Friday 11th July - asian fakeaway

It must be years and tears since we had a takeaway, even fish and chips. We have our main meal at lunch time, and tend to get supermarket takeaway-style dishes or make them ourselves if that's what we would like.

 Today I was going to make a Thai Green Chicken Curry sort of lunch;

I had bought some pots of  IceKitchen frozen curry paste a while ago. I  thought today was a good day to try the Green Thai pots as I wanted a meal that was easy and wouldn't take long to prepare, cook and serve.

Anyway, I can't report on the Thai Green Curry pot yet as after hunting through the cupboards I had to come to the conclusion we were out of coconut milk. Another time.

Warning; should you wish to try their Jalfrezi curry paste, be prepared for a blisteringly hot curry! Even with a good dollop of yoghurt stirred through we couldn't finish them

Anyway, it was now a case of Help! What next? Make a Stir fry.

Chicken stir fry, satay style

Chicken, sliced into suitable sized pieces

Selection of veg

1 nest of Chinese noodles per person cooked as per packet instructions 

'Fake' satay-style sauce; for recipe, see below

Stir fry meat and veg in the usual way (my mother learned in Singapore to add a splash of hot water once the veg were sizzling away, as the steam would speed up the cooking time)

Add the sauce and mix through, and add a little water if it's a bit gloomy looking. If the pan is too hot or the sauce too thick it will start to stick.

Serve! A squeeze of lime or lemon, and maybe a little extra soy sauce is a good idea. Go the whole distance and garnish with chopped spring onions or coriander!

The recipe for the satay style sauce came from the BBC Good Food website; these recipes for three store cupboard sauces for students

I've tried the teriyaki sauce - not bad; I added grated ginger. I haven't tried the sweet and sour one yet.

Tennis

I thought Novak Djokavic had been looking uneasy in himself all week, so wasn't surprised that he lost his semifinal against Jannik Sinner. The Carlos Alcarez versus Taylor Fritz match was amazing, and I enjoyed Andre Aggassi's commentary very much.

Music

Paganini violin caprice played by Hilary Hahn. Parts of this could be the sound track for some of the rallies I watched this afternoon.