Oh! Fortuna!

I made a delicious Gobi from a Leon recipe on Friday and we had it all weekend.

LEON GOBI (serves 6) 1 medium onion, halved and thickly sliced 1 carrot, thickly sliced 2 tbsp sunflower or peanut oil 1 red chilli 2 thumb-sized pieces of root ginger, washed but not peeled 5 cloves garlic, peeled 1 large tsp Madras curry powder 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp black onion seeds 1 medium sweet potato, washed and cut into 2.5cm dice 4 heaped tbsp ground almonds A good handful of sultanas ½ a small cauliflower, broken into florets 1 x 400ml tin of coconut milk 150g frozen peas Juice of ½ a lemon A really big handful of coriander, roughly chopped Salt 2 heaped tbsp desiccated coconut, to serve In a large saucepan, cook the onion and carrot over a medium to low heat in the oil for 15-20 minutes with the lid on, stirring occasionally. Season with salt. Blitz the chilli, ginger and garlic to a paste in a food processor. Stir the paste into the onions once they have begun to soften, along with the spices (including the onion seeds). After another five minutes, season with salt, add the sweet potato chunks and the almonds and mix well so that everything is well coated. Turn the heat up a bit and stir in 500ml of water and the sultanas. Bring to a simmer and leave it to bubble gently for 10-15 minutes with the lid off, stirring occasionally. Add the cauliflower florets and the coconut milk and simmer for a further 10-15 minutes, covered. Check that the sweet potato and cauliflower are both cooked, turn the heat off and stir in the peas. When you are ready to serve add a little salt, the lemon juice and the chopped coriander, stir and leave for a minute. Serve with rice, or naan (or both!) with a sprinkling of dried coconut on top.

Fantastic long weekend with Sarah - doing absolutely nothing for a change, which includes playing Assassins' creed, watching hoards of movies and TV shows, having cocktails in Wimbledon and getting our hair done.


Checked out Lynda's flat. Booked flights to and hotel in Amsterdam :) Painted Lesley's bump's Marsupilami babygrow. Carmina Burana this coming weekend...