Food memories are valuable memories to us all. If we all take a moment most of our fondest memories revolve around a gathering of friends / families to share an occasion. Food is not just food….it’s an experience. I love making this dish. I’ve only made it a few times but each time I’ve nailed…
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Tandoori whole fish 👍
I will never get bored of marinating. Simple way of taking food to another level with minimal effort. Just takes planning. The beauty of having a good marinade is that you hardly have to do much in the kitchen. The oven does the rest. Ingredients – 1 tbsp of garlic & ginger paste, 4 tbsp…
Authentic chicken handi – perfect Friday night escapism 👍
Terrible week at work. Everyone counting down to the weekend. Even on Thursday morning I was trying to plan a curry for Friday night which wouldn’t be to taxing, a way of shutting off, economical, be able to have a wee drink to leave work behind. Can’t say much more than that in the public…
Chinese chicken curry ‘fake away’ – the dish that started it all off !!
Love this dish. The dish the gave me the ‘eureka’ moment I needed to understand spices, flavours and how simple cooking can be. Everyone loves a curry from the local Chinese takeaway right??? If so, please feel free to have a go and you’ll realise how simple it really is. Full of flavour and you…
Fried Chicken Lollipops 👍
Simple, delicious, these chicken lollipops take chicken drumsticks to another level. Once again, the secret is all about the marinade. Doing this recipe does require a little patience due to knife skills. Firstly, trim up your drumsticks by cutting the tendon with sharp scissors then peel back the skin then tidy up the meat. To…
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….
My spice advice 👌
Never be afraid of spices. As long as they are kept in airtight containers they will last a couple of years. If you buy right then it’s not expensive. The bigger the supermarket the better selection. The supermarkets are becoming more multicultural so it’s now even easier to pick up your needs! My choice is…
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…
Keralan prawn curry 👌
Healthy and simple dish taken from Dan Toombs The Curry Guy Light cook book was our choice of fish dish for Good Friday and it proved to be a delightful choice. Took hardly any cooking with simple everyday ingredients which enabled me to sit back and relax whilst the flavours / ingredients did their magic….
Duck Haas Patha Kobi 👌
At first whilst cooking this I was a little dismissive. As I was trying the flavours I was like ‘nah this isn’t going to work’ as the sadness came through and the reality of spending £8.95 on two duck breast about to be ruined hit home…….I was stood in the kitchen on a Saturday night…
Home Cooking for everyone. 