Category: Recipes
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British Indian Restaurant Curry – III: Basic Curry Sauce
Having already made the onion paste and the spice mix (which you’ll need for the final step in the process), now we go on to make a basic curry sauce. This is a three-part process in itself: 1. Onions 2. Tomatoes 3. Combine the two Onions 4 large red onions, coarsely chopped 60g/2 oz unpeeled…
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British Indian Restaurant Curry – II: Prerequisites
If you’ve read the introduction to this series of postings about how to make a British Indian restaurant curry at home, you’ll have seen that there are a couple of basic things to make before you get started on making the curry itself. Onion Paste 2 large white onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 3…
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British Indian Restaurant Curry – I: Introduction
The typical British Indian restaurant curry is a strange creature which you very rarely find outside the UK. And it’s always seemed to be a bit of a Holy Grail to find out just how exactly to recreate it at home. Well, here goes. But be warned, this is not for the faint-hearted. It takes…
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Easy Avocado Starter
This is probably the easiest starter dish you could ever make, yet people enjoy it and it’s tasty. Split an avocado in half. Drizzle with vinaigrette. Top with Parmesan shavings. What could be simpler?
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Strawberry & white chocolate cheesecake
Here’s a quick and easy no-cook recipe for strawberry and white chocolate cheesecake. It’s one for those who don’t follow recipes, because it’s so easy you don’t need a recipe! (For those who like recipes, don’t worry – there’s a proper recipe here too.) Ingredients Biscuit base: Half a packet of digestive biscuits, crushed A…
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Traditional Puddings – Strawberry Cheesecake
Whilst shopping in Kuala Lumpur recently, as usual, I found myself browsing the cookbook section of a large bookshop. The cover photo of Traditional Puddings attracted me immediately – and I don’t even like sweet things very much! A quick flick through the book revealed lots of other promising goodies, such as Mississippi mud pie,…