Basic Spices for Making Indian food
In my spare time, apart from blogging, I teach vegetarian Indian Cookery to adults either in a class or one to one in their home. A lot of time in my classes is spent discussing Read More …
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Paneer and mixed vegetables stir fry
Lately, I have been using paneer in a lot of curries. This recipe is slightly different from my usual curries as the curry is dry and can be used to eat on its own or 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Pav Bhaji (Spicy blend of vegetables served with bread)
What is Pav bhaji? Pav Bhaji is a popular street food where the a mixture of vegetables are cooked using a mixture of spices. The vegetables are are steamed and then tempered with spices, mashed Read More …
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 …