Sponge Cake
8 oz SR flour 8 oz soft margarine 8 oz sugar 4 eggs a dash of vanillla essence Put all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk with an electric mixer until light in colour. If it curdles just throw in a handfull of flour. Turn into 2 greased 8″ sandwich tins and cook in […]
Plain Basmati Rice
Fill a pan one third full of water with half a tsp salt and bring to the boil When it is boiling hold your bag of basmati rice about a foot above the water and pour it in a stream into the middle of the pan until the peak just breaks the surface of the […]
Yellow Basmati Rice
Fry half a tsp cumin seed and a tsp black mustard seed in oil and when the mustard seeds stop popping throw in a chopped onion and stir. Cook gently until soft then add a large mug of rice and stir again. Add half a tsp turmeric, a cinamon stick and a few cadamon pods […]
Quick and easy Chicken Korma
Start the night before In a food processor or with a stick blender puree together: 1 tsp ground ginger 3 cloves garlic 150g thick natural yoghurt half a fresh chilli, including seeds 2 onions 1 tbsp ground corriander 1 tsp turmeric 175g creamed coconut grated quarter tsp salt 2 – 3 tbsp ground almonds juice […]