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Coronation Chicken – “The Ultimate Curry”!
Heston Blumenthal has a reputation for creating the weird and wonderful when it comes to cooking. He therefore, possibly wasn’t the obvious choice in rustling up a traditional Jubilee picnic in the gardens of Buckingham Palace at the weekend.
Read MoreParippu Vada (lentil fritters)
This is a simple South Indian style recipe by one of our Guest Chefs, Sheba Promod.
Parippu vada is a savoury snack, which can be enjoyed at any time of the day and goes really well with a hot cuppa! These lentil fritters are crunchy, mildly spicy and somewhat meaty in their texture. This quick and easy recipe is made from a combination of sweet and spicy flavours.
Read MoreCurried Goat for the Jamaican Olympic team
Jamaican athletes will have some of their finest native cuisine flown 5,000 miles to the UK, including curried goat and yam.
Read MoreCurry Ice Cream to celebrate the Jubilee
In Celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a Soho gelateria is offering something even stranger than any of Heston Blumenthal’s creations, coronation chicken ice cream. It’s not something that temps me at all, but creator of this frozen concoction, Chef Jacob Kenedy said he devised the unusual flavour of ice-cream as a ‘light-hearted’ celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. I…
Read MoreEat Curry to lose weight?
If another day of reaching for the salad leaves you feeling glum, there is an apparently much more enjoyable way to shift those unwanted pounds. Researchers at Canada’s Laval University are alleging that curry can infact make you lose weight as opposed to gaining it. They have discovered that a chemical found in chillies (called…
Read MoreSpicy fish and cucumber salad
This spicy fish and cucumber salad is a Southeast Asian dish with a contrast of different flavours including sweet, sour, spicy and savory all mixed together. This salad is made from plain white fish which is used as the base of the recipe and strips of cucumber are thrown in for a sweet and cool…
Read MoreThe Queen gets spicy!
An American artist has paid homage to Her Majesty’s longevity by painting her but with a twist….
Read MoreEating spicy food will cool you down!
When you’re sat soaking up the sun what kinds of food run through your mind? Maybe ice cream, fresh salads or fruits such as watermelon? Well recent studies have found
Read MoreBollywood Dancing – The new Celebrity Fad!
They’re all doing it – Madonna, Gwyneth, Shakira and Holly Valance. Bollywood dancing is the new celebrity fad, with all manner of famous faces shimmying their way into great shape.
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