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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

Red Thai Curry with mixed vegetables

Lately, family commitments are keeping me so busy that I have taken to using short cuts to my cooking. Yesterday,…

4 September 2015

Mixed Vegetable and chick peas jalfrezi

Jalfrezi Curry is a name which I hear a lot in UK and most Indian restaurants serve a form of Jalfrezi curry.…

28 July 2015

Cottage Pie with White Kidney Beans and Mixed Vegetables in Coconut Milk

Cottage pie is one of those simple but healthy dishes you can prepare ahead of time.  You can make it…

20 June 2015

Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Stuffed Pasta Shells

My sister introduced me to these giant pasta shells.  I love cooking these using a similar recipe to my cannelloni…

28 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

Kidney bean Quesadillas

My son stayed with my sister in law for a few weeks and he kept telling me about these delicious…

1 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

Mixed vegetable curry with nuts

Hungry and not sure what to cook?  This nutty sweet and sour curry full of mixed vegetables is very handy…

26 March 2015