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. I have been trying out several of her recipes recently. I did not like Read More …
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Kung Pao Corn (Corn in tomato sauce)
Chinese food has always been a mystery to me and the few times I have eaten at a Chinese restaurant, I have not really enjoyed it as most of the Chinese restaurants in UK also Read More …
Bombay Aloo
Potatoes are one vegetable we always have in our cupboard and it’s such a versatile vegetable as you can cook it on it’s own or add it to other vegetables. This dry potato curry called Read More …
Cabbage, New baby potatoes and Sweet Thai chillies Curry with baby onions
Cabbage and potato is a very traditional Gujarati curry eaten in most Indian homes. It’s quick and easy to make and uses the least amount of spices. My mum used to make it with fresh Read More …
Quinoa, Bulger, Brown Basmati, Tur Dall and Wild Rice (Khichedi)
This is often my weekend lunch dish which is a very healthy and quick to make to serve either with a simple potato curry or just raita. Sometimes we make just tuver dall spicy rice Read More …
Mini new potatoes and nuts snack
I went round a friends house to teach her how to make samosas and she happened to have these lovely new mini potatoes. I thought these would make a great snack. I told her a Read More …
Stir fry peppers
I used Spanish padron peppers to stirfry a side dish as I know that these peppers aren’t too hot. This is a quick and easy recipe and you can eat the chillies as a side Read More …
Tortilla wraps and samosas
Wraps or samosas which do you prefer- you make up your minds…. The Supermarket Waitrose has been supporting the Soil Association’s ‘Small Changes, Big Difference’ campaign by celebrating everything organic. As you know this week, Read More …
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. Last week, I bought some multi seeded bread and made some cheese toasties using lemon Read More …
Lemon Cucumber Raita
My colleague is a keen gardener and is always surprising us with fruits and vegetables from his half acre garden where he grows fruits and vegetables using poly tunnels. Last week, he gave us these Read More …