Base Sauces to Spice Up Cooking

Base sauces and marinades are key in my kitchen. There are three essentials I always have in my fridge/freezer and always made sure I packed for my boys when they went to university. You can make so many different dishes from just these three.. something I’ll be teaching at my future cooking classes.

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Diwali Feast

The festival of light! Traditional ceremonies, celebrations, colourful outfits, family feasts, rangoli and lots of light. One of my favourite times of year that I always look forward to. This year I hosted for all the family and it was just like I remember from when I was a child. My dad was a very […]

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Secret to share: My Chakri Recipe

A favourite, patiently waited for by some (you know who you are!), mouth watering, indulgent crunchy savoury snack …. Chakri are a crispy spiral shape Indian rice snack. It’s one of the ‘must have’ Diwali foods that I make over the festive period for my family and friends, who eagerly await their goody bag.

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Inspired by…

Summer Chaat Puri Canapes

Eat out or eat in? I love, love eating out and enjoying food being cooked for me. Don’t get me wrong I love cooking but what I also love is taking inspiration and tasting new things. Sometimes I find I cook so much I don’t actually end up fancying what I’ve cooked- for those of […]

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From My kitchen to you this AUGUST

August food Update

Happy August Everyone! It’s been just over a month since I started my blog and it’s been crazy. From getting started, family events to sending my son off to Chile. This month I’m going to be super busy planning my first Supper club so watch this space. I’m going to be cooking up a storm […]

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Weather Changing Taste buds

Summer Casserole od White Pea Bean and Aubergine

It wouldn’t be a British Summer without a bit of humidity setting off the light rain. With the air so warm and the dull outlook I’ve been trying to get ideas to cater for my weather changing taste buds…. I want fresh and colourful but with a warming comfort. Not too heavy yet not too light. My […]

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Childhood Favourites

Gujarati Spring Onion Pura

Everyone has them, everyone pines after them and they offer that warm comfort – My indian childhood favourite foods. I was thinking about them this week as Mum had been away for a while and I missed her cooking. Cooking is something of a ‘family thing’, from my mum to my late aunt to my sister […]

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