Time for a curry and a good way to use up some fridge ingredients in one big pot.
To start, I made the spice mix roasting the cardamom pods and cumin seeds until they began to pop (they really do pop!). I only had ground coriander rather than seeds so I added this to the pestle and mortar rather than roasting them also. Turmeric, paprika and cinnamon also went into the pestle and mortar (I also forgot to get cloves) and ground them all into a very fragrant powder.
Next I friend an onion with fenugreek and mustard seeds for about 10 minutes until they went golden brown and then stirred in the ginger, chilli, bay leaves and the spice mix to fry for a few minutes and become coated in spice. I also read two lines together and threw in the tomatoes here but that was no biggy. I didn't peel them because I rather like tomato skins and I really couldn't be bothered with the faff.
Next went in the water, cider vinegar (Aspalls mmmm) and a tablespoon of caster sugar to be simmered for 20 minutes. Meanwhile I chopped the potatoes and peppers. This is where I realised I'd missed the whole point of the recipe: I only had one kind of potato and completely forgot to get sweet potatoes! Idiot. So I added a whole load of mushrooms and courgette to bulk it out and I do quite like lots of veg in my curry. These went in to simmer for another 20 minutes.
As I had no sweet potato to add for the last stage, it was simply time to serve it up. I quickly made some couscous to have with it and settled in for the evening. Thoroughly warming and very tasty. This is will make for some warming lunches at work in the next few days!
Looks very tasty. Are you cooking at the weekend?
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