A traditional dish from India. A dish that brings all the flavours together brilliantly. I really enjoy cooking traditional dishes as this helps me understand the balance of spice & flavours. You can then bring this to the westernised dishes that I’m trying to perfect. Traditional recipes aren’t as complex as you’d think…if you get…
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Lamb Jalfrezi – the perfect way to unwind on a Friday night ❤️
What can I say about a Jalfrezi that hasn’t been said before ? Nothing…..as this is now the UK’s most ordered takeaway meal. I’ve made Jalfrezi’s that many times now I think I can make it now with my eyes closed. Just like any profession, the more you do the better you become almost robot…
Beef Panang Curry
I made this a week or so ago and finally catching up as I didn’t know what to write about this this. Let me explain. With a lot going on I’ve not been focused enough to blog my thoughts, plus who cares about my thoughts…right? Thai food fascinates me. I do think though with Thai…
Paneer in tomato & cashew gravy – National Curry Week 3rd – 9th October
This dish is taken from Atul Kochhar’s book ‘Curry Everyday’. I’ve mentioned before that this book is purely vegetarian with over 100 recipes to choose from. I cooked this dish purely because I had all the ingredients in the house plus I had some paneer that needed using up. There are two parts to this…
Tikka masala, halloumi & chickpea kachumba – National Curry Week 3rd – 9th November.
What a simple dish and no better way to showcase how simple ingredients can be put together to make a healthy and refreshing dish. Ingredients- 1 tin of chickpeas, drained and washed. 1/2 small red onion diced, 1/2 cucumber, 1 large tomato, pinch of cayenne pepper, salt & pepper, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 pack…
Chicken Dhansak – The start of National Curry week – 3rd to the 9th October
Even though a Dhansak is one of the most popular dishes served in UK curry houses its not a dish I would normally order. Part of my food journey is to understand all forms of Indian & Asian cooking, embracing all the different techniques, methods, ingredients & flavours. I have to admit, I’ve made this…
Chicken Vindail with dhal – belter of a dish.
Another new dish for me. Taken from my food hero’s cook book – Rick Steins India written after his successful TV series of the same name. A few reasons I was drawn to this recipe – 1. a cheap dish to make as I only needed to buy the chicken thighs on the bone which…
Tofu curry…..something different….and what a delight.
As a family we are used to meat substitutes. We’ve taken on ‘non meat months’, along with ‘no meat weeks’ plus I’ve been a pescatarian before ( three years) removing meat completely from my diet as a way of trying to improve my overall health. With the cost of living being the buzz word at…
A winter warmer – Beef stew .
As the days become darker and colder I decided to spend the afternoon in the kitchen making this winter warmer. With the mens footy on the international breaking I had the WSL on my phone via SKY (Chelsea v Man City) and Paul Weller on Vinyl…what could go wrong, sounds great yeah??? Wrong. Sadly you…
Heathy eating – A nod to Joe Wicks.
As costs are sadly increasing as is the waist line as we become older we’ve been looking at cost effective cooking which is healthy. My partner picked up a book by chance from a charity shop by Joe Wicks. Needless to say, we now have 6! Ok many of the recipes are duplicated but if…
Home Cooking for everyone. 