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Kid Goat Tikka with Pistachio Sauce and Coriander Chutney
Have you tried goat? It’s one of the world’s most popular meats but it is relatively rare in the UK. I had to ask my butcher to get hold of some specially for this recipe – a delicious take on lamb...
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Sara’s Vietnamese Pork Curry
The great thing about having friends who love to cook is that we not only share recipes, but we also share leftovers! This fantastic flavoursome sauce was given to me by my friend Sara. All I had to...
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Nitsa’s Thai Lamb Yellow Curry
I’ve given up making Thai curry pastes from scratch because my friend Nitsa creates her own and they simply can’t be surpassed. She works full-time at Marks and Spencer but in the evenings she relaxes...
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Game on! Tandoori Grouse and Venison Curry (National Curry Week, October 13-19)
Game on! Yes, a play on words. That’s the kind of shed this is. We toy with the language, we play with the nuance. We are a shed for all tongues. Deer me! Don’t grouse! Yes, another example of a...
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Suckling Pig Vindaloo
I recently had the most astonishing Suckling Pig Vindaloo at a restaurant called Gymkhana in London’s West End. It was nothing like the mouth-singeing vindaloos of my youth: this had heat, but an...
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Indian Restaurant-Style Butter Chicken
Saturday Kitchen. One of life’s great joys, one of existence’s simple pleasures, one of the reasons I don’t take my kids to the park on Saturday mornings, and thus one of the reasons why I feel like a...
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Indian Restaurant-Style Chicken Dhansak with Pineapple
Pineapple in a curry? Are you mad? That was the reaction of my wife when I told her what was on the menu in midweek. Yep, guilty as charged. Trust me, love. I’m a housedad! This amazing chicken...
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Indian Restaurant-Style King Prawn Bhuna
This amazing tasty King Prawn Bhuna is inspired by The Curry Guy, using his magnificently authentic British Indian-style curry sauce as a base. What you get is a sweet and sour dish with a tangy kick...
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Indian Restaurant-Style Methi Chicken (or Chicken with Fenugreek)
This is a very quick, authentic-tasting after-work curry , inspired by The Curry Guy – BUT you do need to make up a batch of the great man’s British Indian Restaurant-Style sauce base to make it work....
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The Curry Guy’s Super-Authentic Indian Restaurant Curry Sauce Base
How many of us have come home from our favourite Indian restaurant and thought: “I wish I could cook, a curry like that?’ I’ve done it many times – and many times I’ve tried to re-create that truly...
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Review: ‘Hello Fresh’ Sri Lankan Mahi Mahi Coconut Curry
Ever since I became a reluctant housedad three years ago, I have done all of the cooking in our family. My wife works long hours, so the last thing she needs to worry about is preparing meals when she...
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Atul Kochhar’s Pigeon Breasts Stir-Fried with Chillies and Garlic
I’ve signed up to Alternative Meats’ ‘Gourmet Surprise Box’ which, for £25 per month, supplies me with a box of meaty goodies to inspire my cooking. The latest box contained a wild rabbit, pigeon...
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Jamie Oliver-inspired Leftover Lamb Biryani
My food shopping bills have gone through the roof lately, as I’m sure yours have, too. So I’m on a mission to save a few quid by making meals stretch further. To this end, a friend lent me Jamie...
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Lamb Shank Vindaloo
This lamb shank vindaloo recipe is adapted from Simon Cave’s magnificent Manly Food cookbook. If your fella’s a foodie, then I urge you to have a look at it. Could be just what you’re looking for as a...
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Atul Kochhar’s Jeera Chicken
The flavours in this curry are wonderful and smoky, with a background heat that isn’t overpowering. It was developed by the Indian community in Kenya and has been brought to us by the genius of Atul...
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Atul Kochhar’s Sumatran Lamb Kurma
I’ve adapted this recipe from Atul Kochhar’s wonderful ‘Curries Of The World’ book. His introductory note to this very mild, but tasty, Sumatran Lamb Kurma, goes: ‘The korma, or kurma, is thought to...
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Slow-Cooked Chicken Do-Piaza
Do- Piaza translates as ‘two onions’ because that’s the number of times they appear in the cooking process. The first stage involves making a puree from onions, garlic and ginger. The final stage is...
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Review: Food Glorious Food winner’s Fragrant White Chicken Korma
The last time I had a ready-meal was a couple of years ago. A curry, I seem to remember. With a couple of bits of dried chicken, floating like islets in an ocean of vinegary sauce. Horrific. So when...
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Red Thai Curry Chicken Pie
This Red Thai Curry Chicken Pie is a wonderful recipe for using up leftover chicken. And it really couldn’t be simpler. All you need is a couple if tablespoons of Thai red curry paste, a can of...
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Thai Lamb Yellow Curry
When my kids are old enough to do the grocery shopping, I want them to know that meat comes from animals, not from plastic-and-polystyrene packaging. I want them to know that an animal died for their...
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