curry

Chicken Dopiaza

June 10, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

Making a curry was the dish that got me into cooking and also experimenting with different spices and flavours. When I first moved to Berlin (many, many years ago – 2008!) it was impossible to find jars of ready made curry sauce or even paste in the supermarkets. In fact, it still is. At the most you can get your hands on a Thai red or green paste and in some very special cases you might be able to buy a madras paste but most of the time it is really down to a bland, generic jar of curry sauce …

Red Onion Bhajis with a Mint Raita

May 12, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

It just isn’t a decent curry unless you have a side of little fried balls of onions that are crispy and generously spiced! I have made no secret of how disappointed I am in with Indian food in Berlin. The curries are mild with no spice or heat at all and are often just a watery or creamy bowl of blandness with some stodgy, wet rice on the side. A few years ago we did actually find a fairly good Indian restaurant and while their curries were in no competition to the ones we enjoy in the UK…

Chicken Madras

January 22, 2016 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

I am incredibly disappointed with Indian food in Berlin. I knew it was going to be a task to find a decent Madras or Jalfrezi but quite frankly – Indian food is no good in Berlin! The food is just a bowl of slop where most of the time I can taste no difference in the same tasteless sauce across all dishes on the menu. Generic is putting it mildly. …

Chicken Jalfrezi

October 10, 2014 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

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Happy Friday! I am a big fan of Indian food and it’s something that I really miss in Berlin. There are a couple of good places such Meena Kumari but it is still not the same. To start, the food can lack heat and spice. And while I love going out for a curry whenever I am back in the UK you just can’t beat a home made version. It is healthier, tastier and you can add as much spice as you want. I also find it is less stodgy.…

Exberliner Column: Pork Panang Curry

May 27, 2014 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

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Thai is one of my favourite cuisines – it is fresh, tasty and quick to make. And while there are a couple of good Thai restaurants around you just can’t beat making your own! I always stop by a local Asian store such as Asia Mekong to pick up plenty of fresh coriander and sweet basil. My cupboards are full of various spices which means this dish can be quick to prepare….

Kerala Prawn Curry

April 30, 2014 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

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This quick and easy curry is a perfect blend of spice, creamy and fresh. This curry is based on the dishes from Kerala, South India and is packed full of flavour. …

Chicken Khao Soi (Northern Thai Curry)

April 15, 2014 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

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I don’t usually cook with egg noodles when making a Thai curry and instead tend to use rice noodles. But this Burmese influenced Thai dish is a popular street food and is so easy to make at home. Any kind of Thai curry sauce tends to be like a soup and this works really well with the egg noodles as they do not end up soft and like mush. …

Mixed Vegetable Curry

March 31, 2014 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

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We eat too much meat. This will upset a lot of people who think that a meal should always consist of some kind of meat but it’s true – in the US and Europe in particular we eat far too much meat. This is not only catastrophic for the environment (ideally we need to reduce meat consumption by 50% according to studies…) but we also don’t need that much meat in our diet. I regularly see people eating chicken for lunch and then they will cook more meat later on for dinner. Countries such as Germany and Hungary are still big on having cold meats for breakfast too. …

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