Recipes
Main Dishes
Curries, biryanis and other substantial dishes for the centre of the table.
Phaal (Phall, Phal) Curry
Phaal or Phall is one of the hottest curries you will find on the menu. With the hottest chillies and often a large amount of chilli powder, this is not a curry for the feint hearted.
Phall is basically a thick, tomato based curry made with Habanero or Scotch Bonnet peppers (sometimes 10 to 12 of them). It originated in Indian Restaurants in the UK (Birmingham) so it’s not the most “authentic” dish and shouldn’t be mixed up with Phaal from Bangalore which is char-grilled without sauce and eaten as finger-food.
Chicken Colombo
Colombo is a Creole curry from the French West Indies and is equivalent to Indian Curry. It originates from Sri Lanka and was brought to the French-Caribbean by Indian immigrants who came during the 19th and 20th century to work on the sugar plantations.
They brought curry powder along with them. Colombo is a thick curry which is seasoned with Poudre de Colombo and is like a stew made with chicken, goat, lamb or pork.
Dutch Curry?
Stewed vegetables with a spicy taste.
A success or a disaster?
The style of curry that people eat in the UK is not as popular in Holland. (the writer of this blog) has never eaten a British style curry dish so far in his life, so he doesn’t know how it tastes or if it is good, but what he does know is that it is a very famous dish in the UK, so it must be good.
Chicken Tikka Masala
There’s been more written about chicken tikka masala, and the right recipe for it, than I suspect any other curry in the UK and perhaps even the world.
Everyone has their own opinion and many purists hate the very idea that this dish exists. For many restaurant and takeaway customers it is the go to meal when ordering a curry and I have several friends who eat nothing else in a curry house.
Curried Tagliatelle
Here’s an interesting take on a recipe by our Italian intern (they’re not massive on curry in Italy)
There are two watchwords to bear in mind in the kitchen: research and experimentation. When the love of food meets the curiosity for different cultures, we can get matches we had never thought of before.
As in this recipe, where Indian curry meets Italian tagliatelle. This dish is very easy to prepare but also surprisingly sophisticated.
Summer Vegetable Curry
Summer Vegetable Curry
During summer, most of us prefer fresh, light dishes over more substantial and heavy meals. Because when the temperature rises, a very filling dish can be ‘fatal’ for the rest of your day. So it’s always a good idea to update your cookbook for the warmer season.
Chicken Katsu curry for kids
Chicken Katsu is an ideal curry for kids
Because we know that any help is welcome when you run out of inspiration to feed your brood, here is a kid-friendly chicken katsu curry recipe. We hope the recipe will make the dinnertime battle a little easier. And to banish boredom, why not get them to help you make it?
Chinese Curry Chicken
Colourful Chinese decorations can already be seen inundating the city’s Chinatown and surrounding areas. Soon…
Turkey in Chinese Curry Sauce
Christmas Day is over, and you’ve got a heap of turkey leftover! So it’s almost as big a tradition as the roast, the Boxing Day curry.
Here’s a recipe for turkey in Chinese curry sauce if you want to give your menu an old fashioned chippy curry sauce flavour.
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