Being the Indian Abroad

04/07/2021

Flowers and good food…nothing more to say, we complete each other 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽❤️

06/02/2021

Some pandemic delights...from a lazy Desi Sunday roast to Bongman’s Macher Jhol on a crisp cold evening to some simple Chana Masala and Bhindi bhajee

06/10/2020

Homemade Bengali fish curry - PM if you fancy the recipe.

Few tricks:
Boil tomatoes in water and a bit of veg oil;
Add fenugreek seeds and not just mustard;
Start the process with nigella seeds;
Marinate fish in turmeric and salt earlier.

27/04/2020

Creamy chicken curry...home cook’s basic North recipe with reminiscence of karahi chicken and no major challenges except the patience required in ensuring that the onions are cooked for very long time and not just till they are browning.

19/04/2020

Home delight thanks to Pooja Jeetun...lamb and potato curry with rice (you can’t see as I’m greedy with the meat...why not lol) and cauliflower and paneer ki sabzee (veggies..)

09/11/2019

16/10/2019

22/07/2019

Hello followers and Indian food lovers. Page has been silent but we have got a couple of restaurants in the pipeline for next month - Bombay Bustle and Darjeeling Express.

There *may* be a third, Ooty Restaurant, a modern twist on South Indian cuisine.

WATCH THIS SPACE....if any of u have been to 1 of the 3, then please shout out and let me know the dishes u luuurrrrvvvveeee!!!!

19/05/2019

Visit to TRISHNA today nestled in a quiet street off Marylebone High Street and it exceeded expectations with its simplicity and classy decor. The food is excellent with its Bombay, Goan and some more of the eastern Indian Konkan coast flavours. Staff are a bit slow and not very clear with explaining dishes so use your best judgement if you are a non-Indian.

We tried the spring 4 course menu and it's a treat. Quick rating/review on some of the dishes below:

Starters:
- Telucherry Squid & Shrimps (7)
- Shahi Salmon Tikka (8)
- Duck Chutney Seekh (10)
Mains
- Kozhikode Chicken Masala (5)
- Gongura Lamb (9)
Dessert:
- Orange Malpua Rabri (only north Indian) (8)

Food is better than a lot of the competitors but it is slightly overpriced in my opinion.

Enjoy and let us know if you go and what your thoughts were.

28/04/2019

Recent visit to DISHOOM and our second time since it first opened...we didn't return because we found it overrated the first time. My view hasn't changed much but perhaps having just returned from India means the benchmark is set really high. Our order was murgh malai, lamb boti kebab, chicken biryani and kaali (black) daal. I won't rate each dish but my top one was murgh malai which is not much when compared to Delhi's Rajinder Da Dhaba's (my previous post below on this page) murgh malai tikka but it is decent. The pistachio kulfi was a disaster and tasted like a lump of lard on a stick with no traces (let alone taste) of pistachio whatsoever.

Service is generally good but we weren't offered the chutney trio till much later when we asked for it (hence not rating it excellent).

We were at Dishoom Carnaby Street and the set up and interior along with the seating in the conservatory gets top top marks, it paints an amazing classic Bombay Parsi cafe picture.

Next reviews coming up (not in that order):
1. Darjeeling express
2. Bombay Bustle

11/03/2019

Delhi and infact every state city and corner of India boasts it's beautiful relationship with food so I went to an old favourite last week in Delhi with two sexy food lovers....Rajinder da dhaba....burrrraaaa!!!