It wasn’t barbecue weather over the weekend, but I fancied the salmon skewers so adapted the recipe and pan fried the fish and served it with rice and steamed veg. As you can see form the picture this also works, it tastes awesome. Ingredients: Method: Mix the honey, mustard, lemon and thyme and brush theContinue reading “Pan-fried Salmon with honey mustard glaze”
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Salmon skewers
We had this recently at a bbq at our friends, the dish is simplicity itself but packs great flavours. Ingredients Method: Arrange the salmon and sugar snap peas on skewers. Mix all the other ingredients to make a marinade. Brush on top of the salmon and sugar snap peas. BBQ it for a few minsContinue reading “Salmon skewers”
Paneer tikka skewers
We had a bbq at ours yesterday and this one was a great hit, pics to follow as in all the activity yesterday I forgot about it! This will feed about 10 people so please feel free adjust the quantities depending on how many you are entertaining. The dish allows for scaling up and down.Continue reading “Paneer tikka skewers”
Spicy Madras-spiced meatballs
Straight off I’d like to acknowledge that this is Jamie Oliver’s recipe https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/lamb-recipes/giant-madras-spiced-meatballs/ … the husband and I chanced upon Jamie Oliver’s cookery show on Channel 4 whilst channel surfing. I have changed quantity of lamb and lentils but everything else is the same. My sister-in-law and her husband are staying with us over theContinue reading “Spicy Madras-spiced meatballs”
Vegetarian Kedgree
I saw a recipe for Mackrel kedgree in a cook book about pub grub I was gifted at Christmas. While it looked very appetizing I decided to try making it without the fish and the results are truly outstanding. It takes about 30 minutes to make and features regularly as a mid-week meal! Ingredients: 1Continue reading “Vegetarian Kedgree”
Tomato Rice
Simple recipe, ready in less than 30 minutes. Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice 200 gms tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes) 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1 dry red chilly Handful of curry leaves 1/2 tsp chilly powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp sugar Salt to taste 1 tbsp ghee ( orContinue reading “Tomato Rice”
Sambhar
Sambhar is an south Indian lentil and vegetable stew, that is served with rice for lunch/ dinner or with Idli/ dosas at breakfast. I have tasted several different version of sambhar over the years ranging from sublime to utterly dismal. This version that I cook now a days is the result of trial and errorContinue reading “Sambhar”
Easy Naan Bread
This is super easy and makes 5 soft and fluffy naan breads! Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour 3 heaped tbsp greek yoghurt 2 tsp baking powder Nigella seeds Ghee Salt Method: Combine, salt, baking powder and flour in a bowl. Add yoghurt and mix to form a sticky dough. If the dough is tooContinue reading “Easy Naan Bread”
Mushroom and Peas Pulav
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice 1 packet sliced mushrooms 1/2 cup frozen peas Whole spices – 4 cardamoms, 6 pepper corns, 4 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 2 bay leaves 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp chilly powder 1 tsp garam masala powder Salt to taste 1 1/2 cups water (boilingContinue reading “Mushroom and Peas Pulav”
Butter Garlic Crab with a twist
I used frozen blue crabs that I sourced from my local Sri Lankan store. This shop stocks all the veg and spices that I would normally find in a local shop back home in Mumbai. It is an absolute gem of a shop and for the first time I bought the crabs -I’m a littleContinue reading “Butter Garlic Crab with a twist”
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