We haven’t named our mascot yet – we’re currently calling him H, which is fairly unimaginative but it’s a work in progress. Cheeseburgers would probably be the last thing one would consider “healthy” but that’s why we picked H as the mascot in the first place. If you do things right, you can eat what you want, when you want – not by the dozens though. So don’t keep the food you like for holidays and special occasions alone...

Another recipe from the Anjum Anand cook book – no she isn’t paying us to do this. They’re simple, don’t require 500 different ingredients and she doesn’t seem to care if it’s purist-friendly so long as it tastes good. We made the Indian Shepherd’s Pie sometime last week. Anjum calls it the best of the British and Indian palates and with the state elections tomorrow, seemed appropriate! This was probably the first time that we had to tweak one of...

If one dish were to be declared the national dish, I would vote for beef vindaloo over and over again. Beef vindaloo is a Goan dish that tends to get side lined because people are overly obsessed about Goan sea food. Beef Vindaloo is staple Sunday lunch food. It needs to be slow cooked for a long time giving you enough time to finish a few beers. Beef vindaloo is old Bandra – long before the crappy malls, shoppers and...

This beef chilli recipe is a simple south Indian beef main dish recipe that takes about an hour to make. It’ll serve about 4 people or 2 people with bigger appetites than normal. It’s an excellent one main dish meal and I’d recommend it for Sunday lunch (a recommendation that will be popping up for quite a few of the red meat recipes) because the nap you’ll take after eating will be blissful. Total time: 50 minutes (Prep time: 10 minutes,...