• debkellie on April 17, 2021

  Hyderabadi coconut & almond chicken - p.236 - followed as written, husband said "I just ate something hot".. maybe I should have taken out the whole dried red chilli before service ;-). That aside, a delightful creamy curry, and as written it presents a very mild heat.. next time I'll up the chilli powder or add another dried red chilli and chop them both along with the green chillies . Would make again, and it would be a nice intro to Indian for those who are new to spicy .. I'd imagine it would be a hit with kids.

• debkellie on April 08, 2021

  Funeral aubergine & potato (p. 129). Interesting use of aubergine. I added asafoetida powder. Would make this one again.

• debkellie on April 08, 2021

  Aunty Geeta's prawns (p. 193) - waste of good prawns. Will not make again.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Kale with mustard and garlic

  • wester on May 15, 2021

    I made this with Savoy cabbage, as that was what I had, and also because the headnote suggested it would work with other brassicas. And while it was pretty good, I think it definitely would have been better with kale.

• White cabbage with cumin and tomato

  • wester on May 15, 2021

    The taste of this was good though unspectacular and the instructions were clear. However, the cooking time given was way too short. I think it should be doubled, at least. With 15 minutes extra there was still too much bite to the cabbage to qualify as "completely soft" or "silky".

  • Clog on June 01, 2023

    Definitely a spicy cabbage dish rather than a cabbage curry. A small but important distinction which I can't really put into words ??! We found it worked very well with sticky rice. I didn't have any trouble with the timing, although I suspect I had the stove on a higher temperature than suggested in the recipe.

• Chicken with spinach and fenugreek

  • wester on June 30, 2021

    This was tasty and easy. I doubled the fenugreek and added some yoghurt.

• Goan fish curry with tamarind

  • FJT on August 05, 2022

    My husband didn't like this, so won't make again. I thought it was ok, but very mild.

  • Clog on March 11, 2023

    The tamarind really made the taste of the sauce for us.

• Aloo ghobi

  • Victoria_from_London on December 10, 2022

    Simple & good. Also great nearer room temp. Large skillet. Used ½ TSP chopped chillies instead of 1 whole, fine. Nearer 20 mins.

• Braised red cabbage with mustard and bay

  • Clog on January 10, 2023

    Tasty and easy to put together. A bit boring on its own though. We needed a second dish as well as the rice to make a decent meal.

• Spinach and asafoetida yellow split dahl

  • Clog on October 05, 2022

    Straightforward and tasty. Another winner for using up the glut of spinach and kale from the garden.

• Gujrati kohlrabi

  • Clog on June 20, 2023

    Don't skimp on the seasoning at the end - we found out by accident it makes a big difference to the taste of the dish.