Dishoom’s famous House Black Daal (also known as Dal Makhani) is slow-cooked whole black urid lentils with tomato, butter, garlic, ginger and cream. This recipe replicates the restaurant version at home using a slow cooker: soak overnight, microwave for 25 minutes, then slow cook for 5-9 hours. The result is the same deeply rich, buttery…
The purpose of this recipe is to make a simple, healthy dal dish with the least possible effort involved. No oil, no ghee just a simple tasty dish that would happily grace the table of any Indian family. As with all dal recipes the longer and slower you cook them the better the end result….
When it comes to Indian food you’re usually either a rice or a bread person, personally bread wins every time for me. The paratha I’ve had in India or restaurants here in the UK tend to be delicious but incredibly unhealthy. More often than not they’re brushed with Ghee (clarified Butter) which in my opinion…
Egg curry (or Anda Masala as it is known in India) is one of those dishes that sounds a little bit wrong to a western palette but is in fact a great dish. Quick to prepare, cheap and incredibly healthy, what’s not to like? This dish is based on a North Indian recipe a friend showed…
Dal Makhani is a classic dish that originates from Northern India. It is a national treasure that until now I have found very hard to and replicate at home. After a few failed attempts using a regular pan and even a pressure cooker making this dal in a slow cooker is the only way I…
Rasam is one of South India’s most beloved dishes. A thin, intensely flavoured broth that manages to be simultaneously sour, spicy, earthy and deeply comforting. If dal makhani is North India’s great comfort food, rasam is the South’s equivalent, found on family tables from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka every single day. The flavour profile is…
Rajma Masala is a red kidney bean curry dish popular throughout the north of India, particularly in the Punjab. This simple dish can be served either as a vegetarian main or a side dish. As with all Punjabi dishes some versions of this recipe call for dangerous levels of cream to be added! In this…
Tandoori chicken is without a doubt one of my favourite indian dishes. When I find myself in an Indian restaurant for the first time I always find it hard not to order the tandoori chicken as a starter. Tender moist chicken, slightly charred in places and far from dry delicately spiced with a blend of…
When it comes to kebabs these lamb koftas really do take some beating. They’re simple to make and can be cooked equally well in a tandoor, on a bbq or on a griddle plan in the kitchen. There are literally thousands of variations on this recipe out there inspired by various countries accross europe and…