We had Turkey Crown roast at the weekend and as usual we have leftovers…deliberately! Thats to indulge in turkey pakoras or a curry! There’s nothing quite like using up leftover roast meats and in this case I used the roast turkey that we had at the weekend for lunch. There is nothing to say that…
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Babaganoush
Baba ghanoush, also spelled baba ganoush or baba ghanouj, is a Levantine appetizer consisting of mashed cooked eggplant, olive oil, lemon juice, various seasonings, and sometimes tahini. The eggplant is traditionally baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste. It is a typical…
Cilbir…Turkish Eggs
There are those mornings you fancy something quick but you want flavour and taste explosion to wake you up…This is it…Cilbir, pronounced Chil-bir, an amazing Turkish dish that will wake you up!Well it does me! It reminds me of our traditional Indian chaats that embodies yogurt and fresh herbs with a temper of spices. How…
Crispy Spicy Battered Roast Turkey Strips
Crispy spicy battered roast turkey! It’s that time of the year! Leftover roast Turkey. That’s never a problem in our household. It’s made into a curry, used in biryani and always hot battered strips or pakoras! The crispy battered roast turkey is quick, less labour intensive like pakoras and great to go with drinks! INGREDIENTS:…
Lets Talk About The Essential Basic Curry Starter Spices.
Where do you start? Lets talk about the essential basic starter spices! For every beginner its a minefield trying to decide what spices to start with. What you should buy? what are the main essential basic spices? I recently did a quick essential pack for a friend. I knew that with the selected spices any…
Ghost Mutton Bhut Mangsho
Bhut Mangsho or Ghost Mutton is as it says…ghostly hot! So where does the Ghost come in? That comes from the addition of hot peppers called Ghost peppers. but the amount is a personal preference. In the early years I mainly used Ghost peppers, Bhut Jolokia the previous title holder for hottest pepper!Bhut in Bengali…
Jhal Bhaja Chicken Spicy Dry Fry Chicken
Jhal bhaja chicken is as the name infers!A hot, spicy dry fried chicken. I love using coarse chopped chicken from my Asian butchers although I used to do it by hand with a cleaver before it became readily available. I love the chicken like this as it cooks so quick! It’s a great way to…
Celeriac And Moong Dal Niramish
Celeriac and moong dal niramish!Not everybody likes celery, particularly if it’s raw. If you don’t like celery, you most likely won’t like celeriac either! Well I certainly don’t fit in that camp! Celeriac is one of those vegetables that is the mother of celery as I call it! I love the smell, the flavour and…
Caravan Cabbage and potatoes
Here’s another simple vegetarian dish, my simple cabbage with potatoes I rustled up during our recent caravan break. I was pretty chuffed with the outcome given the speed at which I cooked this. The cooking method is very much in tradition with our Bengali style of cooking vegetables. There is no faffy onion masala to…
Kale And Mooli Sabji
Here’s a splendid dish, kale and mooli sabji. Sabji simply means vegetable dish. Going away for couple days means sorting and clearing out the fridge. My girls wouldn’t know what to do with some of the traditional vegetables. I found a mooli and bag of kale which I thought yes a sabji will work for…