I came back from the
local supermarket with a nice piece of un-dyed smoked haddock. There’s a number
of things I regularly do with this, such as risotto or fishcakes (with
breadcrumbs rather than mashed potato, much lighter), but I felt like a change.
So, I decided on kedgeree. This dish originates
in India (apparently from the 14th Century!) and was probably brought
to England by returning members of the Raj. Certainly, in Victorian times it
was a ‘posh’ breakfast dish.
The recipe is simple, though there are many variations
online. Mine is based on onion cooked in (a lot) of butter with curry powder,
crushed cardamom and chilli + rice and smoked haddock of course. I also add
parsley and coriander leaf if I’ve got it. Traditionally, it’s garnished with
hard-boiled eggs.
The whole dish takes about 30 minutes to
complete. I have to say that it was very tasty and seemed to be much
appreciated by my beloved.
Most of today has been spent doing the ‘wet’ housework:
mopping hard floors and cleaning bathrooms. Not my favourite way of spending
the day, but good use of my time, I suppose. Anyway, I can now argue that I
haven’t had time to cook, so I’m planning that we go to our local ‘Indian’ (it’s
Bangladeshi really) restaurant for dinner. It’s only a few minutes walk.
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