Spicy Pasta – Quick Dish
This is a quick and easy pasta recipe – really handy for those days when you are hungry and don’t want to spend too long preparing food. This one is also a favourite with children. Read More …
Category: Main Course
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 difficult to describe. They are crispy and look almost like mini gherkins or cucumbers. They Read More …
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 which could be sitable for diabetics but have refrained from trying them out as a Read More …
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 vegetables from rather than from the supermarket. Last week I bought a huge bag of Read More …
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 okra as it is quite a sticky vegetable when you cut it. Here is my Read More …
TOMATO DIP/CHUTNEY (tameta ni chutney)
Whenever I make any kind of bhajias, samosas etc, I like to serve it with a combination of chutneys and dips. My recipe for green chutney is here. The tomato chutney/dip recipe is really quick and Read More …
Cannelloni – Spinach, mixed veg and ricotta cheese Cannelloni with tomato and béchamel sauce
As some of you already know, I run informal but hands on cookery lessons in my home. It’s a great way of having fun and making new friends. Well the tables were turned on me Read More …
Turya/Turia (Luffa squash) Curry (Turya nu shak)
Turya’s or sometimes spelt Turia’s English name is Luffa squash. Wikipedia has come interesting information on this vegetable we call turya . Turya is a ridged vegetable so it can be a bit off putting to Read More …
Healthy Pav bhaji recipe
Pau Bhaji, aka Pau Bhaji recipe is a recipe dish I never ate as a kid but got introduced to it by my husband who had spent some time in Mumbai and Pune as a Read More …
Stuffed Vegetable Curry (ringna bateta nu bharelu shak) in microwave
Vegetables stuffed with masala (spices) is one of my husband’s favourite dishes. His ultimate favourite is Undhiyu. This dish is a just a copy using a few of the vegetables readily available in my part Read More …