Yep! This is the recipe:

Weeknight tikka masala - Amuse Your Bouche

Oh nooo the link doesn't work! But chicken does sound amazing right now.

It's my first time having tikka masala. It definitely wasn't bad, but after I looked at more in depth recipes for other masala dishes, I think I'll make it again later on with something more complex. (:

I made some muffins today. This is the same recipe I generally use:

9oz flour
3-4oz sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking powder
8 fl oz liquid of your choice: milk, fruit juice, tea or coffee works well.
1 egg
3 fl oz of melted butter or oil

I always add sultanas to this, a couple of big handfuls, I threw an apple into these too. Took pictures as I went along as you guys seems to like it when I did that before.

Ingredients assembled!
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The recipe calls for milk, but any fluid will do and I like to use tea. A non-fatty liquid makes for a lighter muffin I've found, and using spiced tea adds a nice flavour. I used 2 teabags this time, leaving it to brew/steep for an hour or two, I've used up to 4 teabags before, I'll stick with 4 in future, I think. I usually soak the sultanas in the tea once it's brewed, but I didn't this time as the apple will add extra moistness.

I tend to weigh all the dry ingredients together, and combine all the wet ones before adding to the dry. A tasty combo of tea, oil and beaten egg, yum! Like some kind of rancid lava lamp. [lol]
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Still looking nasty at the moment!
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I chuck any fruit etc. in before mixing, as stirring the fruit in after mixing is probably overdoing it, I think, as they tell you not to overstir muffin mix. Lumpy but no dry flour showing it says for this recipe, no more than 30 seconds! D: OK!

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That's it, no more mixing! I use a big dinner fork to mix. It's more substantial than usual as I didn't soak the sultanas, but should be fine.

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As you can see, I'm excellent at getting equal amounts in the cases. -cough-

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Goings on inside the oven...

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Woohoo, I didn't burn them! \o/

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Nom...I mean, quality testing. [ninja] Came out nice :D I forgot to add a little more sugar to counter the sharpness of the apple (it's a cooking apple from my mum's tree) but it's not sharp enough to make me pull a face, just a nice contrast with the cakey bit, so it's all good. [boogie]

Oh, and this is how I core apples, with my pal, teaspoon! Easiest thing on earth and I recommend. [yes]
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*ignores sweet muffin cups* Why do you have a Russian stacking doll on your kitchen.

I have two actually, that one and a white one, they're measuring cups =3

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My mum gave me the red ones for Christmas a couple of years ago, thinking she'd found me the coolest gift ever. I didn't tell her that I'd had a set for about 4 years already ><; But I like having both colours. ;D

Oooh, the muffins look tasty! :3

They are :D Mum's apples are really nice, depending in your sharpness tolerance you can eat them as an eating apple, as they're a bit sweeter than your average cooking apple. The traditional cooking apple used in the UK is the Bramley, these can be big and gnarly as this useful comparison pic shows ><
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They cook right down so they're good for apple sauce and so on. Mum's apples (we don't know what the variety is) maintain their shape when cooked so they're better for baking. =3

I might make some porridge for breakfast later, and add a apple, and some cinnamon maybe, to that. I have a hella lazy porridge cooking method >< Milk, oats, sugar and additions all go into my smallest pan, I turn the heat right down and leave it to it for 20 minutes or so. When I go back into the kitchen it's done and ready to stuff in my face. This works well for me because I can get washed and dressed while it's cooking. :D

They are cute aren't they, hummy :D I first saw them on Cakespy and just couldn't resist getting some. I really like things that are entirely useful but are also pretty. =3 I see the latest Cakespy post shows some cakes of a hummyish hue, too. :O

Dat... apple. Does your mom live outside of town? Eeeengh I'd love a country house, or a big back yard at least.

Yep, she lives in a village outside of town, but there's apple trees here in town too, rural area you see. [yes] The apple tree in mum's garden is a funny old thing, it's not very big, who knows how old it is, it was there when mum moved in and she's lived in that house since the late 90s.

I was talking to Mythos earlier about toad in the hole, there's a good British dish! Because Mythos went to uni over here she knows what it is, too!
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Don't ask why it's called that, I haven't a clue [lol] This stemmed from discussion about what British food she'd liked, the first thing she mentioned being Yorkshire pudding! That's the batter toad in the hole is made from, and got us both trawling Google for Yorkie recipes. This is when I discovered that the traditional way to make Yorkshire pudding makes it very easy to scale down the recipe! Basically, you crack your eggs into a clear sided container like a glass, and however much they fill that glass, that's how much flour and milk you want too. So I'm intending to see how much batter one egg's worth makes, because Myth has got me totally craving Yorkshire pudding now xD

If I do this I'll take pics again, even if it's a total disaster >< No idea what I'll eat with it, so the reality will probably be that I'll eat it on its own >< I did buy sausages yesterday too! But I put the pack in the freezer so no easy opportunity for putting just two in an individual toad in the hole, but if the small quantity of batter works out, I'll be able to do that in the future though. :D

I've always wanted to try that. It looks so good!

