I own many cook books, but I still tend to make up my own recipe when I am cooking. I always pick up tips from cook books and copy what people do, then piece the tips together into a 'Hanan' recipe :o) Here is my home-made chicken curry. Here's how I made it: Ingredients: - 2 teaspoons of Madras curry powder - 1 teaspoon on chili powder - 1 teaspoon of cumin - 1 teaspoon on tumeric - 2 teaspoons of saffron - 1 teaspoon of ginger powder - 1 teaspoon of cinnamon - salt - olive oil and/or sunflower oil - 4 chicken breasts, cubed - peas - carrots - cherry tomatoes - half pint of chicken stock - flour - mixed herbs - rice Cooking Method: 1- pour olive oil and/or sunflower oil into a big pan and heat 2- add all the spices into the pan and keep the heat on low 3- mix continuousley to make a curry paste 4- (ideally add onions, but I didn't have any) 5- add the cubed chicken breasts and mix with the spices 6- add salt 7- keep stirring on a medium heat, do not let it burn 8- add half a pint of chicken stock and stir 9- add some flour to thicken it 10- stir in the vegetables of your choice (I chose peas, carrots and tomatoes) 11- stir in the mixed herbs 12- slow cook on a low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. 13- serve with cooked rice, salad and bread

Slow cooked curried lamb shanks on a bed of sweet potato, something special for brye... I dont like lamb shanks the whole bone thing creaps me out.... It looked and smelled awesome with the meat falling of the bone... I even made the curry from scratch. The sauce alone is a meal. Unfortunatly It was left un-touched. Brye ate twisties instead. To be honest It makes me angry and hurt and pissed off. This meal was planned since last week, we bought ingrediants yesterday, I spent the morning making the curry and marinading then slow cooked the meat for over 3 hours to have all the effort thrown in my face.... Spilt milk may not be worth crying over, how about uneaten lamb? Because I'm fit to cry. Perhaps its dumb, rejecting my food, is rejecting me, I put my heart on the plate and get satisfaction from others enjoymment of it. F**k it