Spurlock's Ramadan Diary 2019

sound **** mate.

 

To be specific it's chicken thigh mince. Don't like the breast meat much, too dry imo

 

chicken mince ffs.

may aswell eat mud.

 

It's good stuff mate, as a something different vibe.

Not sure I would eat it regularly. But as a one off it was different

 

The odd numbers thing is a general Hadith/Sunnah as I understand it

 

Lamb possibly but not beef mate. But fair enough, one man's meat, as they say.

We need more news on desserts on this thread tbh. Where's all the rasmallai (sp) and jalebi ffs?

 

Ah ok, i've just done wraps for tomorrow..

cooked chicken thighs covered in herbs

i like womens breasts, to play with, but chicken breasts are bland as ****

and yes, as i was doing my wraps, i pulled the skin off and ate it. best part @Treble

 

I love rasmallai.

jallebi is excellent in boiled milk and left for a bit. It soaks up the milk and doubles/trebles in size and softens up

Fresh jalebi is the nuts.


Have you heard of "gajrella"?

It's a sweet made from carrots. Sounds nasty I know but is lush, especially freshly made. Back where I'm from there used to be a shop next to my uncle's electronics store. Used to eat it daily fresh off the tava thing.


The guy who owned it has moved to stoke, happy days

 

I hope it was crispy comm, that's alls I'm saying.

I fcking love chicken wraps. Thigh meat or side wings... lovely slippery white flesh.

 

I almost always buy chicken thigh meat. Butcher debones it, then marinade them and oven cook in foil. Proper good.

BBQ them too.

 

I love that stuff although tbh Jalebi is serious calories by the looks of it.

Had gajrella a lot. Bit hit and miss, can be really well made or too carrotty! When it's good it's great. Moorish.

I don't like baclava at all though. Sickly gross sugary ****e imo.

 

Should have put that on the unpopular thread. I've seen loads of guys on here saying how they like baclava, but I'm with you. It's nasty imo.

I'm nit a sweet toothed person tbh, but fresh mitai (sweetmeats for those who don't know) and stuff like kheer, gajrella etc I like

I also like falluda. But not the atrocity some of the takeaways do in UK

 

@Spurlock too many people buying the ready made seekh kebabs and samosas etc

Doing my head in as they are not all that. Can't beat the home made kebabs and samosas etc

 

I spend most of my time in the kitchen mate


it's why i finish at 10, and rarely post before 11.30 these days

i have my routine,,,,i have no idea what i'm gonna cook, but that is my cooking time

I could do this ramadan stuff easy, only thing you can't eat is pork?

 

Yeh that's the problem with some indian sweets, they are too sweet and sickly imo.

But there are a few which are delicious because they're made from the right ingredients like gajrella. There's another made from the heating cream top of full-fat milk (like a sweet crumbly mozerella lol). Another which is made from wheat mixed with saffron and heated cream top and it looks brown. Rasmallai same, that stuff is delicious but expensive tbh.

I look forward to Eid as we're guaranteed biryani from one neighbour who always comes round with some

 

I've got into cooking a lot in the last year Comm.

I'll be honest, I think of what I'd like to make then look up the recipe. Once I like the taste of a recipe, the next time I play around with the ingredients.

I saw someone posted about Worcester Sauce instead of Soy Sauce the other day so that's the next little tinkering.

I don't cook daily though, I just can't do it. So usually make enough for 2/3 days and just change the sides.

 

You can actually get a powder mix for most sweets nowadays from most asian shops. Including rasmallai and gulab jaman etc. Really cheap.

It's not quite the sweetshop variety but it's decent enough

 

Best way to go imo. Following recipes to a T never works for me. Plus I think some of the recipes add stuff for the sake of it. Some key ingredients and it's simple enough

 

that ready made stuff gives me heartburn...no good. taste crap too

homemade all the way

 

They started serving them at weddings too as starters

Pisses me off. Starters were the best bit