My first attempt at Homemade Hummus

So thought I'd kick off this year's blogging with a couple of simple things I tried recently. Here's to hoping this year is a productive one for the Kadhai Sisterhood ;)

 

I've been meaning to try to make my own hummus since I had some at a friend's house a couple of years go but never quite got around to it...until yesterday! It was so easy and so good, I don't know why I waited so long. (I should have taken pictures...from next time I definitely will)

 

Ingredients:

1 cap Chickpeas

2 tbsp Tahini / Sesame Paste

1-2 tbsp Olive Oil

3 cloves Garlic

1-2 tsp chill powder

1/2 tsp cumin powder

(I'm sure the spices could be pretty much anything...I kept it simple since it was the first time but plan to experiment more)

1 tbsp Lemon juice

Salt to taste

 

Add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend together. Mine was a little dry so I added a few tbsps of water half way through (could also increase the amount of oil but I was trying to keep it healthier than store bought).

That's it! We served it with home made pita chips - Just whole wheat pita toasted in the oven.

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Banana Bread

Since Swati said she had a couple of ripe bananas lying around thought I'd share this since it was so easy!

 

Ingredients:

 

2 Large Ripe Bananas

1 Cup Flour

3-4 tbsp brown sugar (depending on how sweet your bananas are)

4 tbsp butter

1 egg, beaten

1/2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

 

Mash the bananas. In another bowl cream the sugar and butter together and add in the beaten egg. Mix with the bananas. Mix the flour with the salt and baking powder

Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and bake in a pre-heated oven at 350F for 45 minutes.

 

It was quick and super moist. I'm sure it would be great with nuts or choc chips also :)

Swiss Apple Pie

So Saugar being the all-american boy loves his apple pie - however I can't imagine making a full-on pie with the crust etc - i have no idea how much butter is in that thing and i don't have the patience. So I got really excited when I came across this recipe - it's not quite an apple pie but it was SO good - both by itself or even better warm with some vanilla ice cream. AND it was SO easy! I did a little tweaking to the recipe because I like a bit of spice (so added the cinnamon and nutmeg)

 

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Flour

3/4 Cup Sugar

1 large apple chopped (the pieces were a bit more than 1 cup - I would use a more tart apple next time, the one i used was sweet and the thing was a tad too sweet)

Handful of chopped nuts (I used almonds which were good but I can imagine walnuts or pecans would be great)

1 Egg

1 tsp Baking Powder

Pinch of Salt

Pinch of nutmeg & Pinch of cinnamon

 

In a bowl beat the egg first and then beat in the sugar. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients (Flour, baking powder, salt). Mix the wet and the dry ingredients - note that the batter will be very thick. Fold in the apples and the nuts. Add the spices. Pour into a greased cake/pie tin and bake for 25 mins at 350F.

 

It was great just warm out of the oven!

 

xo

 

Turkey Sloppy Joes

The other day we were watching Food Network and there was a special on Sloppy Joes - so Saugar goes "ooh i haven't had one in years". Well I haven't had one ummm ever. So typically I guess they are made out of beef so we decided to make our own with turkey. I didn't expect to like it honestly and was doing it more for Saugar, but i loved it! And it was so easy to make!

 

Ingredients:

1 Pound ground turkey

1 Onion finely chopped

1 Capsicum finely chopped

2 green chillies (or more) finely chopped

2-3 cloves garlic finely chopped

2-3 tbsp barbeque sause

2 tbsp tomato sauce

2 tsp chilli sauce

1 tsp worchestershire sause

1 tsp vinegar

1-2 tsp paprika

1-2 tsp cumin powder

Buns

 

In a hot pan brown the turkey. Once the turkey is fully cooked, take it out. In the same pan, fry the onion, capsicum, chillies & garlic. Half way through cooking the vegetables, add the spices (we used paprika and cumin but no reason not to add others - or increase the volumne). Once they are all cooked, add the turkey in and mix together. Add all the sauces and salt, mix, lower the temperature and let it simmer for as long as you can. We let it cook covered on a low heat for an hour and a half and i think that really got all the flavours together. Once you are happy with the flavours (adjust spice as you want) - uncover, increase the heat till a lot of the liquid evaporates. It shouldn't be totally dry since they are meant to be 'sloppy'

 

Toast the buns on a pan with a bit of butter. Then serve the turkey on the bun

Simplest cake ever - but Oh so Good!

