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14 Indian Food #1  By David Larkin TheThe South Marysburgh MirrorMirror There are s(cid:415)ll quite a few folk in the County who turn a delicate shade of green and break out into a sweat when Indian food is men(cid:415)oned. But it is catching on, and hopefully movies like The Hundred Foot Journey will be an encouragement. The easy way to produce an Indian dish is to buy one of the excellent sauces made by Patak or Sharwood. Producing an authen(cid:415)c Indian dish from scratch would otherwise mean assembling a long selec(cid:415)on of spices, and preparing a par(cid:415)cular spice mix. You can also buy the accompaniments - pappa- dums and chutneys for example - and I recommend this. Here is a recipé for a generic (not par(cid:415)cularly authen(cid:415)c) curry. The meat can be beef, lamb or chicken. This serves two people so double the ingre- dients for dinner for four. Ingredients: Curry powder or paste, fl our, fat, onion, stock, garlic, herbs, salt. The following are op(cid:415)onal but valuable: Raisins, apple or mango, des- iccated coconut, tomato juice or paste. Method: Fry the chopped onions in the fat, add the flour, the curry powder or paste, and the garlic crushed or finely chopped. Work in the liquid which can be equal parts of stock and tomato juice/ V8 juice/Garden Cocktail. Add the salt. When the sauce has been brought to the boil, and thickened, add the raisins, the coconut and the meat, cut up into small pieces.   Cook the dish in a covered casserole in a low temperature oven (250°F) for at least 2 hours, or much more. Add the apple or mango, peeled, cored and sliced, towards the end of the cooking (cid:415)me. Boiled rice is the tradi(cid:415)onal accompaniment to a curry, and chutney is usually served too. Pappadums are also excellent.                               You can use dried mango slices, in which case add earlier. Curry powder/paste - mild   1 tbsp.  Curry powder/paste - hot   2 tbsp.  Curry powder/paste - very hot   Flour  Fat (Crisco)  Onions   Liquid      Garlic    Herbs  Salt    Raisins    Desiccated coconut  Apple/mango    Meat, if boneless  Meat, on the bone   tsp.   tbsp.  2 tbsp.  1 medium  1/2 - 3/4 lb.  1--1 1/2 lb.   2    1  1/2  1/2  1/2  1  2           pt.  (10 oz.)   clove   tsp.   tbsp.  2 tbsp.   medium  4 tbsp.                  Pat's Playhouse Hand-Made Scarves, Mitts, Socks & Hats, Toys, Receiving Blankets, Baby & Lap Quilts as well as Rose of Sharon and Burning Bush plants and a selection of Jams. Pat York, 113 Morrison Pt. Rd. 613.476.6929 Follow me at Pat's Playhouse on Facebook! OPTICAL CANN-WOOD A Full Selection of Frames, Sunglasses and Contact Lenses Eye Exams Arranged Lab on Premises 266 Main Street, Picton 476-1655 **Gift Certificates Available** www.minakersautoparts.ca