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I made an old favourite dal parippu (arguably Sri Lankan or South Indian, they both claim it), seen here with scrambled paneer, a hybrid raita/green chutney, rice and paratha. Followed this up with our first ever home grown pineapple. Several months ago planted the top of a store bought one, a bit of water and voila. This was the best pineapple I’ve had in years, so sweet and juicy.

In the bin where it should be

Nah, left it out, but I chucked in a couple of Indian bay leaves (don’t tell the purists).

Last nights dinner was Hainanese chicken rice. Served with the usual accompaniments, spring onion and ginger oil, plus fiery chilli sauce and a bowl of broth.

I made some curried lentil pies for a friend, and two extra for us. Seen here with Kylie Kwongs green salad of iceberg, spinach and mint, plus homemade kimchi and a little fresh tomato chutney.

Masala dosa with fresh tomato chutney and coconut chutney.

Much cooler weather last night, so I was happy to turn the oven on. From 12 o’clock - spiced rice, mango pickle, paneer tikka, green beans with coconut, dal and paratha.

How do you make your pizza dough Jo ? It looks delicious and edible.

It was so damn hot here last night, we had a mixed salad with grilled haloumi. The night before was pizza fail...old yeast I think. Topping was fresh tomato sauce, mushrooms, white anchovies, basil and mozzarella. It looks okay, but was tough enough to break teeth.

Down at the country place, I made chickpea flour pancakes. Served simply with a runny dal and pickle.

Thank you so much for sharing. We’re off to Japan for the first time in April. It shouldn’t be so cold as your trip, but will hopefully be as delicious.

Very beige, but very tasty. Risotto with mushrooms and asparagus plus a slice of olive sourdough.

Indian thali #38 From the top, ghee rice, scrambled paneer, stir fried okra, cucumber & cumin raita, dal, mango pickle. There was paratha too.

Haloumi on salad, dressed with a malt vinegar and mustard vinaigrette.

Dinner last night was comfort food (I have a summer cold, the worst kind). Paneer cooked like scrambled eggs from Madhur Jaffrey, cucumber and mint raita, rice, paratha, mango pickle and a bowl of dal trevini from Meena Pathak.

No, no Hellmann’s. I used the oil from the tuna can (tuna with chilli) and apple cider vinegar to dress it.

It’s still hell hot here, tuna salad was the easy option.

Indian vegetable fritters with some kachumber and fresh tomato chutney.

Awww, thanks Okanagancook. Franci, lovely to hear from you again. Now that you are settled, I am calling for your mojo to return Meanwhile, more pizzas please !

Crab cakes are about my favourite food in the world. Yours look sooo good. Despite ideologically wanting to, I'll never be vegan.

Lovely meals everyone, you’re giving me inspiration. So hot here, couldn’t face the stove. So, the night before last we had salad. One is potato with egg, one like an ensalata mixta. It had tuna, white asparagus, spring onions, homegrown black olives, gem lettuce and an apple cider vinaigrette. Served with a slice of olive sourdough for the vinaigrette. Last night, reverting to form, was thali # 312. Cauliflower with peas from a favourite, Meena Pathak, tomato curry from Meera Sodha, dal, rice, paratha, and finely chopped potato salad, with a plop of mango pickle.

Does it count if I served some Pork belly, with Pal (canned dog food), to Patch ? He said it was very tasty.

For the first time in about a year I made a not Indian meal last night. A family recipe, broccoli and anchovy pasta with a slice of olive sourdough.

Salad of baby spinach, black olives, and feta cheese with tiny dice preserved lemons springs to mind. I’ll think of more later. Edited to add : I had a great lemon pickle in the south of India, would be worth a google.

I envy your lemons, they’re $9 per kilo here at the moment. What about preserved lemons or limoncello ?