This blog has been asleep for a while so thought I'd wake it up...Haven't lost my love for cooking, so why not :)

 

So a few weeks ago I baked a cake for my Father-in-Law's birthday but since he's diabetic we did it with splenda and the texture wasn't quite right. However it still tasted great, and a couple of weeks ago Saugar wanted to re-try it but with sugar and the right proportions. It was super simple and it is just a plain vanilla cake but the texture (especially when straight out of the oven) was amazing. We thought about icing it but it tasted great by itself so didn't bother :)

 

I think it's a good sponge cake recipe - and i might play with it a bit in the future to try other flavours

 

Ingredients:

 

1 Cup Flour

1 Cup Sugar (warning - it was on the sweet side - at least for me - but don't want to mess up the texture so sticking to the proportion)

1/2 Cup Milk (I used skim and it was fine)

4 tbsp Butter/Margarine

3 Eggs

1.5 Tsp baking powder

1 Tsp Vanilla Essence

Pinch of salt

 

Mix the Flour, salt and baking powder in one bowl

In another bowl, beat the eggs well and then beat the sugar and vanilla essence into it

Combine the two to form the batter

In a saucepan heat the milk and melt the butter into it. Once the mixture is hot, add it into the batter (warning: the batter is on the runnier side so don't worry)

Pour into a greased cake tin and bake in a pre-heated oven at 360F for 20-25 minutes (check the doneness first with a skewer)

Noodles Omelette

Now this really isn't a recipe...but it's a fun breakfast my mum used to make when I was little, and I started making it myself recently. Both Saugar and I love it and now I think I make it at least every other weekend. It's hard to mess up, it's comforting and I always have everything I need for it.

1 packet maggi (I always use masala but I'm sure any of them would work, or any instant noodles for that matter)

3 eggs

2 tbsp grated cheese (freshly grated tastes a lot nicer than pre-grated, but either is fine...or no cheese at all is fine too!)

Cook the maggi as you would usually. Just make sure it's not saucy and it's almost totally dry. 

Beat the eggs well with a pinch of salt till well mixed and fluffy.

Add the noodles into the egg

Heat a small pan with a tiny bit of oil. Once hot, pour the egg mixture it. Let it cook for a couple of minutes, then add the grated cheese. Turn the heat to a medium and let it almost completely set. It takes a good 8-10 minutes. Flip the omelette. Let it cook for a couple of more minutes

Add a little salt and pepper and that's it :)

It's the perfect weekend breakfast for the two of us :)

Lamb Kofta with Pita

I made this a couple of weeks ago in the weekend...And Saugar ate the leftovers 2 days in a row. Now I have never seen that happen before so I assume it turned out pretty good. The whole thing was super easy so definitely a keeper

For the kofta:

Ingredients:

1 pound ground lamb

1 finely chopped onion

2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 egg (beaten)

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp chilli powder (or more depending on taste)

1/2 tsp smoked paprika (optional I'm sure)

3-4 tbsp breadcrumbs

salt to taste

Mixed all the above ingredients together, and form the koftas. Preheat the oven to 350F and bake for 20-25 minutes. (I think mine were done somewhere in the middle but I guess it depends on your oven)

For the sauce:

1/2 cup greek yoghurt

1 tsp garlic paste

1/2 tsp mint flakes (i'm sure it would be even better with fresh mint)

1/2 cucumber finely chopped

Salt

Mix all of the above together

Toast the Pita pockets lightly in a toaster oven or the tawa. Stuff it with the koftas (I chopped each kofta in half an used 1.5 koftas per pita pocket and the yoghurt sauce.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Chocolate Lava Cake (def my fave dessert!)

I thought I had sent this recipe before but apparently now...this was SO good and SO worth it!!! (and moreover really easy)

I just made 2 portions since it was just for the two of us...

