Very nervous about cooking this dish. All the cooking I do is based around flavour rather than wanting to blow my head off with heat and lose the ability to enjoy the meal. When I see those ‘macho’ guys sitting in a restaurant trying to convince their friends and family they are enjoying the meal…
Category: my food
Goan fish curry – delicious ā¤ļø
Having been previously been a pescatarian fish for me is my preferred food to eat. Also my food hero being Rick Stein Iām naturally swung towards fish. Iāve cooked several versions of this dish previously, one being from Rickās book – India. This recipe was taken from a local author and her new & 1st…
Lamb keema shimla mirch – simplified version ā¤ļø
After recent times, kitchen time was needed. Iāve not felt like posting for a while as Iāve not done much cooking, however this little gem cooked last night sparked a little flame inside. Iāve cooked a more complexed version of this dish before but to try and light the flame again I made this simplified…
Paneer curry ā¤ļø
Love paneer, love flavoursome curriesā¦.love this dish. This simple yet stunning recipe taken from a lady called Suki Pantal who Iāve followed on Instagram for a while and this is from her first cook book – Garnish with Garam Masala. a regional dish from when she was living in Delhi. The only change I made…
Old fashioned Delhi style lamb bhuna ā¤ļø
I havenāt posted for a while as Iāve had too many personal distractions. However, the cooking has helped. Iāve put a lot of focus into cooking authentic dishes whilst still cooking āwesternised recipesā. The āauthenticā dishes have a completely different make up and method to the westernised dishes which I find more appealing. Westernised dishes…
Punjabi chickpea curry ā¤ļø
Whilst this dish may sound complicated it really isnāt. Like most dishes, itās easy to get put off by processes but this dish is so simple to make and so rewarding. Iāve cooked a few different versions of a chickpea curry and most authors offer a slightly different regional take on them, they are all…
Simpleā¦yet stunning chilli con carne ā¤ļø
Wellā¦.at the age of 48 as I write thisā¦.Iāve just cooked my first chilli con carne from scratch!! I love this dish! Had it so many times over the years but Iāve always stayed away from making it myself. To help me relax I decided to bite the bullet and have a go myself. I…
Simple Katsu curry sauce with scampi ā¤ļøš¤
After all the exercise and walking this week again I was thinking of a quick and simple meal I could throw together. What better than to put a pan of rice on, oven on and scampi roasting away on a baking tray and a curry sauce which takes less than 10 minutes to make?? Nothing…
Simple & easy Pathia ā¤ļø
Iāve blogged before about my love for a pathia. Pathia was my first introduction to Indian food aged 19 from a little restaurant in Coleshill. Itās one of those food memories youāll never forget. I love this āhot, sweet & sourā dish. A perfect mix of flavours basically created by Kashmiri chill powder, sugar, mango…
I love a Risotto ā¤ļø Especially when you turn a Sunday roasts leftovers into a beautiful bowl of food ā¤ļø
Iāve made risottoās for a number of years now. I love the simplicity of the dish, building layers of flavour as you go. Iāve always stuck to a simple method taken from the late great Gary Rhodes, obviously you canāt go wrong what this god-like-genius did! The emphasis around this dish – making the most…
