Main Course

Biryani: Hot spicy and colourful

When you fancy something a lot spicy with rice – biryani is a great choice.  There are lots of biryani…

11 June 2012

Theplas (Spiced Paratha) with fenugreek, wheat, chickpea and millet flours with an addition of instant oatmeal cereal

My recipe for making traditional Gujarati  theplas is here .  I grew up eating theplas so I always took them…

5 June 2012

Colourful Rice with Mixed Vegetables

Make this quick and easy colourful rice for any meal.  It's got some spices but isn't too spicy so can…

3 June 2012

Mummyji’s Biryani – Rice cooked with whole vegetables

I call this recipe Mummyji’s biryani as this is a recipe my mother in law (MIL) taught me to make…

30 May 2012

Valor, methi (fenugreek) and aubergines with muthias (dumplings) curry

Every family has some favourite dishes they make regularly with some variations.  Valor, methi and aubergine curry is  one dish…

27 May 2012

Spicy Pasta – Quick Dish

This is a quick and easy pasta recipe - really handy for those days when you are hungry and don't…

19 May 2012

Tindora or Ivy Gourd Curry (Tindora nu shak)

Tindora or Ivy Gourd curry is best made when they are freshly available. The have a lovely taste which is…

12 May 2012

Magaj for Diabetics (A Chick pea flour sweet suitable for diabetics)

Magaj is a popular Gujarati sweet usually made during the Diwali celebrations.  I have been thinking about making some sweets…

7 May 2012

Masala Stuffed Orange Baby Bell Peppers (Bharela Marcha)

We have a new green grocers in my village and  it's really nice having a green grocers to buy your…

6 May 2012

Okra ladies fingers Curry in a jiffy…..Bhinda nu shak

Okra or ladies fingers curry can be made in several different ways. Lots of people get put off by cooking…

22 April 2012