Couple of questions about substituting . . . . .

[lucysmam]

Could I substitue chilli powder in the place of fresh chillies? & ground ginger in place of fresh ginger?

Just wondered as two of the meals I've planned for this week require these two things, but I've got neither in its fresh form (does that make sense?)

Hopefully it does!! Thank-you

chilli powder yes, at a pinch (forgive the pun) Ground ginger, no.

I think you can do both - I do a chicken curry (butter chicken, from the Camellia Panjabi book) which "really" needs fresh ginger, but have made with ginger powder and it tastes identical.

Definitely can use dried chilli for fresh unless for aesthetic (sp?) reasons

depends what you want the ginger for, imho

chilli, yes defo.

Yes, almost definitely. What are the recipes?

I prefer chilli flakes to chilli powder, but I guess powder is what you have in.

The ginger was for a fish dish we were going to have Monday night. Have juggled things around & added getting fresh ginger & chillies to my Tuesday list of things to do instead. Thank-you anyway