Paneer Butter Masala
Paneer in a smooth tomato, butter and cream sauce — the vegetarian butter chicken.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: naan, basmati rice, salad
HB-5634 · Hand-built original
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Paneer in a smooth tomato, butter and cream sauce — the vegetarian butter chicken.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: naan, basmati rice, salad
HB-5634 · Hand-built original
A three-part Indian spread: creamy paneer curry with spinach and peas, crisp spiced Bombay potatoes with yoghurt, and chickpea samosas.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-14721 · Hand-built original
Crisp spring rolls filled with grated paneer, cabbage, carrot, peas and sweetcorn, served with a fresh coriander and mint chutney.
Main ingredient: coriander
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14724 · Hand-built original
Paneer and red pepper cubes are marinated in a green spinach, coriander and yoghurt blend, grilled on skewers with butter basting and finished with garam masala and chaat masala.
Main ingredient: leaves
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-7828 · Hand-built original
Charred paneer tikka in the classic creamy tomato masala, with peppers for sweetness.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: naan, jeera rice, raita
HB-5633 · Hand-built original
Spiced paneer cubes simmered in a tomato and honey tikka sauce, wrapped in warm naans with crunchy cabbage slaw, red onion, chilli and garlic mayonnaise.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14725 · Hand-built original
Crisp puri shells are filled with spiced potato and black chickpeas and flooded at the table with a cold, tangy coriander, mint and lime pani.
Main ingredient: ½oz fresh coriander leaves and stalks
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-7830 · Hand-built original
Crisp hollow puris filled with beansprouts and softened boondi, flooded at the last moment with a chilled, tangy cumin and black salt pani.
Main ingredient: chutney
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14726 · Hand-built original
A smooth, silky Indian-style lassi blending ripe papaya with honey, cardamom, buttermilk and yogurt, served over tall glasses with crushed toasted pistachios.
Main ingredient: deseeded
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-17251 · Hand-built original
Parsi-style fried chicken pieces marinated in a green chilli, ginger, coriander and lime paste, crumbed and deep-fried until golden.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-14738 · Hand-built original
Mumbai's mashed vegetable curry cooked on a great flat pan with butter, served with buttered rolls.
Main ingredient: vegetables
Pairs well with: extra butter, onion salad, lemon wedges
HB-5669 · Hand-built original
A Mumbai-style mashed vegetable curry of potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and peas cooked with tomatoes, tamarind and pav bhaji masala, enriched with butter and lime.
Main ingredient: potato
HB-7854 · Hand-built original
Indian crisp pastry parcels filled with spiced peas, ginger and green chillies.
Main ingredient: peas
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-4040 · Hand-built original
A fragrant pea pulao of basmati rice cooked with ghee-toasted cumin, black peppercorns and cinnamon, rested and fluffed before serving.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14748 · Hand-built original
Chickpeas simmered in a coconut-milk curry with red curry paste and peanut butter, served over coconut rice with spinach, cilantro and chopped peanuts.
Main ingredient: chickpeas
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-11980 · Hand-built original
The original Goan vindaloo, with pork shoulder braised in a vinegar and garlic marinade.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: basmati rice, sannas or bread, salad
HB-5629 · Hand-built original
A simple weeknight curry of potatoes with protein-packed edamame. This dry-style curry is similar to Bombay potatoes with the usual ginger, chilli, mustard seeds and turmeric. Enjoy with roti, plain yoghurt and salad.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-3126 · Hand-built original
An Indian curry of turmeric-fried potatoes simmered in a tomato passata sauce with bay leaves, asafoetida, amchur and green chillies. Peas and garam masala go in at the end with coriander.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: Basmati Rice, Naan
HB-7961 · Hand-built original
Crispy baked potato skins filled with a mustard seed, curry leaf and peanut potato bhaji. A coriander, coconut yoghurt and tamarind dressing is drizzled over the top.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-7962 · Hand-built original
Russet potato cubes simmered in a curry powder and cardamom sauce with tomato paste, cream and broth until creamy. Fried curry leaves and peas finish it, served with rice.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: Basmati Rice, Naan
HB-7963 · Hand-built original
A Keralan-style prawn curry sharpened with tamarind and built on a freshly ground spice paste with mustard seeds, fenugreek and curry leaves.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: Basmati Rice, Naan
HB-7969 · Hand-built original
Prawns layered with saffron rice — a coastal biryani that cooks fast once assembled.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: raita, salad, dal
HB-5652 · Hand-built original
A fiery prawn curry served with soft white bread, flavoured with a home-ground Sri Lankan-style curry powder, tamarind water, coconut milk and a glossy oil made from the prawn shells.
Main ingredient: prawns
Pairs well with: Naan, Basmati Rice
HB-7970 · Hand-built original
Pork shoulder marinated overnight in a ground-spice vindaloo paste with tamarind, braised until it shreds, then piled into toasted buns with mayonnaise, quick-pickled red onions and cucumber. Hot, sour and rich in the Goan style.