3 oz. Semi-Sweet Chocolate
3 oz. Butter - cut it into pieces
2 Eggs
4tbsp Granulated Sugar

2 and a half tbsp Flour


Preheat oven to 350°F
Melt chocolate on a double boiler (or if you dont have the patience melt it in the microwave - but make sure you take it out and stir it every 30s)

Stir in diced butter, until it melts.
Beat eggs and sugar seperately. Once it's frothy, stir in the melted chocolate butter mixture.
Add the flour to the mixture
Grease 2 individual Ramekins and put it in the oven for 10 mins (don't over cook otherwise there won't be any laval!)
Tip it out on to a plate (hence greasing is very important!) and serve hot!!

Hope you enjoy it :)

Easy Peasy Banana Bread

Ok this blog has been sooooo quiet lately. But made some banana bread/cake the other day which came out really good but more importantly was super easy and fast so thought I'd share

Ingredients:

3/4 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 large ripe banana

1.5 tsp baking powder

1 egg

3 tbsp butter/margarine (i used salted - if not then add some salt to the flour)

3 tbsp sour cream

1 tsp vanilla essence

Handful of choc chips (optional) - a good alternative may have been a handful of chopped walnuts

I used a food processor to mix all the ingredients (except flour) together but you don't have to necessarily - just made the whole thing really fast

Add a chopped banana and mash it in the food processor. To it add the egg and sugar and run the food processor for a minute or so. Next add the butter (chopped up), sour cream and vanilla essence. Run the food processor for a couple of minutes till it's all a mash

In a bowl mix the flour and baking powder. Fold the wet mixture into it. Grease a baking tray and pour it in. Dot the top with some chocolate chips or nuts. (Don't add it to the mixture from the beginning cause they will sink, instead add it once the mixture is in the baking tray.

Preheat the oven to 350F and bake for 30 minutes (that's how long it took me - just test to make sure it's done by then)

Ciao! xoxo

Mustard chicken

Hello girlies..

 

Havent contributed to the blog in a long time!  This recipe came about when I was trying to copy a friend's chicken curry.  Trying to figure out the tastes in her curry this new taste just emerged and both Pudy and I really enjoy it now.. make it almost every weekend!!

 

So here it is:

 

Chicken marinade - We use chicken legs and get our butcher to take the skin off and chop then in small pieces.  We use about 3 chicken legs this means we have some left overs for next day too.  Yes we only cook once for the weekend.. hehehe.  Having the chicken with bone also adds to the flavour.  Anyway marinade the chicken pieces in:

• mustard oil (about 2-3 tbsp)
• lime juice (half lime)
• coriander powder
• garam masala
• red chilli powder
• chopped up coriander stems

The chicken peices should feel like they are fully covered with the oil, lime juice and spices.

 

Then in a frying pan with a bit of oil, I fry till they are soft and cooked well:

• one red capsicum
• one onion
• two tomatoes
• 2 tbsp tamato puree

Add some curry powder to this mixture.  Once cooked, cool it down a bit and blend it all in a blender.  Now in the same pan (which should still be a little oily) add cumin seeds, ginger and garlic paste.  Once cooked add the blended curry mixture.  Add water to this to your liking.  When the mixture comes to boil add the chicken pieces.  Let it cook through and towards the end add some nigella seeds.  these give a really nice flavour.  Remember though they have a very strong flavour, sort of like fennel but much stronger. so a little goes a long way.

 

Thats it! Add chopped coriander as garnish.. oh! and once you serve it with rice, squeeze a bit of lime over it.  Its yummy!!

 

Enjoy! :)

 

Spicy Gingery Chicken

This blog has been sleeping for way too long so thought I'd give it a bit of a wake up call

Made a random chicken dish yesterday that though simple turned out surprisingly well

Marinate about 1 pound of chicken (cut into average sized pieces) with 1.5 tbsp vinegar, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 crushed green chilli, 1.5 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tbsp corn flour and salt

Leave it for about an hour.

In a pan heat some oil. Once the oil is hot add the chicken (it should sizzle so a crust forms). Once all sides of the chicken has browned, turn down the heat, cover the pan and let it cook. Once the chicken is cooked, take it out of the pan. In the same pan fry 1 finely chopped onion (you can add more oil if you like but the pan should be greased enough), once the onion is translucent, add about 1 tbsp of finely chopped fresh ginger. Let the onion brown a little. Then add a couple of table spoons of soy sauce, a squeeze of lemon juice and 2 tsp of brown sugar. Mix it all together and then add the cooked chicken in. Toss it around on low heat so the onions stick to the chicken and also become caramelized.

