Coconut Raita

I discovered the delicate flavours of asparagus as an adult.  My mum never cooked it and I'm not sure she has tasted it even to this...

Since doing my Cordon Bleu diploma I've been finding dinner parties increasingly stressful.  I seem to feel that unless I have spen...

Please accept my profuse apologies for not posting for so long.  My poor, neglected blog has not been the focus of my attention for some...

As far as I am aware this dish was invented by my mother.  It is the vegetarian equivalent of scotch eggs and whilst I love scotch eggs ...

This rich dish is perfect for dinner parties.  Despite the name it really isn't that hot especially if you avoid eating the whole...

This dish was the main course that I served in my budget lunch exam accompanied by Maru's bhajia and cumin spiced mushy peas.  Th...

In my last post I mentioned that I would share the recipes that I created for the budget lunch exam.  This was my starter which I serv...

This recipe is from my wonderful friend Anzela.  It is entirely different from my family's biryani recipe and uses ingredients th...

 Firstly apologies for the lack of blog posts, it’s been a crazy summer in London generally and for me specifically.  Here are some of t...

Potted shrimp is a traditional British dish that is undergoing something of a revival recently.  In a previous post I explained how ...

Indian food is widely regarded as the most popular cuisine in the UK and yet surprisingly there are very few schools teaching Indian c...

I recently reintroduced garlic back into my diet with disastrous consequences.  After a few days of moping about never being able to eat...

For the last year I have been suffering with various health issues and, ironically for a food blogger, I have now been diagnosed with f...

I've mentioned in a previous post that for Hindus fasting can mean abstaining from specific food types or limiting oneself t...

Click here for the high definition video Fresh chapatis (also known as rotis or rotlis) are the staple carbohydrate of every Gujarati hou...

Winter is shallot season in the UK and this recipe is a great way to use up any surplus from your organic vegetable box.  Shallots have a ...

I have a love-hate relationship with winter;  I love crisp winter days when the sky is clear blue and I can tromp around the village in my ...

A new chapter begins for CoconutRaita with my first video recipe: an old (but extremely popular) dish - Serial Killer Chicken Curry ...

My mum first cooked tandoori chicken when I was seven years old. She had just bought a Madhur Jaffrey recipe book and it was the first rec...

This is an unusual vegetable curry recipe for me as it does not contain onions and, as a result, has a smoother texture than some of my oth...