Category Archives: Home Cooked

Hector cooks a Prawn Curry? After the recent Chicken Patia, anything is possible. The latter proved once again that the presence of Chicken in a Curry is little more than bulk and protein, so why not Prawns? Prawns in a … Continue reading →

The freezer said – Chicken tonight. Something different was required, there was a notion for Chicken Patia. A Pork Patia appeared in these pages in 2020 during the dark days of Lockdown. It is six years since I last cooked … Continue reading →

The definite highlight of what was an otherwise farcical experience recently at The Ram Sports & Social Club (Crawley) was the Bombay Aloo. And the Hector never had any! Why buy this in a restaurant when it can be easily … Continue reading →

Way back on Day 18 of – Round The World In 80 Days, Alison, our host in Auckland, introduced Hector to the blend of Nuts/Herbs/Spices that is Dukkah. This was tastiest, not Curried Lamb, the Hector has ever experienced. Imagine … Continue reading →

With a distraction in Glasgow tomorrow afternoon and the days of 2023 rapidly running out, today was the last opperchancity for Curry. Hockey on a Friday night? If there’s a ball to be hit, Marg will be there, leaving the … Continue reading →

Dinner for one – what’s in the freezer? An unusually large portion of leftover, cubed Roast Beef, and Tomatoes which were frozen before the trip to Hellas/Italia. Curry-Heute – and why not? This also gave the opperchancity to try using … Continue reading →

The mission continues, to cook a Desi Korma at home as good as say Karahi Palace used to serve, and Punjabi Zaiqa (Berlin) currently do. It was on my last trip to Berlin where I picked up packets of Korma … Continue reading →

Tonight’s Beef Stroganoff was cancelled when Marg announced that she would be fed elsewhere. Having hardly cooked in recent weeks, the Hector felt the need to get back into the kitchen. There would be Curry-Heute! A third recipe for a … Continue reading →

Oh to be able to replicate the Spicy Desi Korma as served at Punjabi Zaiqa (Berlin) and in Glasgow’s very own Karahi Palace and The Village. Ten days ago I tried, the results – dubious. It was Curryspondent Bill who … Continue reading →