Disaster!

I have grown to love chickpeas and I wanted to try to make some patties today. My idea was to boil the chickpeas, mash them up (using a blender), add chopped onion, chopped mushroom, freshly grated ginger, garlic, hot sauce, mint, oregano, rosemary and some lemon juice to them, mix everything up and shape them into patties. So far so good.

When I started to lightly-fry the patties, everything fell apart, literally. I tried again and the same thing happened. While I was frying the "patties" the mint smelled so nice so I tasted the crumbled mess and discovered it was actually really, really good! 

I actually have no idea what to eat this with but it tastes good! I'm going to attempt the patties again some day!

Chicken Curry With Bamboo Shoots

I seem to eat a lot of curry. I guess the reason why I do is because I'm always really busy during the week and I prefer to make a large batch of something that I can freeze and easily heat up. It doesn't hurt that curry always tastes better a day after it's made! The only down-side is the tedium of eating curry week in, week out so I'm always looking for new curry ideas.

A rummage through the cupboard found a can of bamboo shoots. I have never cooked with them before but I was excited to give it a try. 

I got my recipe from here

I added some sliced mushrooms to get rid of some I had in the fridge. I didn't use shrimp paste, I have no idea what that is. I also added some garam masala, as I do to most of my curries.

Some pictures from my cooking:

Bamboo shoots in curry was definitely a winning idea!

Chickpea Curry

I've been feeling kind of blah for the past few weeks. I realize it's because I've been eating more meat than I'm used to so I decided to take a break from meat for a while. I tried out this new recipe.

I pretty much followed the recipe but I added some chopped mushrooms while the curry was cooking, and some hot sauce too. Also, near the end of the cooking, I added about 50g of creamed coconut. I also prepared my beans from scratch.

Verdict? I love it! I'm going to make this for my family, I know they will love it!