Recipes
Sides
Rice, breads, chutneys and vegetable dishes to serve alongside your curry.
Saag Paneer Recipe from Scratch
Guest Chef Ed Holston’s delicious recipes have featured across our site, so we were intrigued to see this new Saag Paneer Recipe, which shows you how to make this Indian classic from the beginning.
Ed is claiming it is easy, but as I have the ability to make a mess of most dishes, I think I will reserve judgement until I have had a go.
Chickpea, Coconut and Mango Rice
Fancy a risotto style dish with an Indian twist? Then this recipe from guest chef Anjula Devi should be just what you are looking for.
Ideal for vegetarians and with one or two ingredient changes you could also make a vegan version.
Dosa with Potatoes and Onions
Guest Chef Dev Biswal gives a classic Indian street food recipe. Dosai with gently spiced potatoes, mustard and onions.
A dosa is a simple pancake, originating from South India, made from fermented batter. They look very similar to thin pancakes or crepes. You can add just about any fillings you wish to make a great snack or light meal.
Indian Mint Sauce
Super easy Indian mint sauce made to the Editor’ own recipe.
This is a very quick and easy recipe for a mint sauce dip to go with your poppadoms and starters. You can easily adjust it to your own taste.
It’s best prepared fresh and ready to use and only takes a couple of minutes.
Poppadom (Popodom, popadum, popodum, poppudom, popadom, papadom)
The food of many spellings a popadom is a large round, thin crisp flatbread made…
Parippu 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.
Thai red curry fried rice
Our guest blogger today is “The Mistress of Spices” …
Contrary to popular belief, Thai or Thai-influenced dishes aren’t particularly complicated to make. Fried rice, for example, is one such dish. All it takes is some cooked rice in your fridge, leftovers from the day before.
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