Indian

Parsi scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs the Parsi way. Akoori can be served at breakfast, as a snack, for lunch, or for a light evening meal. It is mildly spiced, yet with a kick from the green chillies.

pepper chicken

Chettinad pepper chicken, or milagu kozhi varuval, gets its heat from black pepper and has a quite different flavour to dishes that use chilli for heat. A simple south Indian chicken dish.

potato and cauliflower

This recipe for aloo gobi is typically Bengali. It is a dry and delicate vegan dish, it features slightly crisp potatoes and just-cooked caulioflower.

potato and pea

This sukha aloo matar is a dry vegetable curry, featuring potatoes and fresh peas This is a simple and popular family dish.

potato, pea and tomato

Alu matar tamatar is probably the most popular vegetable curry in India. This dish of potatoes, peas and tomato goes with just about everything. It is ideal to serve with any non-vegetarian dishes.

puri

Puri are a fried bread made with unleavened dough. When served they should be quite light, puffy and about the size of a mango.

raj christmas cake

This is a recipe from the days of the Raj and is surprising gluten-free. Dried tropical fruit, almond meal and coconut flour create a wonderful fruit cake.

Rajasthani red lamb

Laal maas is a fiery, slow-cooked, hunter-style lamb dish from Rajasthan, cooked in whole spices. Kashmiri chillies lend colour, heat and depth to this dish.

rasam masala

Rasam masala is a spice mix used to flavour the thin soups served as the second course in a traditional south Indian meal.

recheado paste

This is the taste of Goa. Super hot red recheado masala is used to marinate, coat or stuff into the food you are cooking.

This roast chicken, murgh musallam, is very popular in the north and north-eastern parts of India. Another great example of Mughal cuisine, it is mildly spiced, with a thick and rich yoghurt and tomato sauce.

roasted cauliflower

This recipe for phulkopir roast is a Bengali family recipe and on high rotation in my grandmother's cuisine. It is of those simple vegetarian dishes that features the main ingredient.