• Foodycat on March 19, 2015

  Some really good recipes - the lamb biryani is wonderful (if involved) and the lamb and potato curry is really simple and very delicious.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Prawn and green mango curry (Chemeen manga charu)

  • shane.metzke on July 12, 2022

    Used 800gm of prawns and about 500ml of coconut nut milk… leaving everything thing else the same made a pretty kid friendly version. Added a little sugar. Didn’t have any green mango, we just used peas for colour and they were great. An extremely enjoyable southern style curry.

• Goan chicken curry (Caril de galinha)

  • shane.metzke on February 28, 2023

    Cut down on the chilli and used thigh fillets, excellent. It’s a slightly heavier coconut curry but probably one of my favourites. Added a teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and maybe a few curry leaves would have been good too !

  • shane.metzke on October 28, 2025

    A squeeze of lime was perfect if you don’t have any tamarind.

• Chettinad chicken curry (Kozhi vartha kozhambu)

  • shane.metzke on May 20, 2024

    Very tasty. Good coconut flavours. Added a few cardamom pods to the spice blend. Simple but tasty.

• Tandoori spice roasted chicken (Tandoori murg)

  • shane.metzke on January 29, 2023

    So much nicer than the paste from a jar, and more authentic to a restaurant version. I used thigh fillets.

• Ground lamb with peas and cumin (Kheema mattar)

  • stepharama1 on July 13, 2022

    The recipe called Ground Lamb with Peas and Cumin appeared to be missing cumin in the list of ingredients so I added 1 tsp. whole cumin with the other whole spices. The recipe was rather vague with temperatures so I cross referenced with Madhur Jaffrey's recipe. I increased the cilantro to 6 tablespoons as in her recipe. This turned out to be super delish!

  • shane.metzke on March 07, 2024

    Used beef, just as yummy. Added a teaspoon of cumin as suggested and a teaspoon of turmeric. Some fresh coriander at the end would be excellent. Will cook again. I wonder if you could add a little coconut milk to moisten toward the end?