I did a curry night – which involved preparing nine dishes – a task I will never ever do again.

Starters

Samosa Sausage Rolls
Baked Onion Bhajis
Tandoori Chicken/Tofu

Main

Lentil Curry
Dahl Makhani
Chicken Makhanwala
Lamb Rogan Josh
Spiced Potatoes

Dessert

Feijoa Sorbet

Apart from missing a part for the ice-cream maker and a couple of badly behaved guests who insisted on watching Americal Idol (A program I despise) – The evening wasn’t too disastrous – I think – I can’t really remember.

The day went something like this:

8am

Make the syrup for my Feijoa sorbet and chop some Feijoas.

Then I made the tandoori marinade for the chicken and tofu.

I had a tearful time chopping the onions – so in traditional Come Dine With Me style, I tried the spoon in the mouth trick and it really worked! (contact lenses usually work well too – but I happened to be wearing glasses for the prep)

Then I fried some onions, spices, browned the lamb, added tomatoes – then chucked it all in the crockpot and ignored it for the rest of the day.

Then I made my onion bhaji mix – ready to be cooked when the guests arrive.

Then I made a samosa mix, fried it up and rolled it into sausage rolls

Then I made the Makhanwala sauce and put it aside for later.

Then I looked at my mess and decided I needed a nap.

Nap over I worked on the last bits and pieces before the guests arrived. The Theme was Black and Red which is why everyone is wearing black and red.

The guests have arrived…..

Mike – in his fancy $2 tie and a pair of Lynda’s socks

Lynda and Me

Jenny and the Hula Hoop

For some reason our camera man didn’t get a photo of Barry.

Time to check the oven contents

Dishing up the starter – bloody bhaji moved when Mike took the photo. grrrr

Then the mains arrive:

Spiced Potatoes

Lentil Curry

Pappadams

Our photographer let us down again and didn’t get photos of all the mains – so here is the lot from a distance.

And a little of each on a plate

Then I chopped some kiwifruit to decorate my sorbet – using my trusty lit