I got so carried away reminiscing about kittenish scratching techniques and so on in my last post, I forgot to mention food – and that is, after all, what my blog is meant to be about! So to correct the situation….. I have been eating white fish fillets and Science Diet cat biscuits as usual.
Martin, meanwhile, has been keeping up a respectable if unremarkable standard in the kitchen. On Thursday he did a mixed vegetable curry, dhal, and aubergine pakoras. These fritters are made with a batter of chick pea flour (called “besan” in Asian shops) mixed with a little baking powder and sparkling water or beer until you get the consistency of thick cream. You add salt and pepper, and you can put in some finely chopped chillies, coriander leaves or dried spices too. Slice the aubergines finely, coat in the batter and deep fry in hot oil. On Friday there was risotto made with sliced chestnut mushrooms, white wine and chicken stock (from a cube, because there wasn’t any real stock in the freezer). Saturday night was gulas (or gulash, if you prefer that spelling) – a welcome rare appearance for this classic and the first time they’ve had beef in months – and then on Sunday it was back to vegetarian, with more aubergine pakoras, Sri Lankan red rice, an unusual carrot curry made with coconut, and a nice cold “chaat” dish of new potatoes with pomegranate seeds.
Pomegranate is a “super food”, apparently, and full of beneficial anti-oxidant things. It’s also quite bad for stains, as M found to his cost when he managed to spray juice over his shirt.
A note to anyone who might be wondering; that photograph of a ginger cat in the previous post isn't me, though the resemblance is quite close. (Our camera has a timer on it so I can, in theory, take my own picture, but I always make a mess of it.)
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