Category Archives: Home Cooked

Hector cooks: Aloo Taare Ko & Kofta Burgers

Kofta Burgers? A typical Burger Night at Hector’s House features home-made Beef Burgers with Pan Fried Potatoes. Tonight we had the – Spicy – version. Following my own recipes for Seekh/Kofta Kebab and Aloo Taare Ko, the minimal, extra effort … Continue reading

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Hector Cooks Beef Vindaloo – Plus a word about a sponsor

How does Beef Vindaloo sound for lunch? – Hector asked Ricky, The Man from Bradford. That’ll be awright. And so the ingredients were assembled, it had to Beef, leftover from a massive joint cooked a bit since. In case there … Continue reading

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Hector cooks Butter Chicken & Paratha

Finally, Hector presents the much promised Butter Chicken as inspired by watching Parveen’s Sunday morning TV programme. The Base Sauce of Tomatoes, Garlic and Green Chillies was cooked back in February, the day I first attempted Tandoori Chicken. That batch … Continue reading

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Musselburgh – The Staggs – Curry for Nine, and Green Devil

John has been making regular appearances on Curry-Heute in the last couple of years. A keen Curry Chef, he announced over the weekend that he was going to cook a Karahi-style Curry and feed – The Company – today on … Continue reading

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Hector cooks: Baked Haddock, Aloo Taare Ko and a Paratha

Walking along the streets of Vinhorady (Praha) on Wednesday evening, Hector was passing a Spice shop, Fish Masala caught the eye. It turned out to be out of date and so the featured box was purchased. Tonight, Hector would serve … Continue reading

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A different approach to Karahi Gosht, plus Hector’s first attempt at Home-made Paratha

For those expecting Butter Chicken, get real, Karahi Gosht trumps all! Watching Parveen’s Sunday morning TV programme has made Hector determined to make Bread. Chapattis were tried years ago, yeuch! Parveen showed how to make a Stuffed Paratha, however, this … Continue reading

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Hector cooks Tandoori-style Chicken

Chicken Tikka tell me what’s wrong… Hector has been watching Parveen’s Indian Kitchen for the last few weeks, useful lessons have been learned. Watch this space for future Blogs on an attempt to make Paratha, and even Butter Chicken which … Continue reading

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Hector prepares a Chettinad Masala, then cooks…twice.

Since the first dry fried Masala experience at the Lighthouse Hotel (Galle, Sri Lanka) back in 2003, Hector has been fascinated by this alternative to the Punjabi Cuisine which prevails in the West of Scotland. Indian Mango (München) sets the … Continue reading

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Helensburgh – Steve cooks Curry

Around the turn of the century when Hector did the Curry Course at Anniesland College, the creations were taken to school next day for reheating. Steve was always on hand to share the creations. Recipes were shared also, a whole … Continue reading

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Pork Vindaloo – Hector cooks Pork Glasgow for Carnoustie

Hector is well known for sharing, not. Hector does a lot of work for cherittay (sic), aye right. However, feeding the good people of Carnoustie in the final days of the year is becoming a ritual. This evening’s Curry was … Continue reading

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