Cooking with Monisha - Cookery School

This year my book 'The Indian Kitchen' has been listed as resource reading for the new BTEC Level 2 Certificate in Hospitality and Catering Principles (Professional Cookery - Indian Cuisine)

This season Cooking With Monisha is delighted to be supporting the following charities-

Bernados
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Action Against Hunger

I am very pleased to announce my new collaboration with one of the finest Cookery schools in the UK- the Ashburton Cookery School in Devon. I am honoured to be teaching their Indian cookery programme from the autumn of 2011.

www.ashburtoncookeryschool.co.uk

Cooking With Monisha's Food Walks of Southall named among
'FIVE TOP FOOD EXPERIENCES OF LONDON' (September 2010)
www.guardian.co.uk

The Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards provide global recognition to the very best in the international food and drink publishing and broadcasting industries.

'HEALTHY INDIAN IN MINUTES' (published Kyle Cathie Ltd 2009) was shortlisted for the prestigious World Food Media Awards in Australia last year.
www.worldfoodmediaawards.com

Along with my regular classes at Cooking With Monisha, you can also see me at these events-

16 September Ashburton Cookery School
6 October Ashburton Cookery School
14 October Ashburton Cookery School
20 October Divertimenti, London
29 October The Bertinet Kitchen, Bath
10 November Divertimenti, London
12 November The Bertinet Kitchen, Bath
17 November Ashburton Cookery School
12 December Ashburton Cookery School
13 December Ashburton Cookery School

This season I am also working in partnership with Tastour, Milaap Centre Kingston, The National Trust and the LB of Hounslow.

I am also collaborating with the hugely talented Sophie Conran offering exclusive cooking courses at her venture at Temple Guiting.
www.sophieconrantg.com

Many of my readers and most of my cookery school clients ask me for recommendations- good places to eat, new products to try and about food events related to Indian cooking.

I will be suggesting some interesting experiences here. Do feel free to email me on
monishabharadwaj@hotmail.com to let me know your thoughts!

INDIAN ZING
www.indianzing.co.uk
236, King Street, Hammersmith W6 0RF
0208 748 5959

One of my absolute favourite restaurants is Indian Zing in Hammersmith, west London. It is close to the Cooking With Monisha Kitchen so you can call it my local Indian. But it's really much more than that, and its great appeal is that it has not just the usual Lamb Roghanjosh and Dhansak on the menu but also some fabulous and unusual dishes from my home state of Maharashtra in India.

Maharashtrian food is seldom seen in the UK. It is known for its delicate spicing, fabulous seafood dishes and flavours such as tamarind, coconut, curry leaves and peanuts.

Start with the Vegetable Bhanavla, a super and tastier version of the ubiquitous onion bhajia or the Prawn and Aubergine Kharphatla which is flavoured with caramelised onions, tomato and pickling masala.

The Karwari Fish Curry offered at Indian Zing is quite the real thing- it is flavoured with a spice called Tirphal, a small, dark seed resembling a peppercorn, that gives it a unique sharp, woody fragrance. Also try the Chicken Miravna, a spicy, herby curry created by the early settlers of Mumbai, the Pathare Prabhus who are known for their love of food and eating. Another favourite is the Ghatti Lamb with black pepper, a robust dish from the mountain regions of Maharashtra.

The service at Indian Zing is also top class and the staff seem to take that ancient Sanskrit saying very seriously- 'Atithi Devo Bhava'- a guest is equal to God.

Also part of this fabulous group of restaurants is the recently opened Indian Zilla in Barnes, London and Indian Zest in Sunbury upon Thames

www.indianzilla.co.uk

www.indianzest.co.uk