Alan S > wrote:
> Nicky > wrote:
> Nick Cramer > wrote:
> >
> >>> It's absolutely standard in an Indian curry - anything up to a Tbs of
> >>> turmeric, and maybe a tsp of FGBP, unless you're using the pepper for
> >>> heat rather than spice - in which case, to taste!
> >>
> >>Thanks, Nicky. It will be a Thai curry with coconut cream and Thai
> >>chiles.
> >
> >The colour will be a bit scary except in a yellow curry - but I often
> >add it when I make a Thai curry.

> Lunch today was my version of Amok prawns. Turmeric, pepper, chili and
> mint from the garden, ginger, garlic, cloves, garam masala, paprika
> etc . It varies a little depending on how I feel.
>
> Jun would probably shudder:-)
[ . . . ]

Khmer-Indian-Aussie fusion food! Sounds good, Alan.

Jun cooks for me. If I can't make her shudder, nothing can!

Can you grow lemongrass. Buy some at the market, stick a few in some soil
in a pot, put it out in partial shade. Bring it indoors when it gets
frosty. If it never gets frosty, put it in the garden and let it fight the
horseradish for control! ;-D

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