Good Friday lunch
As a tradition, I have my parents and my brother and his wife over for Good Friday fish dinner. We made it lunch this year because of my little niece's sleep pattern. It's all the same if we have lunch or dinner; Good Friday is a public holiday.
I decided to go for Asian food this year. So we had pepper prawns, a Kerala recipe, Hyderabadi sesame and peanut fish and Szechuan scallops. The poppadums were a disappointment, but since they were store-bought I'll avoid them in the future. As other sides we had rice and steamed veggies -- the sauces from the fish dishes were the perfect seasoning.
All three recipes are now in my little black book of dishes I'll make again. They were simple to make and easy to prepare. When my brother and his family arrived the Hyderabadi dish was done and I made the prawns and then the scallops so by the time we sat down, everything was ready.
Dad brought a great white wine, Lugana. It was strong enough to go with the strong aromas of the dishes.
Mum made an impromptu apple pie with the leftover puff pastry (what I didn't need for the dessert, Portuguese muffins, a Jamie Oliver thing) and apples.
Recipes taken from:
Ken Hom's Foolproof Chinese Cookery
Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible
Pushpesh Pant: India Cookbook
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
I decided to go for Asian food this year. So we had pepper prawns, a Kerala recipe, Hyderabadi sesame and peanut fish and Szechuan scallops. The poppadums were a disappointment, but since they were store-bought I'll avoid them in the future. As other sides we had rice and steamed veggies -- the sauces from the fish dishes were the perfect seasoning.
All three recipes are now in my little black book of dishes I'll make again. They were simple to make and easy to prepare. When my brother and his family arrived the Hyderabadi dish was done and I made the prawns and then the scallops so by the time we sat down, everything was ready.
Dad brought a great white wine, Lugana. It was strong enough to go with the strong aromas of the dishes.
Mum made an impromptu apple pie with the leftover puff pastry (what I didn't need for the dessert, Portuguese muffins, a Jamie Oliver thing) and apples.
Recipes taken from:
Ken Hom's Foolproof Chinese Cookery
Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible
Pushpesh Pant: India Cookbook
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals