Rotis or chappatis are eaten as an alternative to rice around India, especially in the North of India. Not to be confused with paranthas or naan, these are cooked with whole wheat flour or atta (pictured) without any oil on a tawa or flat griddle pan.
The simplest version of a roti is called a phulka, [...]
For all this talk about drinking and dancing, some of my favourite evenings are the really quiet ones with good friends and great food.
Take yesterday, for example. My good Russian friend from our youthful university days has just splashed out on a film projector and surround sound audio system. Hubby picked me and another [...]
Cooking the special coconut sweets for Bengali New Year virtually sucked the life out me. Life is hard enough without having to stir milk for 40 minutes with a result that worsens hay fever.
What I needed to restore my faith in quick Indian cooking was a simple Indian recipe that hit the spot and took [...]
The Friday 13th dinner party went off without a hitch. I stayed sober throughout and the food got polished before I could say “have a second helping”. It was a great way to usher in the Bengali New Year. I really should have done some more of the good Bengali stuff.
But instead I ushered in [...]
It’s Friday the 13th. Call me superstitious, but I have already had a bust up at work, a tough client meeting and slipped on my trendy winklepickers and grazed my knee.
I now have a dinner party for 10 to look forward to, for which I have cooked an entirely Bengali meal of kosha mangsho, aloo [...]
Back to recipes after three Indian cooking lessons and I was a bit stuck for ideas. A bit of archive rekke to decide what to cook next revealed an abyssmal absence of fish dishes in my repertoire.
No suprise there considering I was virtually tortured with Bengali fish curry as a child.
See, I developed terrible eyesight [...]
It’s been a glorious four-day break for Easter. The sun shone bright, while I consumed enough chocolate to stuff a real bunny. And there was enough tree pollen in the air for me to wander around in a OTC drug-fuelled haze.
Amidst all this, I also found time to cook fish curry, chicken curry and dal. [...]
I almost didn’t notice it was Spring. The climate in my office swings from sweaty armpits to freezing my balls off.
Oh sorry, I don’t have any.
Tits off.
Oops not that neither.
Let’s just move on to cooking, shall we?
This is step two of the basic lessons. It’s all about powdered masalas. These are whole spices ground to [...]
Want to cook Indian food? Don't know where to start? Welcome aboard! Quick Indian Cooking gives busy people everywhere the tips, tricks and simple recipes they need to get cracking. Read More..
