World Kitchen Recipes

Meena's menu for an Indian brunch

Meena’s menu for an Indian brunch

Meena
A beautiful green spinach cake was a hot (literally) favourite at the World Kitchen brunch.  Here Meena Bhana shares her recipe for the spicy savoury cake but first she takes us to the bustling streets of Indian cities with her menu for the World Kitchen brunch.
I put together a menu of Gujerati dishes for the [...]

Found in translation: Spanish empanadillas

Found in translation: Spanish empanadillas

“Knowing what to make is not to same as knowing how to make it.” In a story full of Spanish colour, Ellie Casson explains why she chose to make Spanish empanadillas for the World Kitchen brunch –  and how.
When my family first moved to Spain, we discovered in a nearby village an outstanding family [...]

Curried butternut soup

More warming recipes from the World (soup) Kitchen in Leith.  This one is from Claire with a deliciously easy method for making Curried Butternut soup for 4. As she says: “I love the whole bung it all in a pot aspect. No oil required!”

Red soup for a warm winter supper

Red soup for a warm winter supper

No food miles from field to this farm shop
By popular request, here’s the recipe for the red soup we mentioned on Facebook the other night.  Basically you can put together whatever red veg you can find in your cupboard  – a mix sweet potatoes or carrots and tomatoes with lentils for extra nourishment.  But [...]

Mridu's Magical Puri Bread

Mridu’s Magical Puri Bread

Continuing our World Kitchen in Leith recipe series, Mridu shares the secret of making Puris
They disappeared like hot cakes.  Deep fried Puris were one of the hits of our World Kitchen in Leith festival night.  Easier than rotis or parathas, puris still need a little practice if you want to get them to puff up [...]

Granny Barron’s Irish Wheaten Bread

Granny Barron’s Irish Wheaten Bread

Starting a series of World Kitchen recipes, Sam Barron passes on a family treat:
The recipe was never written down. Over generations the technique was simply a handful of this and a pinch of that.  Then one of Granny Barron’s daughters watched her mother as she made some bread.  She carefully measured the quantities and came [...]