This is a delightful dish that the taste buds thank you for!! More importantly, a simple and quick dish if your challenged with time. A dish that can be made and left unsupervised which enables you to carry on with other jobs, or like me, enjoy a wine !! The original recipe was taken from…
Category: simple food
Beautiful Chicken pakoras
I simply loved these. At first you think….I can’t make this. However, when you actually drill down into the recipe you realise how simple these are to make, such a great tasty starter. Recipe taken from the great Dan Toombs. Ingredients- 250g of chicken thighs ( I only ever use chicken thighs as far more…
Newlyn fish pie
I wanted to cook a dish which was a bit of a traditional nod towards the jubilee. A classic dish written by my food hero and took me back to Cornwall. The recipe was taken from Rick Steins – Fish & Shellfish cook book. Having met Rick a few years ago in Padstow the book…
Salmon wellington with a white wine sauce – heavenly.
I wanted a challenge. This was the perfect step outside of my comfort zone. Lots of little steps which kept me busy in the kitchen on a wet Sunday afternoon. The salmon was reduced in Morrisons and as we all know you shouldn’t purchase fish from the supermarkets on a Sunday or Monday as they…
Chettinad Chicken Curry
Quite a complex dish to make. A tip….never start this in an evening after coming home from work. This is perfect for a Saturday afternoon with some really good tunes on in the kitchen working your magic. Once all the graft is done you can sit back and enjoy this dish with a few cold…
Amazing beef with bean sprouts & spring onions
Perfect dish for a Friday night. Simple dish with very few ingredients which doesn’t take much thinking about, this dish is so rewarding. This dish itself hardly takes anytime you cook, yet again more time spent on the prep so in my case gives me time to shut down after work. The good thing about…
Thai yellow chicken curry with charcoal noodles
Once you’ve made the Thai yellow curry paste in my previous post then this recipe is a doddle!! The flavour balance is really interesting. This dish does have an Indian influence running through it which is really nice. Highly recommend it, especially if you have made the paste as it’s so rewarding. Again, this recipe…
Homemade Thai yellow curry paste.
The more I make these pastes the more I enjoy the process. Nothing better than making your own pastes as this gives you total satisfaction, well it does me anyway!!! This paste will compliment the Thai yellow chicken curry about to make. Again, the recipe is taken from the legend that is Dan Toombs. If…
Grilled Asian inspired scallops
I love scallops. Due to most supermarkets and fishmongers moving to hand dived method of catching scallops the prices have shot up….and rightly so. Sustainable fishing practices should be put into place fully to protect our fishing stocks. Sadly though due to this cost rise scallops aren’t something I’d pick up nowadays. Thankfully these were…
Cantonese-style sweet & sour pork.
Chinese food fascinates me full stop. How simple ingredients can be turned into mouthwatering dishes in seconds / minutes due to having a wok that’s searing hot and cooks with speed. A number of years ago I invested in a decent wok from the Ken Hom range. Has to be decent if he has out…
Home Cooking for everyone. 