Category Archives: Hector’s Cooking

A Hector cannot live by Gosht alone, an Interesting Vegetable often makes a Curry. At some point in the last few days, Aloo Gajar Mutter flashed up on a certain social medium. A long time favourite, especially as cooked at … Continue reading →

Following on from – Howard Day – in July, today was – Chapatti John & Dr. Stan Day. There could only be one Curry – Palak Gosht. To accompany – Spicy Rice – and for nibbles pro tem – Peanut … Continue reading →

Today, Howard and Hector finally enjoyed a day of indulgence featuring the odd Bier or two, and many a cult movie: Hell Drivers, This Island Earth, The Day The Earth Caught Fire, The Satan Bug, Zero Hour, The Black Shield … Continue reading →

I keep seeing recipes online for either Prawns or Chicken with Spinach, not Curry. As yet, none have been tried, but having seemingly bought a lot of Spinach in recent weeks, which has to be used, Palak Gosht was calling … Continue reading →

Not for the first time in these pages, the saga is being told of Hector being invited to dinner and bring the food, cooked of course. A change from last week when Marg had me cook – Lasagne – for four … Continue reading →

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 →