Category: Melting Pot

< Back to Recipes Paneer Masala Location: Wolverhampton Ingredients Ginger paste Garlic paste Onions Tomatoes Turmeric, cumin, red chilli powder, garam masala Peas Paneer, cubed Coriander leaves MethodHeat oil in a pan. Add the ginger garlic paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
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< Back to Recipes Chicken Madras Location: WolverhamptonEra: Current “Aloo Ghobi is my least favourite food – basically it is spicy cauliflower that has been boiled that you then make a stew out of and then add mashed potato. My favourite food
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< Back to Recipes Chicken Curry Location: Wolverhampton Ingredients Boneless chicken thighs Chilli powder Coriander powder Turmeric powder Curd Salt Flour Oil Garlic Ginger Curry leaves Fresh coriander Limes MethodMarinate pieces of boneless chicken thigh for 1 hour. In a bowl, mix
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< Back to Recipes Lamb Karahi Location: WolverhamptonEra: Current Ingredients 1kg lamb ¾ kg tomatoes 1 tbsp ginger paste ½ tbsp garlic paste Salt & pepper Green chillies Cumin powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1 tsp Sunflower oil ½ cup Coriander leaves
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< Back to Recipes Lasagne, Indian Style Location: Wolverhampton “When I was younger, I was brought up by my Grandma who is from the Punjab in India. We’d eat things like chapati, curry, samosas with her. My Mum tends to cook more
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< Back to Recipes Samosa Friday Location: BearwoodEra: 2019 “A group of friends and I have something called Samosa Friday. We buy a selection of food from a local Indian sweet shop called Chandagar on Bearwood Road. Inside it feels exotic and
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< Back to Recipes Rhagbir’s Curry Base Location: Cradley Heath Era: 1970 “I had my first curry when I was courting your Father in about 1970. We had what everyone had at the time which was a Vesta curry – a dried
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< Back to Recipes Black Pudding Won Ton Location: Cradley HeathEra: 2012 “Our food is a form of memory. There is the industrial basis to it, in that it couldn’t be fancy, because there wasn’t a lot of it and what we
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< Back to Recipes Prawn Gyoza Location: North of England Era: 1990 onwards “Occasionally my parents would drive us to Chinatown in Manchester for gatherings with Chinese relatives and friends. It was a special treat to eat at the Chinese restaurants there
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< Back to Recipes Dolmades Location: BirminghamEra: 1980 onwards “I was brought up in Birmingham in the eighties, so a lot of our food was frozen food for convenience – things like Finder’s Crispy Pancakes, Birds Eye Potato Waffles and Fray Bentos
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