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Good to hear you're okay Scooby.

Prawns and veggies in the style of "Kerala boatmen" served with rice, plus dosa with two fresh chutneys, coconut and tomato.

Dinner last night was kangaroo cooked in the fiery laal maas style, potatoes with fresh fenugreek leaves, dal makhni, oven baked okra with ghee rice and chapatis. Along side some tamarind chutney and green mango pickle. The fenugreek leaves (methi in Hindu) were at my Indian grocery, a little old lady grows them for the owner, $2 a bunch. They give a lovely bitter flavour and can't be substituted.

My dearie accidentally ordered some frog legs in a tapas bar in Madrid. They tasted like chicken to me, but we did have an inordinate amount of fun playing with them.

I'd never heard of them either, so googled. The meat is stocked at our local superbutcher. I don't eat steak or I'd try one for you. Not much help, sorry.

For @Keralawho has taken readers of the "India dining" thread on a fascinating trip to his birthplace for a family wedding. Kerala chicken stew, a home style meal in one pot. It's made with mustard seeds, a rough paste of ginger, peppercorns and turmeric, a smooth paste of red onions and green chillies, a few cloves and cardamom, sliced garlic, fresh coconut milk, curry leaves, chicken on the bone, and available vegetables. Here, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and snowpeas. I took the liberty of adding a blob of gunpowder chutney.

Thanks for the vicarious return visit to Kerala. Your food (and general) insights are very much appreciated. I cooked in your honour tonight, check out the dinner thread !

Some recent meals. Chicken and mushroom curry, mewari dal, spicy potatoes, fried rice, paratha. With a dollop of dill raita in the middle, a dollop of fresh tomato chutney, and a little lime pickle. Beef madras, potatoes and eggplant fry, dal mewari, rice, paratha. Served with white radish, carrot and lentil salad, cucumber raita and fresh green chilli chutney. Roasted spiced pumpkin, spinach paneer, that dal again (tricked up with lots of coriander) lemon rice, paratha. With fresh tomato chutney and lime pickle. Chicken and mushroom curry, chana dal with dill, red brussels sprouts korma, eggplant, potato and pumpkin mix, turmeric rice, paratha. Served with beetroot raita, date and tamarind chutney, and ginger pickle.

One of the better meals I had while in Victoria - lunch with my sister at the Black Hill Pub in Ballarat. Angel hair pasta with scallops, calamari, whiting and lemon.

After a week away, it's wonderful to be back in my own kitchen cooking a simple Indian meal. Spicy potatoes, mixed dal, turmeric rice and paratha, served with a cucumber raita, fresh coriander chutney and mango chutney.

@Kerala, is the wedding ceremony similar to a Hindu one that goes for three days or so ? I'd be interested to hear about any similarities (or differences), or see any photos. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience

Prawn and mushroom fry, dal, potatoes with spinach, lemon rice and paratha. On the side - chilli coriander chutney and lime pickle.

In a departure from normal programming, I roasted chicken marylands with potatoes, pumpkin and Brussels sprouts. Served with broccoli cheese and grainy mustard gravy.

Gee thanks @Kerala, wish I was there ! Your food looks great, and it's lovely to share your childhood memories. More please.....

As if I didn't have enough destinations on my "list", I now need to add another. Thanks for an enticing taste of Hong Kong !

Thali number 83 (no, I haven't been counting, it's a guess). Chickpea and cauliflower curry, smashed potatoes, snake beans with tomato gravy, tadka dal, rice and paratha. Served with dill raita, mango chutney and lime pickle. The potatoes were a winner and so easy. I par boil, cool and press between palms, heat ghee in a pan, add kalonji seeds, grated ginger and minced green chilli, fry the potatoes, add salt, then garnish with chopped coriander.

Goat curry from the Punjab, desert style dal from Rajasthan, eggplants in tomato gravy, spicy Chettinad spinach, aged basmati and paratha. Served with dill raita, tamarind chutney and mango pickle. Goat is good.

Punjabi chickpeas, baked cheesy paneer, spicy potatoes with okra, ghee rice and paratha. Served with a small salad and tomato chutney.

Me too. This was lunch today, "what's left in the veggie draw" sambar, with a dollop of cucumber dill raita and a vada (fried lentil donut) or two.

A feast from the north. Punjabi goat curry, Kashmiri mushrooms with spinach, white desert dal from Rajasthan, oven fried okra, naan bread, turmeric rice, cucumber raita, fresh garlic chutney, gunpowder chutney and lime pickle. Rubbish photo. Bring on the warmer (and lighter) nights.

Chicken with spinach gravy, our favourite baby eggplants, potatoes with cauliflower, paneer in tomato gravy, lemon rice and paratha. Side dishes are fresh green mango and ginger chutney, fresh tomato chutney and lime pickles.

Have you tried Australia Fair Metro market ? It's in the old part of AF, near the China town precinct and has banks of freezers with all sorts of stuff, fresh produce and dried goods galore.

We don't really eat breakfast, chai for me, he has coffee. Lunches are indian - mostly yesterday's dinner

Yes, we have. Husband loves it, as do I, and the health benefits are astounding. He's dropped 10 kilos, we both have more energy, are sleeping better, have clearer skin, I could go on, but that would be TMI. It may wear off over time, but I'm making the most of it while I can (from last year, "oh no, not Indian again").

Paneer with tomato gravy, spicy mushrooms with spinach, dal, Brussels sprouts kurma, lemon rice and flaky paratha. Served with dill raita, tamarind and date chutney, mango pickle. The next door neighbour gave me some lemons, ten large lemons. I made a lemon yoghurt syrup cake, (light and fluffy said the recipe). Well, I don't know exactly what went wrong, although I don't trust the oven and these were enormous lemons. It took ages to bake, and has the consistency of a very firm creme caramel. Nevertheless, the flavour was good, and double cream helped.