Fakeaway recipes in Thornliebank

Thornliebank sits in East Renfrewshire, just south of Glasgow's south side. The area has a strong South Asian population going back to the 1960s and 70s, when families from Pakistan and the Punjab settled around the new housing estates. The food scene that grew up with them is the suburb's signature.

The main road through Thornliebank — a single stretch of shops, takeaways and small family-run curry houses — punches well above its weight. Pakora shops, kebab houses, sweet shops, tandoor bakeries. Most have been here for 20+ years. The Chicken Tikka Masala at any of these is better than most city-centre curry houses. So are the pakoras, the seekh kebabs, the karahi dishes, the chapli kebabs.

There's no "destination" restaurant here. It's takeaway culture in the truest sense — proper food, paper plates if you eat in, generous portions. Most locals have a default order at each shop. Get the mixed grill at one, the haleem at another, the mango lassi at a third.

Thornliebank's curry mile (it deserves the name as much as Manchester's or Bradford's) is one of the best-kept secrets in Glasgow. Reproduce at home — pick a recipe from the Indian canon, follow it carefully, and you'll match what you'd get here.