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beef bhuna
This recipe for bhuna gorur mangsho produces a dish that is rich and intense. Beef bhuna cooks in its own juices, giving the dish a deep flavour.
tamarind water
Tamarind water is an extract of tamarind that has been soaked in warm water. It is a tangy preparation used to give a sour flavour to dishes.
lamb saag
This Hyderabadi dish of lamb, cooked with leafy green vegetables, or saag gosht, is a restaurant and home-cooked favourite. Spiced lamb, covered with clinging greens, lamb saag could be cooked with almost any leafy vegetable.
sweet lemon pickle
Khatta meetha nimbu ka achaar is a hot, sour and sweet lemon pickle, typical of pickles from Rajasthan.
slow roasted duck
Slow roasted duck, moist, with crisp skin and a chilli hit. This is a recipe for duck recheado, or pato recheado. The recipe comes from Goa, and owes its heritage to the Portuguese.
chicken xacuti
xacuti is a unique dish from Goa. It is made with sesame seeds, poppy seeds and a lot of Kashmiri chillies. It is hot, fiery and delicious.
Goan fried fish
Fried hot and spicy mackerel. This simple Goan fried fish is the traditional bangda recheado.
vegetable sambar
Sambar is a dish from the tradition of lentil-based vegetable soups from southern India. This is our family recipe for a simple vegetable sambar, or sabzi sambar.
Lucknow leg of lamb
Sikandari raan is a slow roasted leg of lamb. It has a delicate taste that enhances the flavour of the meat and is very visually appealing. A special occasion dish from Lucknow.
masala lemonade
Nimbu pani is the famous, enormously refreshing lemonade from North India and Pakistan.
fruit chaat
Fruit chaat, or phala chaat, is a mix of fruits, tossed with potatoes and chaat masala.
beef curry with tamarind and ginger
Our favourite beef curry. It is a thick, rich and hot dish, with the sourness of the tamarind offset by the sweetness of the ginger.