Lamb & Pea Curry

This is one of the easiest curries you’re likely to make. There’s no fussing about adding things at certain times, there’s no blending, grinding, frying. All you are required to do is put everything in a pan and cook it for 1 1/2 hours. Nobody could mess it up. I challenge you. Oh, and incidentally [...]

Goan Chicken Vindaloo

This really is a fabulous curry. Vindaloo is a dish influenced by generations of Portuguese rule in India. With the addition of vinegar at the end, it makes for a unique sour note to counteract the heavily spiced flavour. It bursts with flavour and spice, but if heat isn’t your thing it’s easy to tone [...]

Fish with Spicy Lentil Dal

Who can fail to like dal!? It’s one of those simple foods that just keeps on giving. It’s perfect as a sauce, like in this dish with flaky white fish fillets. A lovely earthy spicy finish to the succulent fish. Very refreshing and pretty healthy too! RECIPE:

Indian Crisp Breads with Nigella Seeds

Now, I’ll confess these were not intended to be how they turned out. I had intended to make pooris, which are delicious deep fried Indian breads which puff out into amazing little balloons when dropped into oil. Now I’ve made them before and they worked a treat, but for whatever reason, tonight they were not [...]

Chettinad Pakoda Curry

This is a bit of an epic. It’s a vegetarian dumpling (pakoda) curry from the South Indian region of Chettinad. I must say, there’s a mountain of grinding, blending and general faffery going on with this dish, but bear in mind it’s something you’re unlikely to see in most Indian restaurants so it’s worth the [...]

Beetroot Raita

This is a great way to cool the mouth down alongside spicy Indian curries. Beetroot works perfectly with the yoghurt too and as always imparts some of it’s colour… all over my hands and all over my chopping board. RECIPE:

Sri Lankan Lamb Curry

Another night, another curry. I fully intended on making a wholesome salad tonight. I asked the other half what he felt like and he announced “Asian and spicy”. Not taking much persuasion I chose this curry recipe. I adapted the original quite a bit as I felt it wasn’t going to have any heat. The [...]

Brinjal Kootu (Spicy Eggplant)

This is another chettinad dish. A vegetarian offering too. Typically of Chettinad food, it’s spicy. I actually calmed this one down by adding considerably less spice than was asked. It’s still spicy, so god only knows how hot it would have been. I served this with the delicious Chettinad Chicken, another delicious dish from the [...]

Chettinad Chicken

I’ve been making some delicious curries lately. This is one of the tastiest so far. Chettinad, in the south of India offers up flavours amongst the spiciest and most aromatic in the country. This dish is both rich in flavour but also spice. A hot, delicious curry which leaves the mouth tingling for minutes after [...]

Bengali Coconut Chicken Curry

It’s always the same when I get back from a trip to the UK. All I want to do is eat spicy curries and exotic food. The opposite of what I’d gorged myself on while I was there. Don’t get me wrong, the UK has some of the best Indian restaurants outside of India but [...]