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British Curry Day Launched

By the editor

Now here’s something we can all get behind and help celebrate (hopefully), and an excellent way to help inject some much needed income into the hard pressed hospitality sector. Enam Ali MBE (founder of the British Curry Awards and Le Raj Restaurant) and the team behind Spice Business Magazine have launched the inaugural British Curry…

Here is a Christmas gift idea that looks good to me

By the editor

Not tried it and nothing to do with curry, but mixing two of my other favourite things, tea and whisky together has got to be a good thing. This must be just about the perfect gift for Christmas (and I hope my family is reading this). So Pekoe Tea in Edinburgh have produced a range…

Join the Chilli and Spice Club and help the Gurkhas

By the editor

Nepali dishes are some of our favourite, so when we saw this fundraising initiative from the Gurkha Welfare Trust it looked like a great way to help them and to get hold of some new recipes to try. I’ve not had the first recipe through yet but will let you know how I get on…

My Curry Club by Habiba Chowdhury

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Cheshire’s first Indian Cookery School tastes success at virtual awards. Habiba Chowdhury, who is the founder and chef of ‘My Curry Club’, Cheshire’s only multi-award winning Indian cookery school, took the decision to go virtual two days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson told everyone to stay at home. She has successfully been delivering her luxury…

Zest Quest Asia Summer Challenge Winners named

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Students from Colchester Institute, University College Birmingham and North Hertfordshire College triumph.#  Students from three colleges were named winners of the first Zest Quest Asia Summer Challenge, the first completely on-line spinoff of Zest Quest Asia, the culinary competition founded by Indian restaurateurs Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala to raise the profile of Asian cuisine among budding…

Naunits Gujurati Street Eats, £10 Well Spent

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If you have £10 and are looking for a great meal and are fortunate enough to live within striking distance of Bury Market, head over to Naunit’s and pick up one of their £10 meals. They also do a £20 deal for a larger family. We tried one this weekend and it was absolutely delicious. It’s all vegetarian and some of the dishes will be familiar and some not. Starting with a couple of poppadoms with a nice salsa, mint dip and very sweet mango chutney (pretty much a mango smoothie) all of these will be well known to you. Next came the mixed starters which included onion bhajis, patra…

Cool Drinks for a Hot Day

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A refreshing drink on a hot day often seems to revolve around beer (for me anyway) so I decided to do a bit of research into alternatives that are non-alcoholic and suitable for everyone. Here’s the ones I liked the sound of, some will be familiar and others maybe not.

Community Comfort

By the editor

We’ve just made a donation and got our copy of Community Comfort and you should too. For a small (or big) donation – it’s your choice – you get 100 great recipes covering breakfast, soups, meat dishes, veggie dishes, you name it they’ve got it covered. And this isn’t some poorly put together back of…

Thank you Bolton you’ve been brilliant

By the editor

Spoiler alert this is far more important than curry Last Friday The Cube student accommodation in Bolton town centre burned down as many of you will have seen on the news. My son and his girlfriend both lived there so it has been a very stressful time for both of…

Walking Across France and Belgium for Charity

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Nothing whatsoever to do with curry but I’ve signed up for a 100km charity walk across the WW1 battlefields in October (in a moment of madness) so am now looking for some sponsorship. The money raised is going to the Army Benevolent Fund, and many of the people I will…

Visiting Varanasi

By the editor

Last October I travelled in India for a few weeks holiday and if you ever get a chance I thoroughly recommend it. It’s a huge place and would take a lifetime to explore, so if you only have a short time then head for Varanasi as it is one of…

Indian Street Food : Kung Fu Master Chef

By the editor

If you’ve never seen the video before this is worth a watch…