Chicken dum biryani at Babur Restaurant

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An invitation to Blackheath last weekend to visit some friends and take in their local firework display. The family treats it like yet another fraught expedition to back-of-beyond South London – meaning we will encounter the world’s worst traffic jam; Continue reading

Veg biryani at Kadiris of Hendon

Veg biryani at Kadiris of Hendon

In what has been a momentous week for cricket in India, I, like billions of others, have spent the last four days scouring the internet for feel good quotes about one Mr Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. In fact, India’s news channel Continue reading

Chicken Biryani from Kadiris of Hendon

Kadiris of Hendon

Last Saturday after a long bike ride with some friends, we realized that we had found the biryani that would wear the yellow jersey. It started like this: husband’s aunt kept mentioning a place called Kadiris in Hendon. As I Continue reading

Radhe Traditional Indian foods (pure veg)

Radhe

Obviously we pick one of the wettest days of the year to do our “admin” – defined in our household as mind-numbing tasks that are not related to eating, swimming, playing/watching cricket, cycling or going for a nice long walk. Continue reading

Chicken biryani at Indian Orchid, North Finchley

Indian Orchid

Of all my friends in London, Lisa reminds me the most of the mates that I have left behind in Bombay owing to the stimulating ‘intellectual’ conversations that we always have when we meet for dinner. Try this: when we Continue reading

Kacchi Gosht Biryani at Sheba, Brick Lane – Guest blog by Zoe Perrett

Biryani at Sheba

About Zoe (in her own words) “I’m Zoe Perrett- also trading under the alias of The Spice Scribe. I’m a food writer, eater and cook specialising in all aspects of Indian cuisine. Based just outside of London, sharing  a tiny Continue reading

Vimal’s Potato Curry recipe

Vimal's potato curry

On Friday this week, it will be three years since my dad passed away.  Fittingly for him, he died in the Wimbeldon fortnight (his last words to me were “Federer, Federer” ) as he was obsessed with sport and food. Continue reading

Chicken Berry Britannia at Cafe Dishoom, Covent Garden

Cafe Dishoom

I really did not want to like Café Dishoom. For one, it was introduced to me by various people with lots of hype, but more importantly, I was told that it was a Bombay Irani restaurant in London. And no Continue reading