serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • pork chops
  • vegetable oil
  • medium white onion peeled and roughly chopped
  • plum tomatoes halved
  • dried Kashmiri chillies leave the seeds in
  • garlic peeled
  • cumin powder
  • tamarind paste
  • Salt to taste
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • garlic
  • greek yoghurt
  • kashmiri chilli powder
  • coriander powder
  • turmeric powder
  • garam masala
  • Salt to taste
  • For frying the chicken;
  • vegetable oil
  • dried kashmiri red chillies
  • cumin seeds
  • 1/2” piece coarsely grated ginger
  • red chilli thinly sliced
  • Coriander for garnish
  • For the mint raita;
  • 200gms natural yoghurt
  • cumin seeds
  • black pepper
  • 40gms mint leaves
  • 10gms coriander leaves
  • garlic clove
  • salt to taste
serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • eggs
  • small onion finely chopped
  • green chilli finely chopped
  • fresh coriander chopped
  • turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • vegetable oil or butter
  • lemon juice
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • garlic
  • 1” ginger
  • coriander powder
  • make the curry;
  • vegetable oil
  • butter
  • 1” cinnamon stick broken in half
  • green cardamom pods
  • black peppercorns
  • medium white onions thinly sliced
  • green chillies slit lengthwise
  • turmeric powder
  • coriander powder
  • heaped tbsp tomato puree
  • Greek yoghurt
  • 400mls water
  • Salt to taste
  • nutmeg
  • Fresh coriander chopped for garnish
  • lemon juice
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • 200gms raw prawns shelled and deveined
  • turmeric powder
  • 240gms dry basmati rice
  • 530mls water
  • vegetable oil
  • asafoetida
  • 1" cinnamon stick halved
  • green cardamom pods
  • bay leaves
  • cumin seeds
  • medium white onion finely chopped
  • garlic cloves
  • 1" ginger peeled
  • medium tomato finely chopped
  • tomato puree
  • coriander powder
  • Salt to taste
  • sugar
  • curry leaves
  • Juice of half lemon
  • green chillies
  • Roughly chopped fresh coriander for garnish
  • Grated coconut for garnish
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • turmeric powder
  • salt
  • vegetable oil
  • mustard seeds
  • 120gm white onions finely chopped
  • curry leaves
  • garlic roughly chopped
  • 1” ginger roughly chopped
  • mild chilli powder
  • heaped tsp tamarind paste
  • 100mls water
  • Salt to taste
  • coriander for garnish
  • For the coconut spice mix;
  • cumin seeds
  • coriander seeds
  • fenugreek seeds
  • mild dried red chillies
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • 650gms white onions thinly sliced
  • vegetable oil
  • softened butter
  • 250gms basmati rice
  • 600mls water or vegetable stock
  • bay leaves
  • cumin seeds
  • black peppercorn
  • 1" cinnamon
  • garlic cloves roughly chopped
  • 11/2" ginger roughly chopped
  • green chillies
  • coriander seeds coarsely crushed
  • mild chilli powder
  • turmeric powder
  • garam masala powder
  • Greek yoghurt/ thick yoghurt whisked
  • 350gms potatoes cut into quarters
  • 350gms cauliflower cut to florets
  • Salt to taste
  • Fresh coriander for garnish
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • For the paste;
  • roasted peanuts
  • desiccated coconut
  • coriander seeds
  • cumin seeds
  • sesame seeds
  • For the Murgh Salan;
  • vegetable oil
  • mustard seeds
  • curry leaves
  • 130gms white onions thinly sliced
  • mild chilli powder
  • turmeric powder
  • 300mls water
  • tamarind paste
  • Salt to taste
  • coriander for garnish
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • king prawns deveined and shells off with tails left on
  • turmeric powder
  • salt
  • vegetable oil
  • 100gms white onion finely chopped
  • 70gms tomato
  • mls water
  • sugar
  • Salt to taste
  • tamarind paste
  • Coriander to garnish
  • for the paste;
  • heaped tsp cumin seeds
  • coriander seeds
  • 150gms grated coconut
  • garlic cloves
  • 1/2” ginger roughly chopped
  • mls water
serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • 300gms aubergine cut in cubes
  • vegetable oil or ghee
  • black mustard seeds
  • urad dal
  • channa dal
  • curry leaves
  • asafoetida
  • 110gms white onion finely chopped
  • green chillies finely chopped
  • 120gms tomatoes finely chopped
  • moong dal
  • turmeric powder
  • 500mls water
  • tamarind paste
  • Salt to taste