Yellow Poppadum Dip Recipe!
The other day I was making a curry and I thought it would be good if I could find a recipe for that yellow minty dip that you get in an Indian take away. I searched for ages and it soon became apparent that there was some confusion over what exactly was in this mystery dip. Some people seemed to think it may be egg yolks and not yoghurt in the recipe as yoghurt tends to be thicker than the consistency of the dip
Well I am pleased to announce that I have uncovered the secret recipe. I made it and it turned out really good, very tasty!
What you need:
1 Lemon
Plain Yoghurt (about a mugfull)
Fresh Mint (or mint sauce if you haven’t got any fresh)
4 Tablespoons of Mango Chutney
1/4 teaspoon of Turmeric (mixed in a bit of water)
What you need to do:
Mix the turmeric in a little water.
Put the yoghurt, mint, lemon juice and mango chutney in the blender.
Add the turmeric water.
Whizz it all up then let it settle in a bowl.
Enjoy with freshly made poppadums!
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Having no Internet the other day, I decided that the best thing to do in the circumstances would be to go into our local McDonalds restaurant and check my emails, as they have free wifi there. On arrival at the McDonalds in Worle, Weston super Mare I was greeted with a huge queue which spanned the whole restuarant. After queueing for around 20 minutes, I finally heard those famous words “can I help you?”
“Yes please, I’ll have one of those new burgers, not the meal, just the burger, 2 happy meals with chicken nuggets and 2 hamburgers, no not with chips, just the burgers”
“I’m sorry but its going to be a few minutes for the burgers,” he said “I’ll bring them over. “Can I have some sauce please?” I said. “Sorry, but we are no longer giving away the sauce” he said “You will have to pay extra for it. “What do you mean?” I said crossly “I have bought nuggets though.” He reluctantly handed over one portion of ketchup.
So while the rest of the family tucked into their food, I sat there and waited for my hamburgers. And I waited and I waited. And in the end I was approached by a member of staff asking me if I was ok as I was obviously slightly agitated.
“Well actually I am not ok” I said, “I mean it comes to something when you cant even go into a fast food restuarant and get a hamburger”.
I am so cross with McDonalds. It’s not even as if I have never had a problem with them before, as I’m sure you have too at some point. But the straw that finally broke the camels back was the mention of the “Sauce Policy”. Come on who thought that one up.
I have complained to them via their website and I also have their telephone number which is 020 8700 7505. I tell you I am going down the library next time the Internet goes off. There’s probably a better chance of getting served a burger in there!
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There I was on Thursday, the day of the Princes Trust conference / mini trade fair, dropped the children off at school and came home to hear those dreaded words “We have no Internet connection!” No Internet connection, you mean on probably the most important day of my business life, a trade fair to prepare for and I am a web designer and I have no Internet connection!!! Typical, surely things like this don’t only happen to me?
Luckily I had prepared most of my designs earlier in the week when I could, I am used to things going wrong like this so expect nothing less. Pessimistic, no. Well organised, well maybe.
The trade fair went well, saw the lady off the news, Lisa Aziz but managed to dodge the TV crew! All in all a good event, I met some lovely people from businesses all over the South West, thank you to all the other traders for some great tips and ideas on starting in business.
I had not such a great time at the Charity Ball at the Winter Gardens on Saturday night as on the way home I fell over and banged my head, and my elbow which is now very purple and bruised. I would like to add that it was nothing to do with the wine I consumed, it was raining and the shoes I had on had no grips. That is my story and I am sticking to it!
Anyway the Internet is now back on and I will be having words with Talk Talk!
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