How can I dispose of a pan of dahl?

Jings do not chuck it out!

Put in fridge overnight then tomorrow get on yer bike to Waitrose and buy a bottle of Tamarind essence/sauce - big dollop will render your dhal delicious and edible!

That recipe is the sort of thing that gets British vegetarian food a bad name.

Well here, it would be fed to the foxes and birds who'd eat anything in all this snow! They'd be really grateful. I've been cooking bulgur mixed with turkey fat I'd saved from Christmas- and the 100s of birds polished the lot.

Bury it at the bottom of the garden...?

Oh don't say that, I've just bought some lentils to make a dhal myself. I love curry though, so perhaps it will turn out ok. Previous attempts at making recipes from scratch never live up to the taste of a ready made sauce though, so we'll see. I'm doing a chicken balti tonight though, so it'll have to wait until there are some spare tubs for freezing it in.

I made a soup with this for lunch a couple of days ago, with some mixed herbs and tomato for flavour. It was OK, if a bit bland, but the problem is that by the time I had bloated myself with two large bowls of it I had still only eaten a third of the calories that are in the sandwiches I normally eat. By the following day I was starting to feel faint from the lack of calories.

Oh! Sorry ffin. I thought you meant "Express" was a delivery service.

Never mind.

Yes. Red lentils.

It just tastes a bit - veggie. And bland. Not like a nice shop-bought curry.

that should have been ffin

Oh don't! I've still got the washing up to do.

What - you can buy the stuff ready-made*finn*?

What a shame jingle after putting all that effort in - very disappointing.

Did you use red lentils? We have them quite often and I enjoy them - what was wrong with them?

Try Barts Lazy Ginger and Lazy Garlic. Instant pastes. I always use them if they're going in soups, stews. No mess or having to clean the grater / crusher afterwards.

Express deliver to me, Jings. Anything to save me from having to cook... as I love the stuff.

Not to mention all the time I've just spent in the kitchen. Peeling garlic. Grating ginger! Chopping onion.