Main ingredient: pork shoulder
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14903 · Hand-built original
An Indian biriyani baked in a whole pumpkin with spiced onions, aubergine, potatoes, saffron rice and a yoghurt salad.
Main ingredient: pumpkin
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-4043 · Hand-built original
This easy Pumpkin Curry recipe is a creamy vegan dinner made with fresh pumpkin, canned pumpkin, coconut milk, and warm spices. Cozy and budget-friendly!
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-1856 · Hand-built original
A richly spiced Punjabi curry base of onion, tomato, ginger and garlic, blended smooth and ready to become the foundation of meat, fish or vegetable curries.
Main ingredient: large garlic bulb
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14917 · Hand-built original
Crisp, deeply spiced fried chicken thighs rest on savoury gram-flour waffles, finished with a warm tamarind glaze, chaat masala and fresh coriander.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-18204 · Hand-built original
Tiny crisp gram flour and semolina pearls fried through a perforated ladle, soaked in cardamom and rose sugar syrup at one-string consistency, and pressed with pistachios and melon seeds into orange ladoos. Greased palms shape the sticky boondi mixture into firm festival sweets.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14918 · Hand-built original
Little whole wheat discs that puff into crisp golden balloons in hot oil.
Main ingredient: bread
Pairs well with: chana masala, aloo curry, halwa
HB-5658 · Hand-built original
Indian curried minced beef simmered with ginger, garlic, onion and warm spices, served over basmati rice with a blitzed mint yogurt.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-7995 · Hand-built original
A quick blended saag of spinach and broccoli stalk in a spiced butter and double cream sauce, with whole broccoli florets and sweetcorn folded in and a garnish of reserved florets, sweetcorn, cream and red chilli.
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-8004 · Hand-built original
Salmon fillets rubbed with a toasted coconut spice mix, pan-fried and finished in a blended coconut curry sauce fragrant with ginger, garlic and fresh coriander.
Main ingredient: salmon
Pairs well with: asparagus, lemon butter sauce, rice pilaf, cucumber salad, roasted potatoes
HB-14936 · Hand-built original
Sunday rajma: kidney beans in a ginger-forward tomato gravy, mopped up with rice.
Main ingredient: kidney beans
Pairs well with: basmati rice, roti, onion salad
HB-5640 · Hand-built original
An Indian kidney bean stew with tomato, ginger and warm spices, finished with lemon, shallot and cilantro.
Main ingredient: kidney beans
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney
HB-3986 · Hand-built original
Kidney beans simmer into a spiced tomato rajma while chaat-spiced tofu skewers roast in the oven, served together with rice, yoghurt and a chopped cucumber salad.
Main ingredient: tofu
Pairs well with: steamed rice, stir-fried vegetables, miso soup, edamame, pickled cucumber
HB-8028 · Hand-built original
A North Indian kidney bean stew: beans soaked overnight and simmered until tender, then folded through a ghee-based onion masala with tomato paste, tamarind and amchur.
Main ingredient: kidney beans
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14950 · Hand-built original
Thin, lacy semolina and rice flour crepes poured onto a hot pan so the edges crisp, flecked with cumin, green chilli, curry leaves and coriander.
Main ingredient: semolina
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-8038 · Hand-built original
Red lentils simmer with ginger, turmeric, serrano and warm spices in broth and crushed tomatoes, finished with coconut milk, almond butter, lemon and cilantro.
Main ingredient: red lentils
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-8050 · Hand-built original
Red lentils break down into a tomato and cumin dal with soy sauce, then finish with turmeric, coconut milk and wilted spinach.
Main ingredient: lentil
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-8051 · Hand-built original
Paneer cubes soaked in warm salted water finish in a blended tomato, cashew and curd gravy tempered with an onion tomato masala, honey and dried fenugreek.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-8057 · Hand-built original
A fragrant no-churn kulfi of roasted rhubarb folded with cardamom, rosewater, kefir and cream, frozen in moulds.
Main ingredient: chunks
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-14995 · Hand-built original
Rigatoni folded through a smooth, creamy tomato makhani sauce with golden fried aubergine and a fennel-chilli spice sprinkle.
Main ingredient: cubes
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-15009 · Hand-built original
Spiced roast cauliflower in a celeriac curry, served with slow-cooked black dal and sweet almond-coconut peshwari naan.
Main ingredient: cauliflower
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-15014 · Hand-built original
A warm salad of roasted paneer and sweetcorn with tomatoes, cashews and herbs, dressed with spiced oil, lime and honey.
Main ingredient: paneer
Pairs well with: basmati rice, naan, raita, mango chutney, dal
HB-15060 · Hand-built original
Rogan Josh (Indian Lamb Curry) is an Indian mains built around chicken.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-3152 · Hand-built original
Dry-style potatoes and spinach with cumin, ginger and turmeric — a homely, healthy staple.
Main ingredient: spinach
Pairs well with: roti, dal, raita
HB-5635 · Hand-built original
An Indian shepherd's pie with a bean and tomato masala base under a saag aloo potato and cauliflower topping.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-4033 · Hand-built original
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