A great curry starts with a perfectly balanced homemade spice blend. While store-bought curry powders may be convenient, they ...

Five-spice powder is available from Chinese grocers, and is becoming more widely available in supermarkets too. A good blend should be fragrant and spicy but also slightly sweet.

Stir through the curry and serve at once. Jeera masala is a spice blend of roasted and ground coriander seeds and cumin seeds. Kashmiri curry masala (or bassar curry powder) is a spice blend which ...

If using mango slices, put them into a food processor and blitz to a smooth pulp. Add the yoghurt, milk, lime juice and mint, then blend again until smooth. Divide the lassi between four glasses and ...

3. Add the onion, curry leaves and cinnamon quill, season with salt and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for a further 1 minute until fragrant. Stir through ...

James Coulter I love curry. I love how the blend of sweet and spicy makes Indian food so flavorful. And I love being able to make my food extra spicy by adding hot peppers to the mix. The only thing I ...