2 to 3 lbs chicken, skinned, cubed, or use whole pieces if you prefer

For marinade:
1 6-8 oz container of plain yogurt
1 small lemon, juiced
1 small knob of ginger, approximately 1-inch or so, minced
2 tblsp olive oil
2 tblsp butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp salt
2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp coriander seeds, ground or whole according to your preference
1 tsp turmeric

For cooking:
1 16 oz can tomato sauce
1 6-8 oz container plain yogurt, or 1 cup milk or cream for a less thicker sauce
1 cup water
1 medium onion, diced
2 tblsp butter
1 1-inch knob of ginger, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp garam masala

If using chicken pieces, make cuts into the chicken so the meat will absorb the marinade more easily and cook thoroughly.

Mix all ingredients for marinade and allow chicken to marinate for several hours.

For cooking, in a saute pan on medium heat, melt butter and saute onion, ginger, garlic, and garam masala until fragrant. Add chicken and all the yogurt marinade into the pan. Add 16-oz can tomato sauce, 1 cup water, and 8-oz container of yogurt. Milk or cream may be substituted for the yogurt if you want a lighter sauce. (I've also used peach and chai flavored yogurts, which worked really well with this recipe.) Stir until ingredients are mixed.

Turn heat down to medium low and allow to simmer until sauce is thickened and chicken is thoroughly cooked. About half an hour.

Spoon over rice or serve with bread, preferably naan.

mascopone cheese....hmmm..so far only seen it in Cold Storage.... try carrefour.. but definitely not tesco or giant thou...

Basic butter cake

Ingredients
250g butter
200g self raising flour
200g sugar (150g will be just nice if you dont want too sweet)
4 eggs
1teaspoon vanilla essence
chocolate chips

Steps
1.Beat butter using mixer until soft
2.Add in sugar and mix till equal
3.Add in egg, one by one, until the egg fully dissolve then add in another n mix
4.Add in flour (sifted) n mix
5.Add vanilla essence n mix
6.After finish mixing all the ingredients, pour it into the cake tin and add some choc chips on top
7.Preheat oven at 180degree, then put into oven n bake for 35mins (or until its cooked)

After u take it out from the oven, let the cake cold and then cut it into half (horizontally)
I applied a layer of blueberry mix in the middle. picture is at the bottom

for my next attempt, i made marble butter cake using chocolate powder stir with butter
and applied chocolate fillings in the middle
then lastly i pour on chocolate for frosting plus a strawberry

Rosemary works well with red meat as pointed out by the post above. For pasta sauce, why not try some thyme, or hell even sage works in pasta sauces. I'm experimenting with a combination of rosemary and thyme for my bottled sauce and it works nicely.

The key thing is.. keep the herbs to the minimum.. maximum 2 types. You don't want to have a confusing and conflicting sauce.

Basil is a very very delicate herb and will wilt easily. If you want to keep its flavour, use it only at the very end of the cooking time. I'll usually chop up a bunch of basil and stir it into the hot sauce prior to serving. That way, the color and the flavor is kept. Basil works very well with delicate sauces and tomato. Basil + tomatoes are a match made in heaven. Basil are easily overpowered by other strong flavors.

Anyone tried to plan their own herbs and vegs? Been wanting to set up a small tomato "farm" in my garden and also plant some herbs which i use often like thyme, rosemary, basil, sage and parsley. Any recommendations or guidelines?