Sixth Program ~ Gujarat Vegetarian Cuisine
Yes real vegetarian food. Did you know that in Gujarti 7 out of 10 people are vegetarian.This cuisine is strongly influenced by sweet and sour flavours. Again we see mustard seeds, curry leaves, and tamarind.
After five episodes of this fantastic new cooking series, Gary has been working hard cooking with very talented Indian chefs. I really enjoyed last Friday's show, great cooking. There are ten episodes, five each week for two weeks. Gary is cooking with the help and advice of Indian chefs but you can see his approach and cooking instinct coming to the fore as well. India its cuisine and culture are vibrantly brought to our tv screens. Each programme sees a different Indian chef that assist Gary by guiding him through the prepararion of the spices and the cooking process. It puts Gary under some stress, but he copes with this well, in spite of the heat and I think he does so well. A true talent in the cooking world!!
Gary is assisted by three 'apprentices', sous-chefs ~ Bushra Akram (a lawyer), Kalwant Sahota (works in the NHS) and Scott Davis (a chef). The sous-chefs do research whilst on tour for ideas. Don't miss this program. Episodes will provide insights to the following food types and places : the Royal Palace kitchen, Punjab, Coastal, Mughlai, Gujarati, Parsee, Bengali, Marwari and Street food. List of recipes. See Sky Channel 259 and Virgin TV 260.
For recipes at UKTV Food follow the links below:
Potato and Green Pea Pattice
Gram Dal Fritters with Yogurt Kadhi
Coconut Okra
The finale of the series will be when Gary cooks for a select group of very discerning diners, in Atul Kochhar's restaurant in London's West End.
Program One Monday 6th Aug ~ Blog
Program Two Tuesday 7th Aug ~ Blog
Program Three Wednesday 8th Aug ~ Blog
Program Four Thursday 9th Aug ~ Blog
Program Five Friday 10th Aug ~ Blog
Final five programs this week, Monday 13th - Friday 17th Aug 07.
See the UKTV website for more details ~ Rhodes across India on UKTV Food and check out the website for recipes and video links.
Note: Repeated on UKTV Food this week is the Great British Chefs with Gary Rhodes vs Atul Kochhar!!!!!
