Curry Power

I wanted to make curry tonight. I opened up a vegetarian recipe book and looked at the first curry recipe I came across. It required lots and lots of spices. To my utter surprise and joy, I had them all. Cumin, coriander, mustard seeds, ground ginger, turmeric and more. And they aren't even past their sell-by date. The only thing I didn't have was chilli powder- in a house with three kinds of mazavaroo and chilli paste in the fridge, two chilli sauces, a Nando's perinaise and chilli flakes in the spice rack- no dried chilli powder! That aside, my spice-draw prowess is thanks only to Veggietotmom and our Thursday afternoon cooking school. No, not school. I'm learning a hellava lot but it's more like a coffee date without the coffee (as she said). And we actually come out of it with something constructive. Tomorrow we do savory muffins. Yippeee. Send me my shopping list please!