This simple but comforting pasta is a staple in our house, and has the seal of approval from both the adults and the kids. While …
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Quick and easy curry: Rukmini Iyer’s Sri Lankan-style aubergine and black-eye bean curry recipe | Curry
Today’s recipe takes great liberties with the base for the classic Sri Lankan aubergine pickle, wambatu moju, in which deep-fried aubergine and onions combine with …
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cauliflower polpette with cheese sauce | Vegetables
The other day, we walked past a field of cauliflower in the green belt of Rome called Casaletto. Not that it was clear they were …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for coconut vegetable curry, or sayur lemak | Malaysian food and drink
Sayur lemak is a beautiful, mild vegetable and coconut curry of Malaysian and Indonesian origin, which I’ve eaten in Singapore and also at Dapur, a …
How to turn old milk into homemade cheese – recipe | Cheese
Crowdie is a traditional soft fresh cheese from Scotland, originally made with sour milk. In raw, unpasteurised milk, lactic acid builds up as it sours, …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for masala chai teacakes | Baking
Teacakes mean different things to different people, depending on where they’re based. These aren’t the chocolate-covered marshmallow kind, but rather the spiced bread variety. I’ve …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for chipotle mushroom tacos | Mexican food and drink
A mixture of chestnut and oyster mushrooms works so well in this easy, weeknight taco feast. I love the spicy mushrooms piled on to warm …
How to turn old bagged salad into a nutritious soup – recipe | Salad
There’s a fine line when a bag of salad turns. One minute, it’s perfect, and the next it has turned into compost. To save a …
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for tinned cherry bakewell pudding | Dessert
There’s something comforting about a bakewell-style pudding. After I had my son Donnie, I’d pop one in the oven before dinner – it would often …
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for turmeric chicken rice with peas and habanero allioli | Mexican food and drink
This is inspired wholeheartedly by a dish I ate while cooking at the 45th birthday party of Nicos in Mexico City a few months ago. …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for sausage baps with mustardy apple slaw | Food
There’s something about autumn that screams sausages – maybe it’s the forthcoming Bonfire Night, but I crave them more than normal. This slaw is a …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for pan-roast chicken with butter bean mash | Chicken
This recipe is in memory of my late ex-husband, the academic Ken Millard, who used to pan-fry chicken par excellence and who gave me the …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Thai-style stir-fried squash with tofu, black pepper and basil | Vegan food and drink
This popular Thai stir-fry has taken a while to come out of the shadows and into this column due to an insecurity about its looks. …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for smoked salt chocolate creme brulee | Food
There are few things I love more than baked custard, and I’m reminded of just how easy it is to pull together every time I …
How to make leek and potato soup – recipe | Soup
I find potatoes in all forms, from fluffy mash to dripping-soaked chips, supremely comforting, but there’s little that hits the spot more effectively on a …
José Pizarro’s recipe for jerusalem artichoke, chorizo and bread bake | Spanish food and drink
This hearty dish is rich, warming and perfect for chilly autumn days, or whenever you crave some comfort food. I’m surprised that jerusalem artichokes are …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy squash fritters with rosemary and feta – recipe | Snacks
These six-ingredient fritters are ridiculously moreish and, if served with something green alongside, make a lovely autumnal dinner. You could, however, just as easily make …
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for rice, chestnut, milk and bay soup | Soup
In her 1845 book Modern Cookery for Private Families, Eliza Acton has six recipes for chestnuts: a soup, a stuffing, a stew, with sausages, as …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for pumpkin and chocolate crumble loaf cake | Cake
It’s very rare, but occasionally a recipe hits the bullseye the first time around, and to that hall of fame I’m now adding this pumpkin …
How to turn browned bananas into a brilliant ice-cream – recipe | Food
Brown bananas are a gooey, sweet gift from the gods that just keeps giving. If you don’t have brown bananas to hand, it’s just a …