Curry Foodie
Hello and welcome to Curry Foodie, here you’ll discover recipes using spices and ingredients to make a delicious curry full of flavour and other dishes too!
Our Story
Curry Foodie
Our late mother, Nusrat Zaidi, was a fabulous home cook and quite often friends and family used to ask her to write a book, however with so many recipe books around, a web site seemed a better idea for how to share her recipes.
I was born in London in the early 60’s and whilst at Grammar school, choosing subjects to study for my ‘A’ levels, I was advised against Food & Nutrition as it was not an academic subject! So many, many years later I decided to attend the Birmingham College of Food and attained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Birmingham.
This degree helped me to research and write about my interests in Asian cuisine, especially the variety of different herbs, spices and foods.
Similarly, my sister Shereen who also attended the same school, shares our passion for delicious home cooked curries and we both enjoy cooking immensely.
Lubna S Haq MA
Founder
CurryFoodie.com
Lubna S Haq Nusrat Zaidi Shereen Qadri
What you will discover on Curry Foodie
As well as the recipes, there is a glossary of herbs, spices, and foods used in South Asian cookery from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, which we hope you will find interesting.
If you like curry, you’ll love Curry Foodie!
Spices & Herbs
Flavoursome and aromatic
Recipe Book
Appetising and delicious cuisine
STORIES
A Brief History of Curry
Curry originated in the Indian subcontinent. The word comes from the Indian Tamil word “Kari” meaning a sauce or soup to be eaten with rice. Curry comprises a mix of these main spices: coriander, turmeric, cumin, and red chili. The popularity of curry in Britain can...
Cooking perfect rice
There are many types of rice, but the most popular varieties used in Asian cooking are: Basmati and Patna. Basmati is the 'Prince' of rice, grown in India and Pakistan. It is a type of long-grain rice, but it is more slender and when cooked releases a distinct and...
The Story of Spice
Spice first came over to England as far back as the 14th century, in 1309. It was in the court of King Richard II that his palace cooks produced the first English recipe book ‘The Forme of Curry’. In the King’s Cookbook there was a dish of chicken stew that...