September 30, 2006 – 1:32 am
Could it be true? Have some evil trolls stollen a march on me by stealing the only good idea I have ever had in my life? Hubby alerted me to a website dangerously named easyindiancooking.com.
Not so fast, honeys
On closer inspection, easyindiancooking.com was not the same curry proposition. It offers South Indian recipes. I embrace all [...]
September 29, 2006 – 1:54 am
I sense it’s time to draw the shutters on the Indian cooking lessons and trawl through the web for bloginspiration. My current favourite, added to the quickindiancooking honorary blogroll yesterday, is noodlepie.com - a blog about the trials, tribulations and trials of Vietnamese street food (and a lot else besides). This guy is funny on [...]
September 28, 2006 – 5:18 am
It’s been a few days since my last recipe. We’ve covered lentils and chicken so it’s only right that I round it off with the first vegetarian recipe. This dish is so simple even my hubby cook it, and he has strictly limited culinary skills
Here’s my recipe for Dahi Baingan or Yoghurt with Aubergine; it [...]
September 27, 2006 – 8:39 am
On the way to Vienna last night, I read a cover story on Vicky Bhogal, tipped to be the new British-Asian-Delia-Smith-Nigella-Lawson-whatever.
This girl in incredible. She’s 26, written three books with two TV series in the pipeline. Total over-achiever. Jealous, ich? Nein!
Anyway, she’s written this book called Cooking With Mummyji, which sounds delightful. Especially when I [...]
September 26, 2006 – 1:17 am
Sorry for the slightly cheesy title, but cooking oils are an important part of Indian cooking.
Many people who love Indian food don’t cook it at home because they think it’s fatty. It doesn’t have to be. But you can’t really cook Indian food without oil. This is because most recipes need you to start with [...]
September 25, 2006 – 1:18 am
Normally, I would cook Indian on Sunday evening for dinner, freezing the leftovers for a rainy day. But Sunday night was a write off.
Seven of us ladies met in Soho for a friend’s hen night. It seemed like a good idea to do shots with her before Mr Gay Latin America UK turned up to [...]
September 24, 2006 – 1:51 am
Over lunch, I asked my Tory A-list, working-mother colleague if she cooked Indian food. She told me about her favourite recipe. It involved lashings of every imaginable masala combined with pineapple and yoghurt. I had a vision of my dead grandmother churning in her grave.
My colleague isn’t alone. I come across many people who have [...]
September 23, 2006 – 12:30 pm
My first lesson is on changing your views about cooking Indian food.
While the love affair with Indian food grows stronger every day, there is still a real resistance to cooking it at home. People seem to think it’s time-consuming, complicated, unhealthy and unnecessary, especially when the Spice Tandoori House does such a great takeaway.
None of [...]
September 23, 2006 – 3:44 am
I’ve been running my own buzz campaign about quickindiancooking.com. So imagine my suprise when I got interrupted at the pub mid-way though a passionate, high-level discussion about chicken curry with the question “what’s the best way to cook rice”.
There is only one way dear people: use a rice cooker. Life’s too short to watch water [...]
September 23, 2006 – 3:43 am
Masalas or spices are at the heart of Indian cooking. There are literally hundreds but as shelf space is a precious commodity, I’ll introduce you to a few basic masalas and herbs used frequently in my recipes.
The trick with masalas is in the way they are used. There are recipes that use the same spices, [...]
