Monday
- Masala omelettegolden folded egg · red onion and tomato · lime
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Glasgow: its food, and a week to cook at home.
Scotland's biggest city, with hearty Scottish food and a curry house on almost every street.
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What people eat here
Dishes from Glasgow
No. 1
Chicken tikka masala
Glasgow is one of several places said to be the home of chicken tikka masala. The story is told of a city restaurant in the 1970s, but other cooks claim it too.
No. 2
The Scotch pie
A small, round mutton pie with a raised crust, eaten hot at football grounds.
No. 3
Square sausage
Also called Lorne sausage: a square slice of seasoned beef sausage, fried and eaten in a morning roll.
No. 4
The munchy box
A takeaway box of chips, kebab meat, pakora and more, to share.
What grows here, and when
Ayrshire new potatoes in early summer; kale, leeks and swede through the winter.
The west coast lands langoustines and mussels, and Ayrshire to the south grows early potatoes.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits Glasgow and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Crisp onion bhajiscrisp red onion · spiced gram flour · lemon
- Pakistani chicken karahitomato-seared chicken · green chilli · ginger threads
- Jeera rice with toasted cumintoasted cumin · long grain basmati · fresh coriander
Wednesday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
Thursday
- Sri Lankan white fish curry with coconutcoconut-poached cod · curry leaf · lime
- Steamed jasmine ricefragrant jasmine rice · steamed under the lid · fluffed with a fork
Friday
- Jacket potatoes with smoky homemade beanscrisp jacket potato · smoky tomato beans · chives
Saturday
- Tomato and black pepper rasamtamarind broth · cracked black pepper · curry leaf
- Punjabi chana masala with basmati ricespiced chickpeas · slow tomato gravy · fragrant basmati
- Soft wholemeal chapatiwholemeal atta · puffed on a hot pan · soft and warm
Sunday
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
- Creamy mashed potatoessilky mash · warm butter · chives
- Apple and blackberry crumblebramley apple and blackberry · golden oat crumble · warm custard
We have no recipe yet for tikka masala, Scotch pies or square sausage.
Meal plans that suit Glasgow
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Facts checked on 27 October 2026.