I cooked for my friend Scott on Wednesday night. We had Lentil Curry but I forgot to taste as we went along so it was a bit bland, an important lesson to learn. I read a cookery book by some top chef the other day and he said that a good chef can smell if a dish is properly seasoned. B*ll*cks! Taste, taste, taste!
Anyway, I didn't feel like eating rice with the curry so I made flatbread, it really is the simplest thing to make and people are enormously impressed...maybe I shouldn't tell you how to make it.
Put some plain flour in a bowl and add seasoning. I'd put in a good pinch of sea salt and twist of pepper for each cup of flour. Add some lukewarm water a little at a time until you have a nice firm dough. You want to be able to manipulate it without it crumbling, but it shouldn't be sticky. Knead a bit in the bowl, but there's no need to take too long. Shape into flat patties the size of your palm and then cook in a heavy-based frying-pan or grill pan with no fat until it has some brown patches(or ridges if you use a grill pan) on both sides.. Pile on a plate, garnish with fresh coriander and tell your friends how clever you are.
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