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It has been a while since you have heard from us here at Newton's. Like everybody in Auckland (and other parts of the country) we have been focused on getting through what seems like a never-ending winter. While the temperature has climbed slightly, the wind and the rain are showing no sign of bidding farewell yet.

This month's recipe is great for a quick supper when you can’t really be bothered cooking too much. Alternatively, you could add a couple of fried eggs and turn it into a great brunch option especially for this Sunday's All Black World Cup game. It's an Indian dish so its packed full of flavour.

Having recently experienced the scorching European heat, I find myself a little relieved to return to a more temperate, albeit wet climate. And to see the first tips of daffodils that were planted before we left poke their noses through the ground, was a lovely reminder that spring is not too far off.

This dish is not something you will see in a slick new cookbook but it is full of flavour and it's easy on effort and relatively easy on your wallet - the perfect comfort pie.

I thought that given the inordinate amount of rain we have had in the first half of this year we needed to talk about gardening when it rains 5 days out of 7! Water is generally essential for growing anything and yet a surfeit of water makes it difficult to grow anything.