Recipes
Indian recipes to make yourself
The dishes we cook in the workshops. Read along or watch the video, and tap a recipe for the full ingredients and method.
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17 recipes
Biryani (chicken)
Chicken and half-cooked basmati layered in one pan, sealed with dough and finished in its own steam. With its own masala, crispy fried onions and saffron.
Aloo Makhani
Baby potatoes fried golden first and then put into the makhani sauce, so they take up the sauce.
Aloo Bodi
Potato and green beans, fried dry with cumin and asafoetida. A simple dish without a sauce.
Amritsari Paneer Bhurji
Grated paneer in a spiced sauce of onion, yoghurt and tomato, with a homemade spice mix. From Amritsar in Punjab.
Butter Chicken
Marinated and roasted chicken in makhani sauce. The chicken is marinated twice and then roasted rather than simmered in the sauce.
Broccoli Makhani
Broccoli blanched briefly, then marinated and roasted, and only at the end put into the makhani sauce.
Chicken Bhuna
Chicken fried dry in spices and its own moisture, with no added water. A splash of warm water turns it into chicken curry.
Chana Masala
Chickpeas that go into the pressure cooker together with onion, tomato and spices and are then mashed into a thick sauce.
Makhani Sauce
The base sauce for butter chicken, paneer makhani, aloo makhani and broccoli makhani. You make a big pan in one go and freeze it in portions.
Gajar ka Halwa
Grated carrot cooked slowly in ghee, with sugar, thickened milk, nuts and cardamom. Serve warm.
Palak Paneer
Spinach and cubes of paneer in a creamy green sauce with cashew nuts. Palak is Hindi for spinach.
Naan
Soft Indian flatbread with garlic and coriander, baked in a dry pan that you then hold upside down over the flame.
Paneer Makhani
Cubes of paneer in makhani sauce, finished with honey, crème fraîche and dried fenugreek. With the sauce ready, this is on the table in fifteen minutes.
Shahi Paneer
Paneer in a mild, creamy sauce of onion, yoghurt, cashews and cream, strained until smooth. Shahi means royal.
Aloo Paratha video
Indian stuffed flatbread with a spiced potato filling: simple, healthy and endlessly variable. Great with chutney, yoghurt or simply ketchup.
Egg Curry video
A warm, aromatic egg curry built on onion and tomato, gently spiced for the Dutch palate. Inspired by Punjabi cooking and ideal for cold days.
Dal Tadka video
Creamy yellow split-pea lentil curry, finished with a sizzling tadka of ghee, cumin, garlic and dried chili. Authentic, protein-rich and finger-licking good.