8 sardines, cleaned 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ½ teaspoon red chilli powder ½ teaspoon salt For spice paste 10 cloves 2.5cm piece of cinnamon stick ½ teaspoon black peppercorns ½ teaspoon coriander seeds ½ teaspoon cumin seeds 1 tablespoon vegetable oil ½ onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 tablespoon tomato puree 1 Read More

Everyone loves a Moily. Whilst most Indian dishes pride themselves on using scores of ingredients and combination of spices, the beautiful ‘moily’ from Kerala uses merely 6 ingredients, salt and whatever you may choose to cook in it. Even after 20 years of cooking, there has not been one instance when people haven’t been wowed Read More

You can do this dish with turkey or even duck if you like Serves 4 For the Pheasant: 4 pheasant breasts boned and skinned 1 ½ tsp – salt 1 tsp – ginger paste 1 tsp – garlic paste Marinade ½ inch piece –ginger finely chopped 4-6 Green chillies, finely chopped 1 small bunch – Read More