When good Curries go bad?.

Have you ever spent hours and hours cooking something?

You’re really looking forward to eating it, you’re stirring and salivating at the same time you’re dying to get stuck in…..



Well as we all know the proof of the pudding is in the eating. My love of spicy food has been developing over the last 5 years and Indian food especially gets my taste buds going. Stephen bought me an Indian cookbook

last year to help me along on my curry adventures. It’s called “Indian Food Made Easy” by Anjum Anand….. and after some time spent cooking from it I’m really not impressed with it. I try out a lot of recipes from my library of cookbooks and I really am beginning to wonder if anyone tests these recipes before printing them (in all cookbooks, not just hers!)



I’ve tried about 6 or 7 recipes from this book and only 1 so far has worked…..and by that I mean having a pleasant texture, full of flavour and looking scrummy. That was the coconut curry.

Last night I made the North Indian Fish Curry. I had also spent ?8 on Haddock fillets. Like always, I followed the recipe to a T (after that I take note of any changes that need to be made). This curry was perfect up to the final step of adding 400mls of water……what had looked and smelled mouthwateringly delish turned into a liquidy mess. Resembling a sink full of mucky dish water rather than a beautiful Indian Masala. In my opinion 100mls would’ve been plenty, if even that. As it’s a fish curry, you can’t spend hours reducing it down



And the disappointment continued when I tasted it!! Rarely do I make something and REFUSE point blank to eat it….I did this time. It was bland, thin and absolutely WRONG!

She says that this particular curry is not for the faint hearted and not to be made if you like mild Indian food….PAH! What a load of twaddle.



So for any of you looking for a good Indian cookbook-do not try this one.

I am contemplating getting my hands on Madhur Jaffrey’s Ultimate Curry Bible. I was flicking through it in Easons a few days ago and it looks amazing…..



Do any of you know this book & if so would you recommend it??

Or is there another Indian cookbook out there that I simply need to get a hold of??



I’ve set myself a challenge recently….I want to own a cookbook for every culture/cuisine in the world. So recommend away peoples……I’d appreciate any & all suggestions.

Anyway, I ended up eating popcorn, Green & Blacks Chocolate and Red Wine for dinner……..very healthy indeed!!