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Carrot and Green Chilies Salad/Pickle with Mustard (Raita gajar marcha)

This dish is made in all Indian homes and served as a condiment with the main meal. It adds to…

11 February 2015

Manchurian Balls in spicy tomato soup

The inspiration of this recipe is a recipe for vegetable Manchurian I saw in a Nita Mehta's Vegetarian Chinese book.…

9 February 2015

Tortilla wraps and samosas

Wraps or samosas  which do you prefer- you make up your minds.... The Supermarket Waitrose has been  supporting the Soil…

4 October 2014

Spicy Cheese Toasties layered with carrot and coriander chutney

It's been a long time since I ate bread in any form as we have all gone off bread recently. …

3 September 2014

Lemon Cucumber Raita

My colleague is a keen gardener and is always surprising us with fruits and vegetables from his half acre garden…

28 August 2014

Mixed Veg and Pasta with Cashews

I felt so good creating this Mixed Veg and Pasta with Cashews  recipe after watching the culinary film One Hundred-Foot…

26 August 2014

Vegetarian cottage pie with dauphinoise potato

Lately a lot of my meals have been indianised versions of English meals and that's because my son is home…

19 July 2014

Curried Vegetable pie

Creamy and mildly spiced vegetable pie using a handful of this and that..... Some of you will remember that I…

13 July 2014

Sambharo – Stir fry Carrots, Cabbage, Bramley apples and chillies

I bet my cotton socks that you'll never eat plain salad after trying this dish!! I was once told by…

29 May 2014

Heart Shaped Samosa puffs

I am in love with these............ Ready made pastry has made cooking so much easier and creative too.  so for…

30 April 2014