Christmas 2015 Day Five Course Lunch
First course (Entire selection is served) Homous (V) (GF) (LF) Creamed chick peas, tahini, garlic, fresh lime juice, salt & extra virgin olive oil Mast-o-Bademjan (V) (GF) Roasted aubergines, garlic, cumin, aniseed, salt & cracked black pepper folded in yoghurt Mixed Marinated Olives (V) … Continue reading
Lotus root Biryani style Pulao (V) (GF)
OK I bet you all have eaten and prepared lots of different types of biryani and pulao, but trust me, this one is unique and I don’t mean maybe! Biryani is an elaborate and festive rice dish, usually prepared on … Continue reading
Let’s make Chicken Shashlik
Shashlik or Shashlyk (pronounced as it is written or sometimes even ‘shashleek’) is made in fair few countries including Iran, India, Turkey, Russia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Morocco and a lot more others! It is fairly easy to prepare and it tastes delectable! Preparation will take … Continue reading
Pakora – a delicious, quick and easy snack
Yes, quick and dead easy! So, that’s how I make them: Ingredients: Half a cupful of Gram flour One medium sized onion sliced One medium sized potato thinly sliced Teaspoonful of coriander seeds ½ teaspoonful of cumin seeds Pinch of … Continue reading
My first Award winning dish – Shropshire Curry Chef of 2013 Competition
Now that I have calmed down a little, after winning the title, I have decided to publish the winning recipe of the main course; it has already done the trick for me, I think it’s your turn now! This will … Continue reading
Winner Shropshire Curry Chef of 2013 party at the Old Hall
Finally, it is time to formally celebrate our becoming the Shropshire Curry Chef of 2013 win! We are organising a party on Wednesday 12 June, starting at 5 pm. Our three course Culinary Selection Tastes of the East will be … Continue reading
Successful second Tasting Evening – 20 Feb 2013
Do you know what folk? I’m getting a buzz out of doing these evenings now! Following the immense success of the previous evening last month, I organised this one, albeit with some skepticism; it proved to be even better! Whereas we … Continue reading
30 Jan 2013 – First Culinary Selection Tasting Evening:
My Shrewsbury Restaurant has been open for over three years, and it still took me all that time to organise and execute a tasting evening for the people who have not done so before! Having seen the response of our … Continue reading
Kabab all sorts!
July 1999, almost the end of my three year basic surgical rotation at ‘North Staffs’, now known as University Hospital North Staffordshire; my friends, colleagues and I were very excited with all sorts of career plans in different fields of … Continue reading
Ex-doctor seeks top chef title
A FORMER Shropshire surgeon who swopped his doctor’s coat for chef’s whites will travel to the UK’s curry capital on Monday in a bid to be crowned Britain’s best. Dr Lal Haider, the chef-patron of Old Hall Restaurant, a Persian eatery at Dorrington, near Shrewsbury, has been nominated for the … Continue reading
