WhatEvil posted:

I'm certain I've proselytised about this before but I think the best Indian bread you can get at home without ordering it from a restaurant or building a tandoor in your back garden, is a frozen paratha.

Particularly the Shana brand ones - I'm sure there are other brands that do it the same, but Shana are the best I've found. They're thin discs of frozen uncooked dough. You whack them in a medium-hot un-oiled non-stick frying pan for about 45 seconds, flip them over for another 45 seconds... and that's it. They cook and puff up and taste nearly identical to restaurant ones.

For the unitiated, paratha are like a really buttery, flakey, almost croissant-like roti and they are amazing. They're not similar to a naan, really, but I think I prefer them to naan anyway. *Definitely* better than any kind of frozen or heat-at-home supermarket naan.

The frozen rotis are similarly good, but roti are not quite as indulgent as parathas.

Be aware that some other brands sell frozen *pre-cooked* parathas which are still better than not having any, but nowhere near as good as the frozen uncooked dough disks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKClKm2G1k

They do garlic or onion ones too which are amazing. I think they also do (or at least, some other brands do) potato or cauliflower-stuffed parathas but IMO those aren't as good.

Oh, and they're also basically the same thing as Chinese scallion pancakes, though I think parathas have more fat.

Miftan posted:

I feel like given naanchat, this thread would enjoy a malawach. It's sort of like Partha, but from Yemen, and I have no idea where to get it in the UK. You're welcome.

keep punching joe posted:

No use to anyone but there is a Kurdish Shawarma place in Govanhill that does amazing flatbread, and will give you like 5 for a pound.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Bizarre choice of venue for a photoshoot!



Apparently she wants to be known as the Iron Chancellor.

I know, I know, don't kink shame.


Meanwhile in dead bird chat: Douglas Henshall (the actor) seems like a good egg.

serious gaylord posted:

Also Camilla is stepping back from Royal Duties too.

Wills on a killing spree

quidditch it and quit it posted:

Naan chat: you can cook an amazing naan in an Ooni pizza oven (amazing pizzas too obvs).

Because it gets up to nearly 500c it’s awesome for it. They do one that uses wood pellets which is the one I’ve got, it’s also good for kebabs and other stuff that wants short but crazy heat. There’s loads of knockoff versions available for loads cheaper too so if you’re dead set on making your own naans so maybe give one of those a try.

Failed Imagineer posted:

Maybe they just all couldn't be arsed. Almost relatable

Failed Imagineer posted:

Maybe they just all couldn't be arsed. Almost relatable

serious gaylord posted:

Also Camilla is stepping back from Royal Duties too.

Wills on a killing spree

forkboy84 posted:

Who is left doing royal duties now, Andrew and Edward?

They should be careful or people will twig they do nothing but provide page filling news for the tabloids

quote:

The Budget will contain an £800m package of technology reforms aimed at freeing up NHS and police time, the Treasury has announced.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said ahead of the 6 March announcement that there was "too much waste in the system".

As part of the reforms, AI will be used to cut NHS scan times by a third and the police will deploy drones to incidents such as traffic collisions.

quote:

Other key measures in the £800m investment include:

£170m to save up to 55,000 hours a year of administrative time in the justice system through digitising jury bundles and new software to streamline parole decisions

£165m to cut last year's local authority overspend of £670m on children's social care places across England by making 200 additional child social care places available, reducing the reliance on costly emergency places for children

£34m to reduce fraud by a wider AI usage across government agencies - a move expected to save $100m

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Bizarre choice of venue for a photoshoot!



Apparently she wants to be known as the Iron Chancellor.

I know, I know, don't kink shame.


Meanwhile in dead bird chat: Douglas Henshall (the actor) seems like a good egg.

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Bizarre choice of venue for a photoshoot!



Apparently she wants to be known as the Iron Chancellor.

I know, I know, don't kink shame.


Meanwhile in dead bird chat: Douglas Henshall (the actor) seems like a good egg.

Jel Shaker posted:

looks more like a toilet piss monitor, making sure the right genitalia match the correct toilet stall

Beefeater1980 posted:

What the gently caress goons, I can practically smell the naan bread now and I haven’t got any here. That’s cruel.

Failed Imagineer posted:

Naanchat had been my favourite derail in years

Rarity posted:

She's focusing on her new Willie's chocolate factory venture

EvilHawk posted:

So what the gently caress was wrong with the Lib Dem candidate?

Dead Goon posted:

Really?!

mediaphage posted:

bold new day when the ukmt is asking, "are the lib dems really so bad?"

quidditch it and quit it posted:

Naan chat: you can cook an amazing naan in an Ooni pizza oven (amazing pizzas too obvs).

Because it gets up to nearly 500c it’s awesome for it. They do one that uses wood pellets which is the one I’ve got, it’s also good for kebabs and other stuff that wants short but crazy heat. There’s loads of knockoff versions available for loads cheaper too so if you’re dead set on making your own naans so maybe give one of those a try.

Kin posted:

I got offered a job at ooni a few years back but turned it down it because it felt like a bit of a dead end company just churning out the one (relatively expensive) niche purpose item.

Are they really that popular? I see em in shops everywhere but I figured there's only so much pizza a family can eat in a week and decent weather in the UK to fire it up outside.

Kin posted:

Are they really that popular? I see em in shops everywhere but I figured there's only so much pizza a family can eat in a week and decent weather in the UK to fire it up outside.

Kin posted:

I got offered a job at ooni a few years back but turned it down it because it felt like a bit of a dead end company just churning out the one (relatively expensive) niche purpose item.

Are they really that popular? I see em in shops everywhere but I figured there's only so much pizza a family can eat in a week and decent weather in the UK to fire it up outside.

mediaphage posted:

bold new day when the ukmt is asking, "are the lib dems really so bad?"

Angepain posted:

well, more along the lines of "are the lib dems worse than George Galloway", which is a harder question

smellmycheese posted: