I grew up enjoying this dish prepared by my grandmother and then my mother. It was a dish cooked on special occasions, and you will see why below, and one the family always looked forward to. The lovely, creamy curry, with chunks of meat, potatoes, shallots, and fresh tomatoes, was greedily sopped up with naan or sheermal until we were stuffed.  This dish has a history and a long journey, with the original recipe adapted along the way. The origins of this dish are thought to

The history of apricots is ancient. The fruit was thought to have originated in China in 2000 BC, and the Roman emperor Julius Caesar loved them. The fruit was brought to him, dried via the Silk Route, and it established itself along the way in various regions, including the slopes of the lower Himalayas in Northern India. When the Uzbek king Babur invaded India, he was very pleasantly surprised to discover the fruit was already established in India, so he could enjoy them. 

This dish is the vegetarian cousin of Kuku paka and derives from the merging of flavours from Indian and Swahili cooking. The dish...