Chicken Kofte are the healthy alternative to Lamb Kofte. Since moving to Cyprus, I have found chicken mince is a lot easier to source than it is in the UK. You can of course, buy chicken fillets and then mince them yourself using the mincing gadget on a food processor Read more…
This is one of my favourite chicken recipes, the flavours from it are just outstanding. Two teaspoons of the Achari Masala is all it takes to work the ingredients in the pan into a bittersweet broth (find the recipe for the masala in the top of the Spice Box in Read more…
Indian cheese cooked in a thick spicy spinach sauce Palak Paneer is a lovely combination of velvety spiced spinach cooked with delicious cubes of paneer. Many people choose to fry the paneer before adding it to the spinach – however I prefer to toss it in with the spinach as Read more…
Achari Masala is my favourite masala and I try to make sure I never run out of it. Although whenever I make it I have to send half of it to my son in law in the Highlands, he is also a big fan of it. Achaar is the Punjabi Read more…
Today on the birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji I would like to share my recipe for Langar Wali Dal. The practice of langar was started by Guru Nanak in the 15th century to try to eliminate the caste system, where people of any religion, caste, colour, age or gender Read more…
No-bake cheesecake, subtly flavoured with saffron, cardamom and pistachio I was recently gifted the most beautifully aromatic Persian Saffron by the Ruby Saffron company. Saffron, known as Kesar in Punjabi, is such a versatile spice, it can be used in sweet and savoury dishes. My favorite use of it is Read more…
Rice cooked with cumin & onions Jeera Rice is cooked at least twice a week in my home as five out of seven of our evening meals are usually Indian food, so if it’s not a roti meal then it’s a rice meal. Many people struggle with cooking rice – Read more…
Minced lamb and peas cooked in spices Keema Mattar is such a beautiful dish – the combination of the spicy lamb mince and the sweetness of the peas when they pop in your mouth is so good. If you keep the dish with a slight sauce it’s even better as Read more…
Crispy gluten free vegetarian fritters A Pakora is the snack you are most likely to be offered when you turn up at a Punjabi family home unannounced. So easy to throw together, I remember my Mum would have trays of them ready for us if I called her from the Read more…
Lamb cooked in a beautiful ginger & tomato sauce This particular lamb dish has a Kashmiri origin. It can be made with lamb or goat and is actually a signature dish there, although it was originally brought to Kashmir by the Mughals, which also gives it a Persian influence. In my Read more…