Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed frying pan with a lid. Add the mustard and cumin seeds and fry until they pop. Add the potatoes, turmeric, chilli, ginger, salt and sugar. Stir, cover and cook over a medium heat for 12-15 mins. You may have to add a little water if the potatoes start to stick. […]
Month: December 2011
Tomato rice
Gently fry the garlic in the oil in a thick bottomed pan for a few minutes but don’t let it brown. Add the rice and stir well to coat all the grains in the oil. Add the tomato puree and stir to mix. Add the stock and the tomatoes. Bring to the boil, stir once […]
Black pepper chicken

In a bowl, mix together the yogurt, coriander, peppercorns, half the ginger, half the garlic, the lemon juice an some salt. Stir in the chicken and leave to marinade for 1 hour. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan, then fry onion until soft and lightly browned. Stir in the garam masala […]
Mash cheese with rosemary and add a little black pepper. Loosen skin on each chicken breast and push a quarter of the cheese under it, pressing skin down to spread mixture out. Chill until needed. Preheat oven to 200C and cook for approx 20 mins. Serve with tomato salad tossed with garlic and thyme vinegarette.
Brown Stew Chicken

First off marinade the chicken in the onion, pepper, chilli and ginger ….for about an hour or longer. Scrape off the marinade and fry off the chicken so it gets really brown. Remove the chicken from the pan, drain off some of the fat, then add the onion, pepper, chilli, garlic & thyme and fry […]
Cantonese Lemon Chicken

Classic recipe for Cantonese lemon chicken – simple and quick to make
Captain’s Chicken curry

Fry half the onion in a little oil for a few minutes then add chicken – brown on all sides. Whizz the other half of the onion,1/4 cup water, the ginger and garlic to a fine paste and add this to the pan. Fry for a few minutes before adding the chillies, salt and pepper […]
Chicken dopiaza

Chicken dopiaza is a classic Indian curry and translates as double onions. The key to this curry is to cook the onions for a long time slowly until they are golden brown; that way the will give curry a sweet nutty flavour.
In vase you need more meat on Christmas this is perfect, this pancetta and chicken terrine is actually quite light and a greater starter or mid course if you don;t have enough food going on already
Chicken yaki soba

Chicken yaki soba is a super quick Asian dish to make and the sauce can be prepared ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator. First cook the noodles in a large pan of boiling water for 2-3 minutes until just tender. Drain and refresh under cold running water before setting aside.