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Goan fish curry
This recipe for Goan fish curry has to be one of the quickest and most delicious curries I have ever made. It has a hot, deep spicy flavour and can be ready within half an hour.
Moroccan vegetable tagine
My recipe for Moroccan lamb tagine has proven to be pretty popular, but it wasn’t suitable for vegetarians. In a quest to get an extra intake of vegetables and spice to keep a cold away I’ve built on it and created a vegetable version.
This recipe has chickpeas and potatoes instead of meat and turned out [...]
Chicken and noodle soup
This recipe for Chicken and noodle soup is strongly influenced by my love of Japanese, Chinese and Thai cookery. It contains some strong individual flavours like ginger, lemongrass, garlic and chilli. Combined them with the honey and sherry though and you’ve got a delicious and light soup.
It’ll warm you through and leave you feeling cleansed and satisfied. Just what’s needed to lift the Winter blues and start the year in the best way possible.
Pork wonton soup
This is turning out to be one of my all time favourite soups. It has an amazingly fresh flavour and smell and leaves you feeling good. I put this down to the ingredients and their positive effects – honey, ginger, lemon, garlic and I suppose you could count sherry too, right? It’s just like a natural cold remedy.
The recipe includes making your own wonton wrappers, filling and the soup.
Tom Yam Goong
I’ve made Tom Yam Goong for you, a Thai classic, which translates as hot and sour prawn soup.
I got the recipe from renowned Thai chef and cookery school owner, Somphon Nabnian, many years ago when I had the privilege of attending his cooking classes in Chiang Mai in Thailand. By the way, I’ve given the recipe in its original form, but even I baulked at 20 chillies and I love spicy Thai food. Just go easy on them and remember it’s a lot easier to add something than it is to take it away.
Chicken Pasanda
For my last recipe celebrating National Curry Week, and also to use up a little more of the Total Greek Yoghurt I’ve been sent, I’m treating you to a Chicken Pasanda. This is the curry that I always used to order when eating out at a restaurant. I just love the creaminess and nutty flavour of the sauce – the Total yoghurt is thick, tasty and full fat, so ideal for this.
There are a lot of ingredients and the method is long, but as they say no pain no gain! Give it a go, I think you’ll like it!
Spicy chilli and butternut squash risotto
A lovely comfort food and a different way to serve a butternut squash that’s normally blitzed in a soup or roasted.
Spiced salmon fishcakes
If you’ve ever made a meal, like bangers n mash, and been left with a load of mashed potato, here’s an idea for what you can do with it! It’s a simple Spiced Salmon Fishcakes recipe with ginger, spice and herbs that compliment the fish and pack in the flavour. It’s also very quick to make
Potato & Pea Curry
As Curry Week approaches, I thought I’d put up a recipe that a friend gave me. I really love this curry and the great thing about it is you can eat it as a vegetarian choice or add meat to it if you want. We’ve added chicken and bacon and it still tastes great!
Sri Lankan Chicken Curry
This recipe is inspired by a holiday to Sri Lanka a few years ago. It’s simple and delicious and goes very well with my recipe for Brinjal. If only I had a king coconut to go with it!