Saugar finished the whole pan so I think it turned out pretty good! ;)

Thai steamed fish with ginger

Hey again.. 

Just realised I also didn't share a steamed fish recipe.. Ram bought a steamer recently (as i mentioned, he's big on a healthy diet at the moment) so I wanted to make something really yummy with steamed fish.. so here goes. I used a steamer for this but I'm sure you can try it in a rice cooker (they usually give the holey container with the rice cooker right, u cud make this in that container when cooking rice) or some form of steaming contraption (like a pot full of water with a colander on top or something? )

Ingredients: 

2 small fish fillets (i guess you could try it with any fish, i used tilapia)

2 tbsp soy sauce

some sesame oil

green (spring) onions

coriander leaves and stems

red chillies

a lot of finely shredded ginger

salt

Method: 

- Wash the fillets and rub some salt into them

- Cut coriander stems and green onion stems into around 2'' long pieces

- Divide the ginger, coriander and green onions into 2 parts; place the first (use only coriander stems in this) part on the bottom of the plate/dish you're making the fish in

- put the fish on top, add the sauces

- put remaining ginger, coriander leaves, onions and chillies on top

steam for about 20mins.. 

It was so yummy! I could eat the ginger pieces too since they weren't really pungent or anything.. Totally addicted to this now. 

Carrot & Pineapple Cake with Walnuts

Hey girls, 

It's been way too long since I put in something useful for our blog so here goes the recipe for the cake I made for Ram's b'day. I basically hunted for a not-too-complicated recipe that was reasonably healthy too (Ram's big eating healthy at the moment) so found this recipe which, with a few changes, came out yummy! :)

Cake: 

2 cups granulated sugar (i used raw sugar)

11/3 cups veggie oil (i used olive)

3 XL eggs 

1tsp vanilla 

21/2 cups all purpose flour 

2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional, i didn't have any so didn't add any but tasted just fine)

2tsp baking soda

1/2tsp salt

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup grated carrots

1/2 cup finely diced fresh pineapple (guess you can try crushed tinned too?)

Frosting: 

50-60g cream cheese (i used fat-free, used half of a 113g pot) at room temperature

200g unsalted butter at room temperature

1tsp vanilla 

some finely diced pineapple (optional)

confectioners sugar (i added according to taste)

Directions:

- Butter up and set aside 2 x 8inch round cake tins, preheat oven to 300F

- Beat sugar, oil, eggs in a bowl till light yellow and add vanilla essence

- In a separate bowl, mix 21/2 cups flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt

- Add these dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in batches

- Toss walnuts in a tablespoon of flour

- Fold in carrots and pineapple 

- Add walnuts to the batter and mix well 

- Divide the batter into the two pans, bake for 60min

Frosting

- Mix cream cheese, butter, vanilla until just combined.

- Add sugar and pineapple and mix till smooth

I used the frosting to layer the cake as well as as the final topping. Overall, it came out pretty yummy and didnt' taste overly sweet or anything. 

:)

Corn Chowder

Hello ladies
 
Okay so I know it's summer there but I just made the most awesome corn chowder and I had to share....
 
You need
2 medium sized onions chopped up
1 carrot chopped up
1-2 green chillies chopped up
1 teaspoon vege stock powder or 1 cube of vege stock
2 garlic cloves chopped
2 cups frozen corn kernels
1 tin lite coconut milk
1 tin trim milk
 
In a little bit of olive oil put the onions garlic carrots all together and sautee them, then add green chillies and corn...sweat them off for a while then add the coconut milk and trim milk bring to a simmer and add the stock.  Add salt to taste and keep simmering until all veges are softened and fully cooked.
 
then put everything into a blender and blend till smooth.
 
Put back on the heat add a little bit of pepper and then add a small pinch of freshly chopped corriander before serving.
 
It's soo yummy and the trim milk and lite coconut milk actually make it quite healthy.
 
Give it a go and let me know what you think....
 
xoxoxox
Meeeeee :)

Chicken & Peanut noodles

Yesterday I made a stirfry that turned out quite a hit at home...and the whole thing took just half an hour and I just made it using whatever ingredients were at home. 

