Nadiya on bbc2

DrWatson

I see praise for this woman - mostly due to her use of spices. Well, that's no good whatsoever to all of us (and from chats it's a fair subset of the population) for whom spice usually = indigestion.

She put half a tub of cinnamon in the cottage pie meal.

I dislike the new head covering too, it is equivalent to long hair. I don`t like her recipes, so unhealthy and absolutely not for my palate

karmalady

I dislike the new head covering too, it is equivalent to long hair. I don`t like her recipes, so unhealthy and absolutely not for my palate

It’s all very clearly planned to keep people talking about her and keep her name in the headlines.

I have seen lots of her books in charity shops lately and that’s always a fair indicator of a person’s popularity (or not).

Anyone who likes cooking with spices will get far more information and good recipes from Nisha Katona’s book, Spice Tree.

Nadiya relies far too heavily on Curry Powder which we all had to use in the sixties because there wasn’t anything else available.

I agree about the Cottage Pie and I don’t care if it served eight, there was way too much butter in the mash.

I’m sure I only counted six eggs on top! 🤣

merlotgran

Anyone who likes cooking with spices will get far more information and good recipes from Nisha Katona’s book, Spice Tree.

Nadiya relies far too heavily on Curry Powder which we all had to use in the sixties because there wasn’t anything else available.

I agree about the Cottage Pie and I don’t care if it served eight, there was way too much butter in the mash.

I’m sure I only counted six eggs on top! 🤣

I still have 2 little Indian cookery booklets by Madhur Jaffrey spotted with curry splodges, sticky fingers and pencil notes.

In the 70s there was a prog called Pebble Mill At One and she did a really good cookery spot and I sent off for the books.

As we lived in Leicester then we were able to buy all the spices in the many Asian shops. Still use them to this day despite having several other asian cookery books, I always go back to these.