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Madhur Jaffrey’s Royal Chicken Korma, or Shani Murgh Korma

February 2, 2011 Food & drink
Madhur Jaffrey's Royal Chicken Korma Curry

The korma. The curry for people who don’t like curry. Normally bland, tasteless and swimming in cream, the average Asian restaurant korma is as far away from the real deal as it’s possible to get. I’d hesitate to say that the humble korma is the most abused of the curry house staples – that honour [...]

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Murgh Hyderabadi, a classic Indian chicken curry

July 14, 2010 Food & drink
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It’s always nice to receive a gift, even more so when it arrives unexpectedly. This recipe came on the side of the paper bag that held my takeaway from the Aagrah in Shipley. It’s a nice little gimmick, and a welcome one given that the Aagrah stands head and shoulders above all other Indian restaurants [...]

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Sri Lankan Red Beef Curry

June 2, 2010 Food & drink
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Most meat-based curries from the sub-continent use lamb, mutton or goat as their core ingredient. Beef isn’t used widely, mainly for religious reasons…the Hindu sacred cow is never destined for the pot. Traveling around India, you quickly become used to the sight of cows wandering around the streets, unflustered by the traffic mayhem around them, [...]

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Mangsho jhol, or lamb cooked with onions and potatoes

January 10, 2010 Food & drink
Mangsho Jhol, or lamb and onion curry

With the temperature outside struggling to reach the heady heights of -2C, the heat and warmth of a good Indian curry has never felt more appropriate. Start with 800g to a kilo of cubed lamb or mutton, preferably off the bone, but if you can cope with the fiddliness of a few bones in your [...]

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Fiery Kolhapuri-style lamb curry

September 15, 2009 Food & drink
Fiery Kolhapuri-style lamb curry

A long time ago, a demon called Kolhasur settled in the beautiful and rugged land along the West coast of India, bordering the Indian Ocean.  The people suffered terribly at the hands of their demon neighbour. A goddess, Mahalakshmi, was sent to free them. Mahalakshmi killed Kolhasur, but in an act of benevolence, granted his [...]

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