The Sound of the Suburbs

I decided to show off my curry chef credentials last night and cooked up a storm for the TB and some mates to celebrate the TB's birthday. Apart from one guy spending half an hour next door at the wrong party, before realising his mistake and making a hasty retreat taking his beer with him, it all went rather well.

The runner bean curry was as ever a triumph - it's a doddle, cook runner beans to taste, put to one side. In butter or ghee (better as it doesn't burn so easilly) cook cumin seed, black mustard seed and cumin powder for a couple of minutes. Elsewhere add a teaspoon of English mustard powder, a teaspoon of sugar, a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of aesfoetida powder to half a tub of greek yoghurt and mix. Add the beans and the yoghurt mix to the pan with the mustard and cumin seeds in it and warm through. The only way this can go wrong is if you burn the butter or the seeds in step one so don't have the heat too high you only really need to warm them to release the flavours.

I am off chef duties today as it's mothers day - the pressie was a fluffy white bear who has yet to be named. I'm not a cuddly toys person but the AB very much is and it's her present so it reflects her and not me ...which is how it should be.