopped fresh coriander and a little salt.

When the cauli and lentils were tender, they went into the mix. I put some fancy-pants garlic naan in the oven to warm through, and chopped some more coriander to stir through the curry right at the end. Nice.