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I`ve been thinking the same thing BSP, 2 birds with one stone and all that. Although a friend of mine has recently installed an Arga in his house, and has put on a couple of stone in weight due to popping in a steak and kidney pie for a late night snack !! On the same train of thought, where on earth can you buy an old fashioned whistling kettle these days ?

Hi Bones Certainly you can leave the potatoes out, i do sometimes. You can swap the chicken for lamb too The tomatoes form the basis of the sauce, although you could substitute them with soaked chick peas or lentils i suppose, never tried it....give it a go, it can only go horribly wrong Another Indian trick is to add lemon juice if it`s a bit on the hot side, that takes the edge off the chillies

Until a couple of years ago, I had an Indian girlfriend, and she tought me a few authentic gujarati curries. Here`s one : 2 chicken breasts diced 1" cubes 2 pototoes diced 1" cubes 2 onions, 1 finely diced, 1 sliced 4 x cloves 4 x cinemon sticks ( matchstick sized ) 2 x green chillies ( de-seed for a milder curry ) 4 or 5 cloves of garlic 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger ( i use the stuff in a jar ) 1 can chopped tomatoes, blended to a liquid 1/2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp ceyen pepper 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp corriander powder 1/2 to 1 tsp salt Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large saucepan Add cloves, cinemon, onions and half the garlic and soften the onions Add tomatoes, turmeric, ceyen pepper, cumin, corriander, chillies and salt. Add potatoes and simmer for 10-15 mins Add chicken and simmer for another 15 mins or so, until potatoes and chicken are cooked through. Serve with boiled rice, naan or peratha. Enjoy ( i have it on the go as we speek )

No worries Peasant, glad to be of help and that you didn`t waste your time driving there.. Kris

you could always get a butty with a dog house on