Hi Vinda glad you liked them very common in my neck of the woods.
Have to tried doing it rice ?
1 cup of Basmati rice
0.5 Tsp of whole cumin seeds
2-3 Tbsp veg oil
Add oil to a non- stick frying pan on low to medium heat, then immediently add the whole cumin seeds wait until a few of the seeds start to sizzle then add the rice and stir coating all of the rice in the oil.
Turn the heat up a little so nearly all of the rice goes white.
In the mean time have a saucepan ready and just boiled water.
Put rice into the saucepan put on low heat then add boiling water and quickly put lid on (WARNING be very careful it will bubble and splatter).
Then lift lid about  after 1 minute leaving lid off carry on boiling rice until cooked.
Once cooked i drain off water and put into a plastic microwavable dish with a lid so you can shake the rice about a bit.This can be eaten now or whenever you feel the need to.
Hope you enjoy it.

Oh ok JivyJ will get using the oil now cheers.

They just seem to work whenever i do do this (well nearly always)

Cheers for posting the recipe jb, i tried to get some mustard oil as well but got the stuff "for external use only" on the bottle didnt notice until i got home will be trying this recipe for sure.
Looks very tasty and bright.

Hi Vinda no problem the dips can be the most simple recipes ever just add this and thats it you can make a dip with hot chilli sauce and "red sauce" added to finely chopped onion and tomato.
I usually make my own dips up next time i do i will write the recipes down.

Last IR i went in the waiters said the Red Onion salad was made with just sweet chilli sauce http://www.auravita.com/product/Blue-Dragon-Sweet-Chilli-Dipping-Sauce.NAST11755.html?RefId=220&adid=NAST11755
I have made this for friends and they say its like our local TA (Eastern Spice, Tipton, West Midlands)
1 red onion finely chopped
1 Tbsp sweet chilli sauce
fresh coriander finely chopped
Also i use another local that does curries not that good really but the BBQ stuff is really nice anyway they have a dipping sauce which is brown in colour

5 Tbsp of brown sauce
2 Tsp mint sauce
Roughly about one third of a cup of hot water
2 green chillis

Place on a low flame and bring to the boil and waiting till water evapourates  to the same has runny treacle
Then wait till goes cool and enjoy

Cheers gazman.

1st picture towards the bottom of the pan, well i think its a potato  ;D

Hi gazman looks very tasty indeed, like the texture, what madras recipe did you use ?
Thanks.

Hi jb, leaving the skins on the potatoes is interesting, have you tasted the base yet?
If so what does the taste compare to with other bases on this site (if any, that is).
And again jb thanks for all your time and effort to post this.
Cheers.