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Two bean curry and spinach in a tomato sauce

Being vegetarian, it's often difficult to get interesting vegetarian options when on holiday but when we visited Greece, we were…

29 November 2015

Baked Kachori with split mung beans and fresh peas (Lentil and fresh peas filled savoury pastry)

I made these hot and spicy baked Kachoris using split  mung  and fresh green peas . I love kachoris and…

15 October 2015

Papaya, Pear and Apricot Jam with saffron in MW

With the start of summer, we are really enjoying all sorts of fruit.  This week, I had a lot of…

27 May 2015

Kachoris with Lilva Tuver and Masoor Dall

Hot and spicy Kachoris are one of my favourite snacks  Kachoris can be made with lots of different fillings but…

25 May 2015

Mung bean soup (Mug nu osaman)

Mung bean soup is often referred to as "mug nu osaman" in Gujarati.  Osaman is the water/stock remaining when boiled mung…

2 April 2015

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…

22 November 2014

Savoury Rice with lentils and vegetables for Organic September

Did you know that September was named as Organic September ?  The Supermarket Waitrose has been  supporting the Soil Association’s…

2 October 2014

Spicy Strawberry Chutney

This summer, there seems to be a glut of strawberries as the local farm shop gave me a huge bag…

3 June 2014

Zafrani rice – Saffron rice

When I was putting together this recipe for a delicious, almost extravagant saffron (zafrani) rice, I realised that in all…

12 May 2014

Ondhwo/Handvo with quinoa, bulgur and chickpea dall

What name do you call this dish? Ondhwo/ Ondhwa/handvo/handvoh? Ondhwa or handvo (handvoh)  is a spicy Lentil Cake is made…

29 April 2014