Category Archives: Hector’s Cooking

A Tale of Two Ingredients The Standard Masala was prepared as features in Hector’s normal Curry Making however two variations were available this evening. Curryspondent Archie supplied Hector with a Portion of Garam Masala specially prepared in a Pollokshields Grocer. … Continue reading →

 The local supermarket has not been selling its full quota of Lamb of late at full price. Hector has been walking out with some bargains. With three differing bundles, Gigot Chops, Neck Fillet and Diced, another Home-Cooked Curry was mandatory. … Continue reading →

Now That’s What I Call Curry – Vol 2 A Friday Evening Barrel Party? With the majority of us free for an early start, and so few Saturdays not accounted for, this was Hector’s idea, bound to be a success … Continue reading →

The Day Before Hector has been permitted to Host a Barrel of Löwenbräu (Buttenheim, Bayern) Bock. This necessitates a Home-Cooked Curry-Heute. KRK (Woodlands Rd., Glasgow) was the Source of the Ingredients. Only 2Kg of Mutton between Eight? Given our current … Continue reading →

The local supermarket insisted I take home portions of Lamb Neck Fillet, heavily reduced.  Cooking for one this evening, what to do?  Curry-Heute! Determined to try the new Pot and do something different, Hector consulted a few Recipe Websites, all … Continue reading →

Cooked from scratch in under 90 minutes I have always believed that I can cook a Curry to look the same as any Curry served to me anywhere.  Matching the complexity of the Flavours is something else. Hot on the … Continue reading →

Having watched further episodes of Madhur Jaffrey’s Tour of Britain  Hector has reached two conclusions: 1)  The Scottish Programme was terrible, Haggis indeed.  What about featuring some of our Wonderful Glasgow Curry Houses? 2)  It doesn’t mater what you do … Continue reading →

Madhur Jaffrey has a new series on TV, touring the UK and updating us on what passes for Curry. Suffice to say by the time the Lady from Skipton had her Fish in the Karahi, Hector was defrosting some Trout. … Continue reading →

Hector does not normally consider Lamb Chops to be a worthwhile buy in the supermarket, overpriced and undersized.  Regular readers will know that Lamb Chops have been fed to Hector on an increasing number of occasions in recent times: Manchester, … Continue reading →