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Dehli-Style Lamb with Potatoes
Another day, another dinner. With nothing planned, I stared at the cookery books hoping for inspiration. I had a slight craving for Thai food but all the recipes that appealed required ingredients that we didn’t have and I didn’t fancy trekking across town in the snow to track them down. Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cooking’ has […]
Read More..>>Lemon Chicken with Coriander
Talking about cooking last night’s fish dish with Indian spices led me to Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cooking’ when looking for something to cook tonight. This dish seemed reasonably light (we’re trying not to over-indulge too much during the week as we have a lot of food-heavy weekends coming up) and quick, making it a good […]
Read More..>>Indonesian Chicken Curry
I got this recipe from a friend who described it as “similar in sweetness to a tikka masala but with Thai style spices”. I know nothing about Indonesian cuisine and have never cooked or eaten it before but was intrigued by the description and have been planning to cook it for the last couple of […]
Read More..>>Oaxacan Black Bean Soup
Another recipe from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen and one that was always going to be a challenge to photograph well given the ingredient list. This was really simple, almost unbelievably so given the amount of flavour in the final dish, and was just a case of putting all the ingredients into a pot and leaving […]
Read More..>>Indian Cooking – Rogan Josh, Chana Dal, Spiced Cauliflower and Naan Bread
We recently bought Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery as we felt that we needed a decent Indian cookbook and reference rather than just searching for recipes online if we fancied cooking Indian dishes. The book has turned out to be just what we were after, with a section on the various spices and other ingredients that […]
Read More..>>Lancashire Hot Pot
We used to watch Coronation Street when I was growing up. If you watched it too then I’m sure you’ll remember Betty’s hotpot, the only dish they ever seemed to serve in the Rover’s Return. It was always very grey looking and not at all appetising which might have something to do with why I’ve […]
Read More..>>Bombay-Style Chicken with Red Lentils
We had a roast chicken for lunch yesterday and even though we have large appetites, we never manage a whole chicken so there are always leftovers to contend with. We’ve had some success using cooked chicken in the past so looked to Madhur Jaffrey for inspiration. The recipe we found called for uncooked chicken but […]
Read More..>>Four Bean Chilli
I won’t go into too much detail about this as we’ve cooked it several times before, albeit with varying varieties of bean (it’s a great way of using up small amounts of beans that are hanging around in the cupboard, just make sure they are of a similar size). What I did do differently this […]
Read More..>>Mexican Prawns with Tomato Salsa and Avocado
This recipe comes from our new Mexican book, Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen. We haven’t read through it in a lot of detail just yet but this recipe caught Stephen’s eye so we decided to cook it tonight. It’s straightforward but the beans we opted to serve with it require a little more attention which I […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Cabbage and Bacon
Another attempt to use up the cabbage mountain cobbled together from various recipes and suggestions I found online. It was very simple and tasted good but could have used a lot more cabbage. Not really a recipe but fry off the bacon until the fat has rendered and transfer to a plate. Drain some of […]
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