For the marinade:

2-3 tsp peanut butter

2 tsp lemon juice

1-2 tsp honey

2 tsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tsp crushed garlic

Rest of the ingredients:

About 1/2-3/4 pounds boneless-skinless chicken, cut into smallish pieces

1 packet noodles (i used japanese noodles but i dont think it makes any dif)

1-1.5 cups finely chopped veggies (i used capsicum, spring onions and corn)

3 cloves garlic

1 green chilli/jalapeno

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp corn flour

Handful of roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed

Marinate the chicken and leave it for a while (i think i left it for about an hour)

Once marinated add some cornflour into the mix (i did it because it looked too watery and i wanted the chicken to be dry but what it did was created a really nice crust to the chicken! discovery by accident)

Boil the noodles with some salt based on instructions on the noodle packet and drain.

In a pan add a bit of oil and let the oil get sizzle a bit before you drop the chicken in. If the oil is hot the outside of the chicken will brown nicely. Once it starts to get brown (shouldnt take more than 2-3 mins), turn the heat down and cook for another 7-8 mins till the chicken is cooked.

Take the chicken out. Add a bit more oil to the pan and put in the garlic and green chillis. After a couple of minutes add in the veggies (except green onion if you are using it). stir fry the veggies for a few mins till they are done to the way you like it. Add some soy sauce and mix it in. Add the cooked chicken and check for salt (i didnt need to add too much because of the soy sauce). If not spicy enough, add some more red pepper flakes. Finally mix in the noodles into the pan. Add the peanut powder and spring onions and mix them in. Shouldnt take more than 3 or 4 mins after that.

:)

Cherry Almond Cake

The blog has been a bit dormant lately so thought I'd kick start it...last weekend I was in the mood to bake but not in the mood to go grocery shopping so I had to improvise with what I had and it turned out pretty good!

Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

3 eggs

2 tbsp butter/margarine

1 cup milk

3/4 cup sugar (i used raw sugar)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup fresh cherries

1-2 tbsp almond slivers

Cream the butter a little with a fork so it's smooth. Add and beat in the eggs. Add the milk. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Fold in the dry mixture in the wet mixture. Pour into a baking dish. Cut the cherries into halves and remove the stones. Top the cake batter with the cherries and the almond slivers. Bake at 375F for 40 mins.

It was so simple and quick but definitely was good - especially warm with a bit of vanilla icecream :)

(On the same day Saugar made this roast lamb - which was un-freakin-believable. Probably the most tender lamb i've ever had...that recipe coming up :)

Creamiest Dal ever

So this was a completely flukey discovery I made a few weeks ago - and have since repeated it like 4 or 5 times because both me & Saugar love it. Made it this past weekend for my in-laws as well and they enjoyed it too.

 

I was about to make dal and instead of the usual toor dal I decided to use moong dal and added a new ingredient as a random experiment and it turned out brilliant.

 

In a pressure cooker cook a cup of moong dal (the yellow version) with whatever veggie you might want to add (optional). I usually add roughly chopped carrot or spinach. You only need to cook it for 1 whistle because moong dal cooks super fast.

 

In a pan fry some jeera, mustard and garlic with green chillies and curry leaves. Add half a cup of chopped onions and let them cook till light brown. Into the pan add the cooked dal. Once you mix in the onions and tadka into the dal properly, add a cup or so of soy milk (this was the random discovery...the dal had turned out too thick and instead of adding water I added soy milk). Add salt to taste. Turn the heat down and let it simmer slowly till you get the consistency you want.

 

My mother-in-law when she had this said she wouldn't mind taking it to work just by itself to eat as soup. It was just very creamy and comforting. Plus it's added protein!

 

Give it a try! :)

Loughborough Butter Chicken

Just saw the postings on the blog and realized there were none in April!! Slow month for experimental cooking??  Everyone must be busy with work/home etc..

 

Weekend before last when Prudy was here I had not seen him for two whole weeks, so decided to cook something VERY special and labour intensive.. I was meant to cook a homely chicken curry but when it was done it looked a lot like butter chicken :) So decided to call it Butter Chicken of Loughborough .. hehe.. 

