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Featured Dishes – October (part 2)

Here are a couple of lovely dishes for you meat eaters out there.  This month we have also gone with something a bit different – a fish curry. Fish Jalfrezie Methi Gosht
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Featured Dish – Fish Jalfrezie

Before we get into the intricacies of this one, a quick word of advice.  There is something about fish and curry that works really well with rice – and the Mushroom Pilau we offer will set this dish off a treat. Our Fish Jalfrezie is a fish that bites back, with a good amount of [...]
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Featured Dish – Methi Gosht

Methi, or fenugreek as it is commonly known is a flavoursome green leafed plant.  It is recognised as having two main uses – firstly as an ingredient in great food, and secondly to aid milk production in mothers feeding their young. For this dish we are definitely concentrating on the former! Gosht in this recipe [...]
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Recap of our Indian food dish stories

Over the many months that we have been celebrating the great food, atmosphere and service at The Clay Oven Indian Restaurant in Edinburgh’s Morningside we have written about many of our chef’s greatest creations. The very thought of these gets us salivating and we hope you feel the same. This now is more of a [...]
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Homemade Cheese (Panir) Indian Style!

How to Make Cheese A few weeks ago we were singing the praises of the great North Indian cheese panir and suggested that it was one to try making at home. Now we’re going to tell you how – so next time you have 15 minutes to spare – why don’t you give it a [...]
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Film of the Month – Burke and Hare

Our film of the month is based on the popular Edinburgh story of Burke and Hare. Based on a true story of grave robbing, this film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as well as Isla Fisher (most famously Shannon Reid from Home and Away a few years ago or more recently married to Sacha [...]
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Featured Dishes – October

Here at Edinburgh’s Clay Oven Indian Restaurant we like to take the opportunity each month to feature some of our great dishes. These two vegetarian dishes are classics – but one uses the infamous Indian cheese Panir.  Often described as being like cottage cheese – whilst the preparation processes are similar the end result should [...]
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Featured Dish – Mater Panir

Here is our beloved panir cheese expressing itself to delight. This is a dish of fresh peas ready to burst with their flavour and great Indian cheese. Herbs and spices are added to give a medium spiced dish. For us, this is a dish for the fantastically underrated chapatti. Order a few and create some [...]
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Featured Dish – Sabzi Jalfrezie

A beautiful fresh tasting vegetable curry. A mixture of vegetables are added to fresh herbs and spices to create a light and fresh tasting dish with a rich mixture of textures. To this we add a spiced sauce to get your tastebuds really working. A delightful dish and one to enjoy with mountains of fresh [...]
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Clay Oven’s Rice Dishes

Don’t Forget the Rice! This month we’re going to tell you all about our rice. Sometimes thought of as a mere filler to the delights of great Indian foods and curries – we strongly disagree. Here at the Clay Oven Indian restaurant we offer a wide range of rice dishes – each of them have [...]
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