Fragrant aubergine and lemongrass curry

I had a vegetarian friend round for lunch, which wasn’t a challenge in itself, but I do like to cook something special when I’m cooking for others.  When I say special, I mean not run of the mill, everyday, “I …

“String hoppers? I thought you said space hoppers…”

String hoppers, or idiyappam, is a Sri Lankan dish of rice flour paste forced into noodle shapes and then steamed.  I found this out yesterday while I was half-listening to my colleagues chatting and my initial thought was “how can …

Pick o’ the fridge tortilla

In this case, the ‘tortilla’ I refer to is the Spanish tortilla de patatas.  AKA Spanish omelette, potato omelette.  It is similar to the Italian frittata, because they’re both open-faced omelettes, but not identical.  From what I can gather, the …