It is good, and there's no real limit to what you can use, sausages are just the tradition. I'm not going to be doing it today now, too tired, but it's in my head now, so I think I'll try tomorrow. I remembered that I have these little chicken meatbally things that I could put in it, too, and potentially a fried onion, and some sage...yeah, I think I'll go for that tomorrow, or intend to do that anyway! It's often a number of days before I manage to actually do something that I've been intent upon. ><;

Is it a little custard-y in terms of texture? That photo looks it, but I can't quite tell. :o

So... toad in the hole is like en masse pigs in a blanket? YUM.

What about scotch eggs? I might try to make those at some point.

I've always wanted to try those, too. XD

Or that stuffing from Gordon Ramsay's Christmas special. It's like a meat log with spicy sausage on the inside. I was so confused because in America stuffing is usually just seasoned breading, or what you'd stuff into a turkey to season it while it cooks.

No, not custardy, hmm, not sure how to describe! This is just the bit in the centre that's not all puffed up and crispy, yeah? I suppose the closest has to be something pancakey, as it's another batter product, but as I've never had American pancakes I can't really say >< The inside and non-crisped bits are soft, but not in the way that custard is.

Scotch eggs are good! They're just a hardboiled egg, wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and then deep fried. I'm sure healthy people bake them now though!

I'm confused by the Gordon Ramsey stuffing D: Stuffing is a breadcrumby thing. Was he just being typically cheffy do you think?

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This is relevant!

This Is Definitively The Most Delicious Scotch Egg In All Of The UK

And by god do I want a Scotch egg now! [lol]

This... thing. It sounds delicious, being savory, spicy, sweet, and salty all at the same time, but I've honestly never heard of something like this before. It can't be that bad, when you love everything that goes in, can it?

American pancakes are interesting, but no matter what the inside should be fluffy. The outside can be firm, or just as delectably soft as the inside. I prefer mine firm so they don't fall in half when I lift them to the plate. Everyone always tries to get that perfectly cooked cake, and I tend to serve them nice side up. It's not as an actual cake, it's like a mix between yellow cake and angel's food, but thanks to the pan cooking the crust is smooth. So much science in breakfast. [roll] Oh! And you've got a perfect one if, when you put a pat of butter between the cakes, they just absorb it, like sponges.

Dat link... I'm so hungry now. How the frack did they all get a runny inside? Do they soft boil, and then let the fryer take it the rest home?

Ooh that scotch egg looks delicious... I tried making something like that once as a kid but it turned out very poorly...

Alex, I have no idea how they make Scotch eggs with a soft yolk xD More cheffy voodoo! Normal people make them with hardboiled eggs!

I can't watch that Gordon Ramsey video, it's hating on me for being Britsh. [cry]

The thing is, I can see them soft boiling it for about 5 minutes, but how the frack do you get it out of the shell without destroying it?

Awww, well the Christmas special is really good. It's technically two parts with Christmas dinner and alternate Christmas meals. There's turkey, ham, stuffing, gravy, salmon and egg brunch, salmon salad, brussel sprouts, beef wellington, pancotta, chocolate truffles, pumpkin soup, roast potatoes, apple cranberry sauce, roasted spiced nuts, mulled wine, vanilla shortbread, and pudding (a strange British thing that's more like a moist cake than a pudding)

This is the man who said at the beginning of the first part that it's better to have six stellar dishes on the plate, than 10 blase dishes. The salmon looks amazing, though. You make the salad, then any leftover gets packed away for morning breakfast with scrambled eggs on croute.

WHAT! How very dare you say our pudding is strange! Firing squad at dawn for you now! [t2h]

IT'S GOT LEAVES ON IT!! And he set it on fire like baked alaska! It looked amazing, though. Do you guys eat much regular pudding, or would you guys call it a curd?

Pudding is what we call dessert, any dessert [yes] Not a specific thing like you guys do, that stuff in pots, yeah?

Are you talking about Christmas pudding with Gordon Ramsey?
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I love it! Actually, any sponge pudding is lush, but it must have lashings of hot custard!