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
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
October’s dish of the month features the recipe for kheema stuffed parathas, a popular Punjabi breakfast. Dip the bread into yoghurt or pickle or scoop up butter with it. Traditionally it’s always freshly churned home made butter but regular salted butter will do just fine. As made by Vivek on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen – catch up on the show 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
I’m delighted to be on the Christmas episode of Saturday Kitchen upcoming weekend. Christmas is possibly one of my favourite times of the year together with the feasts that are associated with it. The bit I am most thrilled about though, is being on the show alongside my personal food hero Rick Stein. I have long been Read More
The forthcoming weekend is set to be a delicious one! On Saturday 27th May, be sure to look out for Vivek on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, where alongside guest host Matt Tebbutt, Vivek Singh will be preparing a special celebratory dish from his new cookbook Indian Festival Feasts. Tune into BBC One from 10am on Saturday 27th May and Read More
The forthcoming week is set to be a delicious one! On Thursday 15th December, be sure to look out for Vivek on BBC’s Christmas Kitchen special, where alongside guest hosts Matt Tebbutt and Andi Oliver, Vivek Singh will be sharing festive food ideas and preparing a special dish, perfect for the festive season. Tune into BBC One Read More
The forthcoming week is set to be a delicious one! On Thursday 27th October, Chef Vivek will be talking festive food and all things Diwali on BBC Radio 2. Tune in to BBC Radio 2 from 5pm on Thursday 27th October for the Simon Mayo Drivetime show for a special ‘Foodie Thursday’. And on Saturday 29th Read More
July’s dish of the month features the recipe for shrimp kichri, a great brunch dish and as made by Vivek on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen – catch up on the show here! I remember my Dad used to say a true Bengali can’t have a single meal without fish or something fishy! Kichri was something that was Read More
The forthcoming weekend is set to be a delicious one! On Saturday 9th July, be sure to look out for Vivek on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, where alongside guest host John Torode, Vivek Singh will be preparing some special dishes, perfect for the summertime and barbecue season. Tune into BBC One from 10am on Saturday 9th Read More