 

 So I used thigh pieces and drumsticks for this.. would have used breasts but this was a special occasion so decided to indulge a little. In a bowl I mixed some mustard oil, chopped ginger, chopped garlic, lime juice and little corainder powder.  I marinated the chicken in this for a couple of hours.  After about 2-3 hours I applied a second marinade to the chicken.  In a pan with a tiny bit of oil I roasted whole garam masala (2-3 cloves, 4-5 peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaf, black cardamom) and chopped/peeled almonds.  I crushed it all together, using a bowl and side of a belan :) then mixed it all in some plain yogurt, I also put in a bit of red chilli powder to this.  I coated the chicken pieces nicely in this marinade and leaved it for another 3-4 hours. This was done on a Friday and I was working from home so it worked out alright.. otherwise would have done it over night.

 

For the gravy, in a pan with oil I fried cumin seeds, chopped ginger/garlin and chopped onions and chopped green chillies till onions were translucent. I mixed a bit of coriander powder, garam masala, red chilli powder, salt in a bit of water and added to the pan. I also added 1 tsp of Shaan chicken curry powder not sure why I did that since all the masalas that were suppose to be in it I had already put in the chicken marinade or the pan... not sure if adding it made any difference.  Then added tomato puree (lots) to this mixture.  I then added just the chicken pieces from the marinade.  Once they were slightly cooked from the outside, I added the rest of the yogurt marinade, covered it with a lid and started cooking it on low heat.  Since the chicken pieces had a lot of oil and I had added some oil in my first marinade I didnt feel I needed to add any butter or cream, the yogurt already made it quite creamy as well. 

 

One tip that I saw on the net which I could have done as it sounded pretty cool.. was to make a small bowl out of aluminium foil and put inside it couple of small pieces of hot coal, you then float/place it in the cokking pot on top of the gravy while it is cooking and cover it.  It apparently gives a nice charcoaly flavour the the curry.  I will def try it next time.  My flatmates are into sheesha so there is always small pieces of coal available.. hehe..

 

Garnished the dish with chopped coriander and had it with rice and it was yummy as!!! :)

 

Ciao!

S

Honey-soy glazed roast lamb

Hello girls...

 

checking in after a long time.. things have been pretty quiet at work today so figrued I would catch up on a few things that I have been meaning to do for a while now.. thought I would share a couple of recipes that we have tried in the last couple of weeks that have turned out really good!

 

First roast leg of lamb (you may have seen pics of it on my FB album.. :)

 

We bought a big leg of lamb from the supermarket... not sure how much it weighed exactly but I think it was more than 1kg but less than 1.5kg.  We pre-heated the oven to about 180C.  To prepare the lamb we scored it in a cross hatch pattern and seasoned the leg really well with salt and pepper all over.  Make sure you rub it in real well.  Prudy really enjoyed doing this..hehe.. (hmmm should I be concerned!).  We then put dried rosemary and thyme all over it and rubbed that in as well.  Chopped fresh herbs are the best but we could not find any fresh rosemary/thyme in the supermaket that night.  We also chopped fresh garlic and sprinkled it all over (not too much).  Once the oven is hot we put the lamb in on top of a grill placed on top of a tray to collect all the dripping oil from the meat.  We left the lamb in for about 1.5 hours in total but I think it could have done alright with about 20 more minutes.  Ours was a little pink in the middle which was fine and we liked it that way but if you like it well done leave a little longer.

 

About half an hour into the roasting we dressed the lamb with our honey/soy dressing.  In a bowl we mixed lots of lemon juice, a big tablespoon on honey and a generous dash of soy sauce and mixed it really well.  We then spooned it all over the lamb.  Waiting abot half hour/45 minutes into the roasitng to do this meant the lamb was well sealed and the glaze stuck to the outer layers of the lamb making it shiny, crispy and tasty.  We repeated it again another 20 minutes into the roasting. 

 

Once done, we left the lamb out to rest for another 20 minutes.. it does take a lot of time to cook it.. not something you would want to make if you are really hungry and need something fast!  Prudy then carved and served it.. he was so happy!! hehehe.. And everyone in our flat loved it! We had it with chunky steak fries and garlic mayo.. hehe..

 

Enjoy!

S