Pork and Deer Terrine, crusty wheat loaf and a salad.

Italian sausage and white bean soup.

I dedicate these tacos to San Cristobal de Colon, which was a damned fine bus line, back in the day.

Roast Duck Breast.


Very tender and a lot easier for someone routinely disappointed with the result of a whole duck compared to the effort involved

Watching the weather gurus predict a massive temperature drop, I figured that a real fondue was on the cards. Hit the freezer, found Vacherin and Tilsit, but lucked out on Gruyère.

Leisurely drive early afternoon scored two chunks of shop-cut Gruyère, the real thing.

Came home, it's still 21C

Bon, d'accord, fondue manana; raid the freezer, find two healthy portions of Cottage Pie, so sidelined those with ex-freezer spinach and optional Bisto gravy.

Lazy day.

Good old lockdown.
Another selection from the Indian restaurant on skipthedishes tonight. Just me.

Included was Chaat Papdi with Bhalla "A delicious combination of spices, yogurt, potatoes, and chickpeas with tamarind pulp and mint chutney, served over flour crisps and dumplings."

Looked more like a dessert and was (correctly) served cold.




I think it was one of the most delicious things I ever tasted. I had my fill of what I wanted but wanted to taste this.

I almost emptied the container.

Recipe! > https://torontoguardian.com/2019/03/...ka-restaurant/

I got the photo from a recipe. I took one look at it and thought sod that, it's only $6 from the restaurant.

The ingredients I saw:

• 1 cup Urad Dal (white lentils without skin)
• 1/4 cup Moong dal
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• to taste Salt
• Oil for deep frying
• For Bhalla-Papdi Chaat:
• Bhallas
• Papdis (store bought)
• 1 boiled potato – cut into small cubes
• 1 cup boiled chana/ chickpeas
• 2 cups Dahi Chutney
• 1/2 cup Green Chutney
• 1/2 cup Sweet tamarind chutney
• 1 tsp Chaat masala
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp Rock salt
• 1 tsp roasted Cumin powder
• Pomegranates
• For the Curd/ Dahi chutney:
• 2 cups thick fresh curd
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/4 tsp rock salt
• For the Green Chutney:
• 2 packed cups of Mint leaves
• 1 cup coriander leaves
• 3 green chillies
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• to taste Salt
• 1 tsp oil
• For the Sweet Tamarind chutney
• 1 cup thick tamarind extract – soak tamarind in warm water for half-an-hour and squeeze out the juice
• 2 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp ginger powder (sonth)
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp rock salt
• 1 pinch asafoetida
• 1 cup pounded jaggery/ gud

Stuff I've never heard of; do you have to peel the lentils?; three chutneys?; tamarind extract?; jaggery/gud?

I'm waving the white flag before I'm halfway down the list.

Must be the French influence. My guess is if the lentils are soaked and given a good vigorous rinse so the skins are gone, that's what it means.
However many chutneys the budget allows....
And when you get hold of that jaggery, pound it gud.

The Aloo Kulcha was very good. That's the next one for SD to try her hand at.

I had smoked pork and baked beans with home made bbq sauce on toast, and sliced tomatoes.

Whereas the recipe I linked to has these..Bhalla Papdi Chaat Recipe

Ingredients

• bhalla (shop bought)
• papdi (fried crackers)
• boiled chana (chickpeas)
• boiled potatoes
• yogurt
• chatak masala (noodles)
• sweet chutney
• Mint chutney (for topping)
• Ginger, beets, pomegranate (anar) seeds (for garnish)

I'm rather fond of tamarind.

Last evening was beans on toast as I was rather weary. We've had a bit of a few days.

This evening I think it will be a couple of sausages that I didn't bother with last evening and maybe some sort of veg hash. I would make a fish chowder or bisque but have no cream or alternatives
Of course I could do a Jamie Oliver and substitute the cream and alternative milk thing for something entirely unrelated ----- like tomato sauce.

A little can of tomato paste will sort that for you. I made burbot chowder often when I lived at the lake, and found using the paste gave me the same feel as "Manhattan style* as opposed to "Boston style".