mild

Recipes that have few, if any, spices.

almond, lettuce and fig salad

A fig salad with some subtle spice from the chaat masala, and flavour and texture from almonds. An amazing, yet simple salad, anjeer ki salat could become one of your favourites, just as it was for my grandmother.

butter chicken

This is the original Mughal butter chicken. Murgh makhani is not a curry, like restaurants serve, but is pieces of grilled or baked chicken coated in a sauce.

chicken korma – awadhi style

This chicken korma, or murgh kurma is the definitive Mughal recipe - a mildly spiced, delicate and elegant dish.

roasted cauliflower

Phulkopir roast is a Bengali family recipe for roasted cauliflower and on high rotation in my Grandmother's kitchen. It is of those simple vegetarian dishes that features the main ingredient.

vegetable korma

Not your normal mixed vegetable curry. This vegetable korma is an aromatic, flavourful dish from the kitchens of the Mughal emperor Akbar. This complex dish, shahi navratan korma, is a classic example of Mughlai cuisine.