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FAVORING CURRY
Excerpt from The Anti-Recipe Book:
I still remember the time I invited Margaret back to my apartment after a very
pleasant country walk having promised her a cosy meal and whatever else might follow.
While she went for a bath I started to prepare. Or perhaps I prepared to start. Either way
the fridge was empty and, as Winnie the Pooh might have said, the more I opened the
door the more there was nothing there. I found a couple of eggs, and, in a cupboard, an
onion and some potatoes and then bowed my head in anguish as I contemplated the
success or failure of the next few hours of my life.
Margaret was a theatrical woman. I’d met her at a social club that tried to put on
an occasional amateur production.As far as she was concerned, she was the production.
Used to meet people by holding out both hands. And now she was due to slink out of the
bathroom and make her grand entrance. She would be nicely warmed for a romantic
evening of conversation and togetherness and I was considering the options of making
egg and fries or having to admit I had forgotten to buy any food. What was worse, I
wondered, an admission, by implication, that I did not care sufficiently to plan our day
out properly or the presentationof a wholly inadequate and anticlimactic meal of one egg
each with some greasy potatoes and a slice of bread.
In a second cupboard I found some rice and pasta and various cans of soups,
beans and tomatoes. I also found a few herbs and, the final clue as to the way to get out of
this mess, some Tandoori curry powder. Margaret was not a great cook and was very
amenable to my experimentation, even viewing me at times with quizzical respect. Thus I
decided to take a chance on a vegetable curry that was virtually devoid of real vegetables.
Favoring Curry
Ingredients:
3
1
T oil
clove of garlic
Assorted spices (e.g., crushed coriander, cardamom, cumin seeds)
1
inch of root ginger, peeled
tsp curry powder
small onion
tin of tomatoes
green pepper
small cauliflower
2
1
½
1
½
Salt and pepper
8
1
mushrooms
cup rice
Touch of turmeric
6
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