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Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites | Food

Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites | Food

This week, I bring you two approaches to weeknight dinner. First, a new take on kedgeree that’s swiftly put together and swaps the traditional boiled eggs for roast aubergines. Kedgeree was the invention of the British in colonial India, but was inspired by khichuri, a more ancient dish of rice and lentils, so here I’ve reinstated the pulses in the form of mung dal and peas: an Indian dish, adapted by the British, and changed again by an Indian living in Britain. The other dish is a smoky lamb curry that I often make ahead at the weekend – it freezes really well and makes for a bowl of richly spiced comfort to come home to. Kedgeree (pictured top) This is inspired both by my mother’s Bengali khichuri and the classic British kedgeree. Prep 10 minCook 30 minServes 4 1 aubergineVegetable oil¾ tsp ground turmericSalt270g haddock fillets150g mung dal150g brown onions, peeled and diced25g fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 tsp ground cumin1 tsp ground coriander275g basmati rice100g frozen peas50g unsalted butter75g golden raisins …

A new start after 60: I turned my homely lifestyle into a global phenomenon | Life and style

A new start after 60: I turned my homely lifestyle into a global phenomenon | Life and style

One sunny day in 2017, Kate Jackson, then 61, took a wooden wool-spinning wheel into her garden. She propped her iPad against a brick, pressed record and started talking as she spun – about crafts, the countryside, her menagerie of animals (cats, chickens, bees and Eileen the goose). Jackson enjoyed watching videos about gardening and quilting on YouTube, so one day she thought: how hard can it be? “I made a resolve to upload once a week.” She called her channel The Last Homely House, “which is a place to feel comfortable, secure and welcomed. That’s what I wanted my channel to be.” It now has 123,000 subscribers. Last May, Jackson – who lives in rural Northumberland – set up a sister channel, called The Last Homely Garden. She has an online shop, nearly 40,000 Instagram followers, and even a fan-run Facebook group. She has become the linchpin of a thriving online community. Thirteen years ago, after an unexpected divorce and with her three children adults, Jackson found herself living alone. “It was not a …