CardaMUM is Kiran Soni’s food & lifestyle blog, to provide recipes, tips and inspiration. Indian with a modern twist. 

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Banana Upside Down Cake I’ve used up all the overripe stragglers in the fruit bowl and drum roll please.....caramelised bananas in this irresistible cake. It’s absolutely delicious warmed with ice cream. Frankly, I think it would be rude
Mushroom & Chestnut Risotto Rich, creamy, intense and full of flavour. This risotto is comfort food at its best. Risotto is a northern Italian rice dish, cooked with broth, until it becomes creamy. I’ve used several pantry and fridge stapl
P r a w n C u r r y Fancy a curry? This prawn curry is super easy, super fast and super yummy. Fry chopped onions with minced garlic, ginger and chilli. Once golden brown, add chopped tomatoes, either fresh or tinned and a little tomato puré
P a u B h a j i • Pau Bhaji (pronounced ‘pow baa-jee‘), is an Indian street food, originating in Mumbai. The bhaji is essentially a mixture of mashed vegetables, spiced and embellished with butter and cooked on a flat iron pan. It
B a n a n a B r e a d ‘Avoid food waste’ is what I thought when I saw two extremely overripe bananas in my fruit bowl. A few weeks ago I may have just thrown them out, but now everything is precious and we just can’t take anything
Vegetable Thai Green Curry This Thai vegetable green curry essentially uses up any vegetables you have at home. I fried up a chopped aubergine. I separately fried up some finely chopped lemongrass and added shop bought Thai green curry paste and fis
Happy Mother’s Day 💗🌸 Wishing you amazing Mama’s a very happy Mother’s Day. However, today is more than Mother’s Day, it’s about celebrating our families. It’s about thanking our emergency services who work endle
M u s h r o o m S o u p This mushroom soup is a heartwarming hug in a bowl. It’s very simple and quick, using only a handful of ingredients. I’ve used chestnut mushrooms for that nutty flavour, but you can use any mushrooms you have to
Chocolate Chip Cookies BEST EVER chocolate chip cookies using store cupboard ingredients. These cookies are simple, quick and utterly delicious. During all this craziness, we need a few treats and with all the kids off school from tomorrow, what mor
H a p p y H o l i * Holi is a Hindu Spring festival. It signifies the victory of good over evil. The festival celebrates Spring, a blossoming new season full of hope and happiness. It is a festival of colour and people throw coloured powder on each
T h e W e e k e n d * If you’re staying in, as we’ve all been advised to do, how about buying your favourite foods, getting into your pj’s, and settling down in front of Netflix! For me it’s a cheeseboard with a glass of red.
S u n d a y B r u n c h * Idli Sambar is a popular South Indian breakfast. Soft spongy rice cakes are made from rice and black lentils which are soaked overnight and then blended to form a batter, which is then fermented. The idlis are steamed in mo