I’ve been feeling really under the weather recently, down with a bad cold. I’m staying at my Nanima’s house for a few days and she has some old family remedies that she swears by so I thought that I’d share them with you today. For a common cold: 1 tsp honey – good for soothing...Read More

Making a spinach curry is super quick and great for a healthy dinner. Sometimes I add in paneer or chuna (chick peas) but the recipe below is just for the basic version. Ingredients: 500g of fresh spinach leaves, washed and roughly chopped (if you’re using baby spinach then leave whole) 4 to 5 cloves garlic,...Read More

Dhal bhath is a staple Gujarati dish that we often make at the weekend. Many other families make this almost every day to accompany whichever other shak (curry) they are having. Ingredients: 1 cup tuver dhal (split pigeon peas) 2 tsp nimak (salt) 1 ½ tbsp thel (sunflower oil) 2 ½ litre boiling water 1/3 can...Read More

Today I wanted to tell you all about Navratri. It is my favourite Hindu festival and I’ve been dancing away for the past few nights. It’s celebrated in autumn for 9 nights with traditional folk dancing called Garba as a big part of the Gujarati celebrations. We do a special prathna (prayer) each evening called...Read More

Chirya buteta nu shak is one of the most basic curries and a real comfort food at home. We often make it with dhal bhath (dhal and rice) and I’ll post the recipe for those later this week. It’s great with fresh hot rotlis, but also amazing in toasties with cheese – a great late-night...Read More

There’s nothing quite like eating fresh hot buttery rotlis. Rotlis (chapatis) are traditional unleavened flatbreads made with whole wheat flour and used to accompany any shak (curry). To make rotli, we use a patlo (round raised board), a velan (a rolling pin that’s thicker in the centre and tapered towards the ends that allows you...Read More

Every Indian household will have one of these – A steel tin with a number of round compartments, each filled with a delicious spice that gives our curries their wonderful fragrant flavour. Every dish starts with this little tin. Here’s a picture of mine, and I’ll take you through each ingredient. First up is Rai...Read More

Hi! Welcome to my blog Nanimas and thanks for stopping by. Nanima means ‘maternal grandma’ in Gujarati and this blog is all about the traditions passed down the generations of my family – from my Nanima to my Mum to me. It’s a record of all the things that I’ll hopefully one day pass on...Read More