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Adil’s Butter Chicken
This is a great curry recipe for Butter Chicken has been provided by family friend and chef extraordinaire, Adil Karimbux. It’s been adapted from long running family traditions for everyone to enjoy!
Mussels in a white wine sauce
A quick and easy recipe for Moules Marinieres, a classic French dish. Includes tips on choosing and cleaning your mussels!
Velvet Chicken Pie
Velvet Chicken Pie has an unctuous sauce and velvety chicken. Perfect for a cozy night in on a cold February evening.
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.
Lentil & basil savoury pate
Lentil & basil savoury pate is made from brown lentils and despite it looking somewhat bland, it screams with flavour. I wanted to share this to dispel that myth of lentils being boring veggie food for ageing hippies.
It is easy to make and full of protein and fibre. Absolutely fab on homemade crusty bread or as a sandwich filler.
Sweet Chilli Chicken
Sweet chilli chicken is perfect for any novices out there, who like me want to make an exquisite tasting meal that is really easy to prepare. It can be cooked and on your table in 20 minutes, so not a lot of preperation needed!
Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a lush succulent dish that can be enjoyed hot or cold and merits a crusty baguette to mop up the juices.
You can use this recipe as a guide, as it’s easy to create your own versions depending on what vegetables you have to hand.
Tomato soup
This is a really quick recipe for tomato soup that you can make and serve within half an hour. It’s a beautiful colour, tastes great and is healthy! There’s no need to make this more complicated than it has to be…
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 [...]
Lamb kebabs with minted yoghurt dip
Here’s a great recipe which is a feast for the eyes as well as your belly. The lamb is marinaded in rosemary and garlic and left overnight to soak up the flavour – this is a must.
The vegetables all sweeten up nicely when you cook them on the grill, or I suppose you could even cook this on the barbie when it’s nice and sunny!
