As I write this in the middle of April spring is firmly taking its grip. Flowers are looking great as the bulbs are breaking through and the garden & countryside is starting to thrive. We have a brook near to where we live which every year is covered in wild garlic. The smell literally draws…
Author: jonathanadkins
I love home cooking. Discovering flavours is amazing. I find cooking the perfect way to kick back and relax. Always a thrill finding a new recipe and making it my own. Food idols like Rick Stein, Gary Rhodes have inspired me to cook and enjoy it.
I have a major passion for Indian / Asian food. The flavour combinations are truly inspirational. Please enjoy my passion for home cooking.
Simple & easy Pathia ❤️
I’ve blogged before about my love for a pathia. Pathia was my first introduction to Indian food aged 19 from a little restaurant in Coleshill. It’s one of those food memories you’ll never forget. I love this ‘hot, sweet & sour’ dish. A perfect mix of flavours basically created by Kashmiri chill powder, sugar, mango…
I love a Risotto ❤️ Especially when you turn a Sunday roasts leftovers into a beautiful bowl of food ❤️
I’ve made risotto’s for a number of years now. I love the simplicity of the dish, building layers of flavour as you go. I’ve always stuck to a simple method taken from the late great Gary Rhodes, obviously you can’t go wrong what this god-like-genius did! The emphasis around this dish – making the most…
Chicken curry with cardamoms – heavenly ❤️
This is a wonderful, basic flavoursome dish for the whole family. Simple cooking methods, very few ingredients which makes the whole process easy from start to finish. As you would expect, taking the recipe from Madhur Jaffrey’s cookbook called ‘Curry Easy’ says it all. The recipe is stripped back and so easy to follow. Whilst…
Pan fried salmon & shrimp balti ❤️ – a nice dish to celebrate having fish on Good Friday
I’ve struggled making a balti now for a few year. I’ve just not been able to get the flavoursome thick balti gravy right. This simplified recipe helped me crack it. Really pleased with the outcome. I’ve modified the dish to remove the meat content. Replaced the meat with fish substitutes and swapped the chicken stock…
Japanese curry – with a twist 👍 (making the very best of leftovers)
Wow. What a dish, for so many reasons!!!!! Firstly, this was my first attempt at making this curry. The flavours are amazing. Most of the work goes into making the paste (roux), that’s as hard as it gets!!! The paste is surprisingly good, especially as it’s made with grated apple !!! Yes you’ve read that…
Lamb bhuna ❤️ an alternative way of cooking this classic 👍
Love making this dish. This method again is different to your usual restaurant/ takeaway version as it consists of no base sauce, you make your own sauce ! Again, it’s a simple recipe to follow and can be cooked in the same time it usually takes your local takeaway have it ready. Ingredients- 4 tbsp…
Lamb Saag – alternative way of cooking this beautiful dish 👍
I love a saag dish. Over the years it’s a dish I’ve been drawn towards more. I’ve always been a fan of spinach so to be able to cook this and be the main feature of a curry fascinates me. This method again is different to the restaurant/ takeaway version as it uses no base…
Chicken pasanda – a curry cooked with red wine…..
A new dish for me. Using flavours and combinations I’d would have never thought would go together. Having read up on the dish, a pasanda curry has been around for a couple of hundred years way before chilli’s and spices were introduced. A couple of plus points about this dish. I’ve never cooked an Indian…
Yes…can you believe it…. I’ve cooked a Korma !!
Yes I’m as shocked as the next person! I’ve never cooked, tried or even thought about cooking a korma from scratch before. Other than children and Stacey from Gavin and Stacey….who orders or eats a Korma ??? However, this was just one of those weeks which I felt I wanted to challenge myself even more…
Home Cooking for everyone. 