Mina Joshi

Sweet Potato Bhajia – similar to Maru bhajia recipe

Over the Christmas holidays - I had fun trying out new quick and easy dishes as I wanted to spend…

5 January 2014

Vegetable and Nut Wellington for a Vegetarian Christmas

A recent survey of 500 vegetarians by Waitrose has revealed that Christmas dinner can be far from a gourmet experience for non…

15 December 2013

Orange Flavoured Paneer Stuffed in Parathas

 My sons  loves paneer so this recipe was created at their request.  They asked me to flavour the paneer using…

8 December 2013

Naan Bread Spicy Pizza (Naanza)

We had been out for a meal at lunchtime but I was hungry by the time we finished our shopping…

2 December 2013

Spicy Potatoes with garlic

I had a few days away from blogging because I was celebrating Diwali with friends and family. It was lovely…

19 November 2013

Spicy Couscous with potatoes and nuts (bateta couscous)

It was Sunday morning and I wanted to make a quick and easy brunch. I often make bateta pawa for…

7 October 2013

Spicy Buckwheat Pancakes

I used Orgran Buckwheat Pancake mix to make some spicy pancakes a bit similar to Gujarati pudlas.  Please note that Buckwheat is…

15 September 2013

Vegetable Hot Pot Pie

  Last week a group of us went for a meal in a restaurant in London called Maggie Jones.  The…

7 September 2013

Sweet Potato Wedges

I never liked cooking the yellowy orange fleshed sweet potatoes as I always managed to get them soft and mushy.…

5 September 2013

Spinach and sesame seeds parathas

These tasty parathas with yogurt were  perfect for taking on  a picnic during the summer.  This time, I made them…

4 September 2013