Homemade ‘tandoori’ marinade ❤️

I’ve been making this marinade for a few years now. Once you make the switch to making your own you will not go back to ‘shop bought’ versions. This takes less than 5 minutes to with a few hours doing its magic in the fridge ahead of roasting. I’ve been making this that long now…

Chicken ruby – a dish made famous by Dishoom

Having received the Dishoom book for Christmas 2021 I was hooked. I’d seen Dishoom in India on tv and I was fascinated by the food and the theatre of the restaurant. I have been fortunate to eat at the Birmingham restaurant once but for me it’s a place I can only visit rarely due to…

Tandoori whole roast chicken – Sunday alternative roast ❤️

Such a simple yet rewarding dish. Again as I’m finding out. The key to flavours is all about preparation and the marinade. Marinade – 4tbsp of Greek yogurt, 2 tbsp of garlic and ginger paste, 2 tsp of paprika, 1 heaped tbsp of tandoori masala. Mix well. With a sharp knife score the flesh of…

Tandoori pasta 👍. Making use of leftovers ❤️

I hate wasting food. I had some tandoori mix left in the fridge which had been marinating for 24 hours. This only had a few pieces of chicken in so I added mushrooms and red peppers to the mix and coated everything with the amazing flavour mix. This mix was allowed to sit for 30…

Chicken Rezala – the perfect Sunday afternoon chill out dish 👍

After attending our first wedding for I can’t remember how long, taking advantage of the free drinks plus our first night without children for four years I couldn’t think of anything better to do on a Sunday afternoon than chill out in the kitchen whipping up food, making marinades, base sauce for the week and…

Amazing BUTTER CHICKEN 👌

As lockdown starts to ease we received an invite to visit friends which we’ve not seen since September 2020. Plans were made to sit in their garden and have a good old catch up whilst the boys all had a good runaround. Now, it would be very rude of me to turn up empty handed….

Tandoori chicken – soooo good ❤️

The cooking is simple, the ingredients are simple to put together, why would you not want to create your own restaurant quality tandoori chicken??? Before I get on….a very simple tip – I use a skewer to cook above a dish to allow the hot air to circulate the meat like a tandoor oven. The…