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 amazed at vegetarian dishes  the chefs in out hotel could produce.  My favourite were stuffed peppers Read More …

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 love making them with different fillings.   For a healthy option, Ingredients : for 15 -20 Read More …

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, I made this red thai curry using mixed vegetables. I used Tesco’s Red Thai curry Read More …

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. I had never come across this name before whilst growing up in Kenya and India. Read More …

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 with different fillings too. Ingredients for 4 servings of Vegetarian Cottage Pie: For the topping Read More …

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 recipe.  The shells are a lot quicker to cook and easier to fill.  I have Read More …

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 I usually make them with mung dall. This time, I decided to make them with Read More …

Kidney bean Quesadillas

My son stayed with my sister in law for a few weeks and he kept telling me about these delicious quesadillas his aunt makes and could I ask her for the recipe?  So finally, I Read More …

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 are  drained.  This soup made out of the mung bean stock rather than mung beans. Read More …

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 to cook when you are hungry and in a rush. you can use any vegetables Read More …