Everything about this dish cries out comfort. The creamy coconut, soft potato, even the chilli heat brings a certain loving warmth to your mouth. Definitely one for eating on the sofa, with a fluffy pile of white rice,and a good … Continued
curry
Prawn and coconut curry
A good curry is like a huge, enveloping embrace from an old friend. The is something so warming, inviting and downright friendly about the combo of heat, spice and sauce that I just can’t get enough. It’s also something that, … Continued
Columbo pork curry
Forget voodoo, zombies and Baron Samedi, the real magic among the islands and jungles of the Caribbean comes from Creole cooking. A strange and wonderful combination of food was brought here from all corners of the world as Empires and … Continued
Potato & chickpea curry, tomato cachumber and raita
No-place does vegetarian food like the South Asian subcontinent. I’ve had very good vegetarian Italian, Japanese, Thai and for want of a better name, fusion food. But nowhere, and I mean no-where, that I’ve come across takes vegetarian based cooking … Continued
Thai dry red chicken curry
The thing about cooking curries, tagines and other big pot dishes, particularly if there are only one or two people eating, is that there is a minimum amount that you can realistically make. So I often – with varying degrees … Continued
Beef Panaeng, prawn cakes and garlicy greens
I woke up on Sunday with a hankering for something fragrant, spicy and defiantly Thai. Not Chinese, not Japanese, Italian or Turkish. Not even Vietnamese. It had to be Thai. There’s something so comforting and yet explosive about the delicately … Continued