June saw the launch of Vivek Singh’s latest cookbook, Indian Festival Feasts! In celebration of this, for the June recipe we’re sharing an ultimate celebration dish. Raan; whole braised leg of lamb with peppercorn and nutmeg is a real centrepiece! It’s also very simple as far as the number of ingredients go, making it an Read More
May’s dish of the month features the recipe for mutton biryani with dried fruits and Kashmiri spices, from the new cookbook Vivek Singh’s Indian Festival Feasts – out 1st June. As the month of Ramadan begins all over the world, this is a feasting dish perfect for Eid-ul-Fitr, the celebration that rounds up Ramadan. A biryani Read More
Otherwise known as ‘baghare baingan’, my April recipe is one that has different versions all over India, but the most popular one is from Hyderabad. It has rich, deep, earthy notes, and some recipes use fat green chillies alongside aubergines, or even include lamb’s liver in the sauce. The term ‘baghare’ refers to the tempering Read More
February’s recipe of the month is an incredibly simple, but delicious way to cook broccoli. Vivek Singh will be preparing this dish as part of the Fire and Feast Collaboration Dinner on Monday 27th May, in aid of the charity Action Against Hunger, curated by Persian and Middle Eastern Chef Sabrina Ghayour. Serves 4 Ingredients: For the marinated Read More
January’s dish of the month features the recipe for a rich, winter-warming Beef Bhuna. Bhuna is a term you commonly find on restaurant menus. It refers to cooking meat with spices with little or no water added. This requires constant stirring to prevent the spices sticking to the bottom of the pan but the resulting Read More
December’s dish of the month features the recipe for a home-style chicken curry, or ‘ishtu’. This is served in Syrian-Christian households in Kerala for breakfast and is a firm favourite at the Christmas table. You use boned chicken in this recipe if you wish, but chicken on the bone provides much more flavour. If using boned Read More
Dear Friends, With spring here and the sun that’s been showing itself more and more, it brings about new energy. Even though, at the Cinnamon Collection we never sit still and as always, for this upcoming season, we have a lot of excited plans and events that I personally look forward to. Let me start by wishing everyone a great upcoming Easter break. Read More
Vivek is considered one of the foremost authorities on Indian food in the UK and is a familiar face in the national media. He continues to make appearances on cookery shows such as Saturday Kitchen, Masterchef, Market Kitchen and is a regular face at food festivals up and down the country including Taste of London Read More
Dear Friends, Hot on the heels of the opening of Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford, I am very excited about the next development in our Cinnamon Kitchen journey. From an old East India Company spice warehouse (Cinnamon Kitchen City), to the Westgate development in the heart of cultural Oxford (Cinnamon Kitchen Oxford), we are now heading South Read More
2017 for us began on roller skates, simply because we had just opened Cinnamon Bazaar in November 2016. It was one thrilling ride, where we were learning our way around Covent Garden and finding our feet with our new restaurant. At the same time, we were enjoying the attention that Cinnamon Bazaar was getting. We were thrilled with meeting lots of Read More