When I was a child my Mum would put a homemade dinner on the table every night.
She would carefully stamp and grind her own curry pastes and marinades, and as the aroma of spicy curries and casseroles, infused with the flavours of her Indian and African roots, filled our house, my brother and I would be left salivating as we impatiently counted down the clock to dinner.
As a busy Mum myself now, I often think about those delicious meals my mum created and wish I had the culinary skills, or enough time, to recreate them. Sadly I have yet to reach the yardstick set by Mum, but necessity is the mother of invention! My recipe for ‘Spicy Roast Chicken’ combines my appetite for the spicy, aromatic dishes of my youth with my desire for quick and easy family cooking.
The entire meal is cooked in one dish, so clean up is minimal, and as it cooks your home is perfumed with a mouth-watering aroma. Best of all its … Read the rest