Stir-Fried Prawns in an Aromatic Tomato Cream Sauce
200ml/71/4fl oz tinned coconut milk, well stirred, or single cream 560g/1lb 33/4oz medium-sized prawns, uncooked, peeled, deveined and washed then patted dry 2. Add the salt, sugar, garam masala, ground roasted cumin seeds, chilli powder, green ... [... more]
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Smoked haddock and potato hash
1. Heat the milk in a saucepan with the onion and bay leaf. Remove from the heat and allow to infuse for 15 minutes. Return to the heat. 2. When simmering, add the fish and cook for eight minutes. Remove the fish and set aside, then strain the ... [... more]
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Banana Muffins
1. Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Melt the butter and allow to cool. Mash the bananas well. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together in a large bowl, add caster sugar and stir through. 2. With a fork, beat together the ... [... more]
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Funky fish and chips
1. Heat a pan one third filled with vegetable oil, until a crumb will sizzle gently in it. (Caution: hot oil can be danergous. Do not leave unattended). 2. Wash and thoroughly dry the potato slices and deep-fry in the hot oil for 2-3 minutes, or ... [... more]
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Smoked Cheese and Apple Brioche with Cider Cream Sauce
Melt the butter and cook the onion until soft. Pour over the cider, bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes. In a separate pan, heat the cream and boil for 2 minutes. Mix 1 tbsp of the cider mixture into the cream then pour in the remainder and ... [... more]
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Sweet Indian Biscuits, Meethi Mathari
The word Mathari is pronounced as Math-ri or mat-thi. This is a sweet snack, a kind of deep fried pastry that is often made on special festivals like Karwa Chauth. Roll each ball out on a flat surface, to a circle of 5 cm. approximately, and 0.5 ... [... more]
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Biscuits, Indian
Nan Khaties are the crisp and well known traditional biscuits from Punjab region of India. You can buy ready-made ones, everywhere in Northern India but they are quite easy to make at home too, so give them a try. Add both flours and cardamoms ... [... more]
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Peanut Brittle
We used to make chikky/britle in our boarding school in Pilani, a zillion years ago! When we came from home for the term, we used to bring a supply of sugar, ghee and nuts (almonds, cashews and pistachios) with us, especially for the cold winter ... [... more]
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Curried Parsnip and Apple Soup
1. Heat a small frying pan and dry roast the coriander, cumin and cardamom seeds. This is to toast them and draw out their flavour. 2. After 2-3 minutes, they will change colour and start to jump in the pan. Remove them from the pan and crush ... [... more]
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Stilton tomatoes
3. Cook for 2-3 minutes, stir through the spinach until starting to wilt. 50g/13/4oz spinach leaves. 1. In a bowl, mix together the stilton and butter with a fork. 2. Melt butter in a frying pan and add the cherry tomatoes. 50g/;13/4oz ... [... more]
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Spinach and potato salad with roasted tomatoes
2. Place the tomatoes on a tray with the thyme and garlic. Drizzle oil place into the pre-heated oven and bake for five minutes. 3. In a large bowl mix the spinach with the potatoes, red onion, avocado and chopped parsley mix together. 4. To ... [... more]
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Smoked fillet of trout with sauté potatoes
2. For the potatoes, bring a medium pan of water to the boil and blanch the potatoes for a few minutes, to soften. Drain. 3. Heat the oil and butter in a non-stick frying pan and add the potatoes. Season and sauté for 5-6 minutes, turning ... [... more]
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Leek and Gammon Soup
2. Heat a little olive oil in the saucepan before adding the leeks. Sauté. 5. Pour in the stock. Bring the soup to the boil, then simmer. 6. When the rice has cooked (about 15 mins), add a little cream before serving. 2 baby courgettes, ... [... more]
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Pork chop cacciatore with rosemary potatoes
2. In a large casserole dish, fry the celery, carrots and onion in six tablespoons of olive oil for about one minute. 3. Add in the bay leaves, two sticks of rosemary and the pork chops and continue to fry for a further minute. 4. Now add the ... [... more]
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Peanut Sweet Balls or Laddoo
In India, laddoos come in many varieties. These particular ones are from Gujrat and have quite a unique flavour. Place peanuts in a tray and dry roast them in a warm oven, at 150º C or 300 Fº, for 2 hours. Moong Phali ke Laddoo Grind coarsely [... more]
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