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Jul 11
Busy, busy, busy, - doing nothing?
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings." Jane Austen It's been just over a week since I wrote a post. I have been busy,...
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Jun 14
Last of the butter chicken experiment
Last night was my fifth go at a different recipe for Chicken butter cream - sometimes described as Butter chicken. Above are my version...
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May 6
Chicken butter cream - the real deal?
"Who invented the butter chicken? None of them did. It's like asking: Who discovered fire? Butter chicken was probably made at several...
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Apr 2
Nik Sharma - a new Ottolenghi?
"The goal with recipe writing – and I think this rings true for anyone who works in the food world – is to drive people to try new...
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Mar 23
Variations on a theme - Madhur Jaffrey's butter chicken
"Can someone please explain to me how in the world Madhur Jaffrey doesn't have an online recipe for Butter Chicken, the single most...
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Mar 8
Butter chicken cheats
Spurred on by that article about Cooking as a game I have decided that this month I shall look at Chicken butter cream, or Butter chicken...
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Jan 10
Questions arising - a cookbook present
"Emma Freud: Because you aren’t surrounded by an Indian community in the UK, has your cooking become more anglicised? Chetna Makan:...
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Nov 28, 2023
From murgh ka soola to chicken tikka
"There are many variations of this particular dish. The one here happens to be the simplest. I have adapted it so the cooking can be...
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Sep 4, 2023
India and potatoes
"Potatoes seem to have become the roots of Indian cuisine, but India's relationship with potatoes is a little over 300 years." Armaan...
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Aug 19, 2023
Chapatis - first recipe, first food
"as with all bread-making, this is not the time for guesswork" Bob Granleese/The Guardian I have to say that as I read about chapatis,...
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Aug 4, 2023
Cheating with tandoori chicken
"To be truly authentic it should, of course, be cooked in an earthen oven called a tandoor" Charmaine Solomon I chose those particular...
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Jul 22, 2023
Biryani extremes
"Essentially, it’s your favourite chicken curry (or vegetable or other protein of choice) buried under a mound of delicately spiced...
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May 11, 2023
Green herbs, chicken and Madhur Jaffrey
"It is divine: rich, sophisticated, flavourful, ultra-curry but with a delicate complexity unknown to most who have not tried real...
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May 5, 2023
A book and a cook
"I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wondered what an Indian salad could look and taste like." Meera Sodha I've been flicking through...
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Apr 3, 2023
Cooking for your man
"To Reuben who married me before I learned to cook." Chairman Solomon I have recently set myself another goal - to cook something, every...
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Jan 26, 2023
French/Indian - did it happen?
"even while the European powers ruled, none of them had any effect on the basic diet of the local people. Rice, mainly 'boiled' rice ,...
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Jan 2, 2023
First recipe, first book
"The only way to eat superb Indian food, with a guarantee of variety, quality and freshness of ingredients, is to learn to cook it for...
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Aug 22, 2022
Samosas and/or bhajias for Zoe
"What you are tasting is the story of India itself - the product of the fluid forces of the great migrations and interactions that shaped...
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Jul 6, 2022
Why Madhur Jaffrey is the queen of Indian cooking
"Madhur Jaffrey, who was a brit TV cook before it became trendy to be one, presents curries from the entire spectrum. There are some...
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Jun 14, 2022
Vindaloo - sweet and sour, not hot
"A Goan vindaloo is not the mind-blowingly spicy curry as it has come to be known in the UK, but a rich, hot, slightly sweet and sour...
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