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Dal makhani and aloo gobi
While waiting to move house I’ve been spending time cooking and eating through the contents of my five freezers and five fridges—which are now down to two and three respectively—and trying out new recipes. Here’s a couple of my versions of two Indian classics, dal makhani and aloo gobi.
And now for something completely different: dinner at mine.
And here's a completely new idea I'd like to propose: if you have a group of friends that would like to go out for a meal together, and you'd like to try something different, how about coming to my place for dinner? You'll get a great meal, at a very reasonable...
Summer weather blues? Cheer yourself up with a fun cooking lesson.
What hectic months they have been: plenty to write and talk about with what's been happening here in our little cottage. The garden is soaked, the bottom part was flooded with water from the river and covered completely by mud and debris. Here are some pics of what...
Sweet Sorrel Tart – HFW’s
I saw this recipe in the Guardian on Friday, the 4th May. It caught my eye and I liked the sound of using sorrel in puddings. We also have an abundance of sorrel in our garden which grows happily and I have not used it all that much. I think it's because the plant...
Twice cooked mix peppers with salmon
It's been a while since my last post...but here is one recipe that got me going again and wanting to share with you all. I had the inspiration as I had a glut of peppers left over from a catering job I did at the week-end and salmon fillets bought for our supper. It...
Spring, family gatherings, and Ottolenghi
Spring has arrived early this year. The lovely weather was enjoyed first when we went to the south of France to get things ready for the season in our little house. I was hoping to get some food ideas, eating out while we were there but, unfortunately, we went too...
Gravad lax – it’s really easy!
A few weeks ago I went to the closest fishmonger in my town and bought a big chunk of fresh tuna, which at that point, I had no idea what to do with. Beside the tuna, I also bought the freshest looking samphire/glasswort, as I love this sea vegetable cooked the...
Tofu frittata – ‘tahu telor bumbu kacang’
Not long ago, the only place you could get tofu was from an Asian/Chinese supermarket, which for me was a real pain as the closest one from where we lived was in London (2 hours by train). I grew up eating tofu and we had it at least once a week and another soya...
‘Bubur Ketan Merah’ – red sticky rice with coconut milk
I've been meaning to enter this earlier, with special request from a friend who is very much into pudding and was wondering what a typical Indonesian pudding is. Well, this one, Bubur Ketan Merah, always reminds me of my childhood. We would have it in the afternoon...
GONG XI FA CAI – Happy New Year!
Even though I am not Chinese, my family has lived amongst Chinese families as long as I can remember. In fact one of my sisters was married to a lovely Chinese who sadly died at a very early age (36 years old). We remember him fondly when we sit around my parents'...
“Sop kacang merah”…red bean soup
I think my Indonesian friends would not agree with my red beans used here (aduki) as that was all I happened to have in my cupboard, not the red kidney beans normally used for this soup. I love this soup, filling, full of flavour and pretty healthy too. Growing up...
What’s quick to assemble for the weekend?
It's that time of the year...we all feel it, the over indulgence of the festive holiday finally hit us! I've agreed to do some sort of 'diet' with Aisha. Nothing too strenuous and we're doing it till the end of February. If and when we've achieved our goals, we'd do...
Just a simple ‘oseng-oseng sayur’ for today….until dinner time!
Oseng oseng sayur dan daging - Stir fried vegetables with slices of beef. What else would you do with only a red pepper, a bag of mange-tout and a few slices of roasted beef, left-over from NYE? This was just perfect for Kevan, but I also had 1/2 block of tofu left...
HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2012
Hi everyone, Here we are, 2012! What a day to start a new year! It's raining cats and dogs...bucketing outside my dining room. Definitely not a day to go out for a walk around the block, which my silly husband is doing at this moment! Yesterday, after hearing the...
Website launch
Hello! I'm Ina Pegley. I've been cooking for private customers for several years now, but have never got around to setting up a website. (Or rather, my husband Kevan has never got around to setting one up for me – designing websites is more his thing.) Anyway,...
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