Spicy Lamb Chops (4)

These lamb chops make a delicious main course and can be served with a mixed salad and perhaps some new potatoes. They will be more tender if they are marinaded overnight . For the lamb chops you can use either rib chops or loin chops but the latter will take 3-4 minutes longer to cook on each side. The recipe is from ” Indian in 7″ by Monisha Bharadwaj.

Egg, Turmeric and Coconut Curry (4)

An easy gently spiced and fragrant curry, from ” The Art of the Larder” by Claire Thompson. Serve with brown or white rice and a jarred Indian pickle or chutney. Cook as many eggs as you would like to serve. In the version shown here I used chopped fresh beetroot leaves instead of frozen spinach, adding and cooking them for a few minutes before adding the coconut milk.

Scrambled Paneer Curry (4)

A delicious paneer recipe to make at home from ” Romy Gill’s India ” by Romy Gill. She says its also a great choice for packed lunches or summer picnics: cut a pitta in half, turn each half into a pocket and fill with paneer to enjoy with pickled onions and salad on the side. She also suggests you can eat this paneer in a wrap, along with sliced onions and the chutney of your choice.

Gujerati- style cabbage with carrots (4-6)

This is from ” Madhur Jaffreys Indian Cookery” which was published in 1982 to accompany her series on BBC 2. This was the first recipe book I bought and i still have my now very stained and dog eared copy. This is an everyday vegetable dish from the state of Gujerat which goes with any Indian meal but is also a good accompaniment to pork chops. The ingredients are readily available in supermarkets now but back then many could only be sourced in specialist Indian groceries.