The Spicery

For Christmas my favourite Brother bought me a subscription box to The Spicery.

We love our Indian food and support our local Indian restaurant with a take away treat most Saturday nights. So when I opened the box on Christmas Day I was really chuffed.

In the box you get all of the spices to create a curry, a side, A chutney, a Paratha and extras for your rice.

I'd received the Dhansak Night recipe and couldn't wait to get started!

  

Along with the spices come instructions on how to create the dishes and a shopping list of some fresh ingredients that you will need.

As neither of us had plans for NYE we decided to make it then. I nipped to Asda in the morning which was a baaaaaad idea as the rest of Leicestershire were visiting Asda as well! 

We needed - 

- Full Fat Natural Yogurt 45p

- 1 Lemon 30p

- Plain Flour 80p

- Ground Ginger 74p

- Cloves of Garlic 25p

- 2 Chicken breast   £3

(The recipe suggests Lamb but I'm not a big Lamb lover)

- Basmati Rice £1.70

- Red Lentils £1.15

- Frozen Peas £1.35

Total spent £9.74

The Instructions were great and very detailed the only little piece of info that was missing was a temperature guide. It wasn't the end of the world but a couple of times I worried that I was cooking things too hot/quickly.

The cooking time was 1 hour and 50 mins which did go quickly as there was something to prepare the whole time but it meant we didn't eat until 9pm! Next time, I'd probably start it earlier.

I enjoyed making the dishes completely from scratch and knowing exactly what was going into my food...no added naughty extras. It did get a little manic at the end when everything was ready and I was trying to fry the Paratha!

Here's the end result!

Sorry absolutely rubbish photo.

It was very tasty but I couldn't finish it all. The recipe was for 4 people, normally this is fine for 2 but this was very generous so next time I may try halving the recipe or freezing the other half for another night.

I look forward to receiving my second subscription and I'll share this with you all as well.

If you are stuck for a gift idea for a spice lover or just want to treat yourself then  a subscription to The Spicery is a must.

 Love Lisa x