Today has been a day of cooking and baking extremes…. I’ve probably told you before that my most favourite Indian curry ever is Madhur Jaffrey’s chicken in a fried onion sauce. In fact, I’m sure I’ve told you!
I’ve made it countless times and always make lots of basmati rice in my trusted rice cooker to go with. I didn’t make the chapatis, but bought them in instead.
Usually I start the curry off by frying the onions in 7 tablespoons of oil, today I decided to try it with just a spay or two of cooking oil, this worked a treat and means that my curry is a kind of low-fat one, but definitely NOT low on taste!
Every time I make it I’m astounded by how easy it is to make and how delicious it is.
Today has also been the day that a batch of low-fat carrot cupcakes have ended in the bin. I do want to bake, but I also want to watch my fat and sugar intake, so I adapted a recipe found in ‘Vegan cupcakes take over the world’, by the way, if you don’t already have this book, you NEED it!
My first mistake was halving the recipe and then trying to work out halves of fractions…have you tried measuring an eighth of a cup of walnuts?
My second mistake was using wholemeal flour instead of white, this probably made the mix more dense.
My third mistake was replacing ALL the oil with apple sauce, I guess I should have replaced just half in order to keep the cupcakes lighter.
I also cut down the sugar dramatically,thinking that the sweetness from the sultanas, carrots and apple sauce would be enough (It wasn’t!)
My lovely daughter pronounced the cupcakes ‘minging’ and tasting of ‘the sink’ ????
Ha ha ha! I need to experiment more!
But how could I be mad with this lovely face beaming at me?
At Anna’s Kitchen Table 
Anna that curry looks so good! Sorry to hear about your baking disaster, we all have days when our bakes are “minging”..lol.Mariax
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Anna, she’s so cute! Just like her mum :-)The curry looks delicious, and well, your description of the cupcakes is funny! I hate throwing stuff away too but if they were that bad, then that’s where they had to go…
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Anna, I do indeed know I have heard you mention this curry before – because I always think ‘I should get that book’ (haven’t yet though:)). Do you taste *any* difference in it by cutting the amount of oil so dramatically? Perhaps your tastebuds have altered so that you could find going back to the ‘old’ way seems too oily now?As to the baking ‘minging’ (?:)) good for you for experimenting:D LOL And good for your gorgeous girl for being honest enough to tell her mum the great cook that they had the flavour of a ‘kitchen sink’! LOL Funny girl – better luck next time, nothing ventured nothing gained.
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Coby, I guess it does taste slightly different by cutting the oil out, but not in a bad way. In fact it was good not to see an oily pool sitting on the surface of the curry.Hubby had the curry for 2 meals yesterday! He said it was the best curry I’d ever made!:-)xxx
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She’s a really cutie, Anna. I’m sorry your cupcakes didn’t work this time. The curry does look good though!!!Paola
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She’s a lovely little miss! There is no fooling children with low fat/ carb or sugar baking Ha ha. Sorry they didn’t turn out though, and you new curry looks fab.
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Such a title Anna :):):)Your curry looks amazing even if your muffins were minging ! Your daughter is lovely:)xxx
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What a beautiful girl! Is the curry recipe yours? I am quite curious where you got it. It looks fabulous.
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Thanks so much for the comments! :-)Sandy, the curry recipe is Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘chicken in a fried onion sauce’.It’s a recipe I’ve made constantly for about the last 20 years – it’s THAT good!xx
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Your curry looks delicious Anna!! Oh boy sorry to hear about your cupcakes, the best of us certainly have days like this – I know do for sure, have to say they look good to me :)Awe what a lovely pic of your daughter :)Rosie x
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Duh, I just noticed you mentioned that in your post. Sorry. :)It looks divine, and I love Madhur. I have one of her books, but the ingredients and procedures are always so long.I’m going to google this one. Thanks.
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