Heat butter or margarine in wide pot. Add onions and saute until they brown lightly. Add spices and stir well. Add tomato paste and yogurt and cook 10 minutes. Add lamb, breaking it into fine mince with a wooden spoon. Make sure the mixture has no lumps. Bring to a boil, lower heat and cook […]

Pick the rice over and put in a bowl. Wash in several changes of water. Drain. Pour 3 times the water you have rice over the rice and let soak for 30 minutes hour. Drain thoroughly. Combine the rice, salt, butter and the water in a pot. Bring to a boil. Cover with a tight […]

Roast spices separately and grind in a blender, a coffee grinder or with a mortar and pestle; add grated nutmeg, if used.

Put all the ingredients in the container of a food processor or electric blender, and blend until finely pureed and reduced to a creamy sauce. Check for salt, and pour into a small bowl. Cover and chill thoroughly before serving.

Cut the chicken into 2-inch squares and press flat. Grind the onion, garlic, and ginger to a paste and mix with the yogurt. Add the vinegar and spices, and rub into the chicken well. Leave for 3 hours to marinate. Sprinkle the chicken with salt if you wish and thread onto skewers. Place under a […]

Cooking the eggplant: Poke the eggplants (say 2, medium sized ones) with a knife, and insert slivers of garlic in the slits. The eggplant can be roasted either in a conv. oven, a e, or ideally, on a slow charcoal grill. When they are done (they become kinda limp), peel, and mash up the insides. […]

Pound the onion well. Next pound the meat or fish (underdone beef is best), add as much pepper as will stand on a silver threepenny piece, the same of mace, the salt and a few drops of lemon juice. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add all the ingredients, and cook very slowly for about […]

Dissolve tamarind paste in 1 cup water. Let stand 30 minutes. Strain. Boil potatoes until just tender. Cool completely, then peel. Using wooden skewer, pierce each potato in 4 places. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until crisp and lightly browned, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Remove from […]

Put grated ginger & stock into a pot & bring to a boil. Simmer 30 minutes till the water has reduced by half. Add salt, cumin & pepper. Simmer for another 2 minutes. Squeeze in lemon juice & garnish with coriander. Excellent as a cold remedy & as a starter to an Indian meal.

In a saucepan, boil potatoes in salted water 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain well, return to saucepan and shake over low heat a few moments or until dry. Mash well. Cook peas in boiling salted water 4 minutes. Drain well. Heat oil in a skillet. Add onion, cumin seeds, ginger, turmeric, Garam Masala and […]