{"id":87,"date":"2009-11-05T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/11\/05\/ethnic-eating-experiment-day-3"},"modified":"2009-11-05T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T21:21:00","slug":"ethnic-eating-experiment-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2009\/11\/05\/ethnic-eating-experiment-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethnic Eating Experiment &#8211; Day 3: Chickpea and spinach curry with Injera bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If <a href=\"http:\/\/thelarderlout.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/ethnic-eating-experiment-day-2.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/thelarderlout.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/ethnic-eating-experiment-day-2.html', 'yesterday&#8217;s ordeal');\">yesterday&#8217;s ordeal<\/a> was incoherent, vomit-inducing and, frankly, useless, today was a complete joy. This is really what the experiment is about &#8211; trying things that I&#8217;d usually balk at, and being pleasantly surprised by their tastiness. Huzzah for East African bread (and apologies for early mispronunciation)!<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fSePj9k_rj0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chickpea and spinach curry for lazy bastards<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Serves 4<\/p>\n<p>1 red onion, peeled and chopped<br \/>\n2 teaspoons of curry powder<br \/>\n1 tin coconut milk<br \/>\n1 tin spinach (by the way &#8211; I now LOVE tinned spinach; it&#8217;s delicious)<br \/>\n1 tin chickpeas, drained<br \/>\n1 tablespoon (or thereabouts) tomato puree<br \/>\nSalt, pepper, and olive oil<br \/>\nInjera bread (purchased from the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=caledonian+road+shops&amp;sll=51.542959,-0.134014&amp;sspn=0.028025,0.077248&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;radius=1.66&amp;rq=1&amp;ev=zo&amp;hq=caledonian+road+shops&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=51.54164,-0.116879&amp;spn=0,359.922752&amp;z=14&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=51.541568,-0.11716&amp;panoid=iPHJihYOllhCtcNL8qI-CA&amp;cbp=12,133.52,,0,3.84\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=caledonian+road+shops&amp;sll=51.542959,-0.134014&amp;sspn=0.028025,0.077248&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;radius=1.66&amp;rq=1&amp;ev=zo&amp;hq=caledonian+road+shops&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=51.54164,-0.116879&amp;spn=0,359.922752&amp;z=14&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=51.541568,-0.11716&amp;panoid=iPHJihYOllhCtcNL8qI-CA&amp;cbp=12,133.52,,0,3.84', 'London International Market');\" target=\"_blank\">London International Market<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Heat a little oil in a saucepan or wok and saute the onion until soft. Stir in the curry powder, then add coconut milk, spinach, chickpeas and tomato puree. Season with salt and pepper, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning and serve with injera bread.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to my two slightly tipsy helpers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"geo-post-87\" class=\"geo geo-post\" style=\"display: none\"><span class=\"latitude\">0<\/span><span class=\"longitude\">0<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If yesterday&#8217;s ordeal was incoherent, vomit-inducing and, frankly, useless, today was a complete joy. This is really what the experiment is about &#8211; trying things that I&#8217;d usually balk at, and being pleasantly surprised by their tastiness. Huzzah for East African bread (and apologies for early mispronunciation)! 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