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 …
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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 …
Carrot and Green Chilies Salad/Pickle with Mustard (Raita gajar marcha)
This dish is made in all Indian homes and served as a condiment with the main meal. It adds to the flavours of the dishes you have in your plate (thali). Indian thali will have 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 …
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 …
Sambharo – Stir fry Carrots, Cabbage, Bramley apples and chillies
I bet my cotton socks that you’ll never eat plain salad after trying this dish!! I was once told by a Gujarati chef that sambharo is served as a side dish in a lot of Read More …
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 with a mixture of lentil and rice flour. Most Indian shops sell this mixture as Read More …
Tadka Dall
Who doesn’t love a good dall? We make dalls regularly as they are so healthy and also quick to make. Some of you probably know that I have recently started to teach Indian Vegetarian cooking Read More …
Balti Curry
Hurrah for the good old British curry invention – the Balti curry As you know, at the moment my passion is my cookery classes. I am learning so much by teaching adults one evening a Read More …
Val ni Dahl (Split Val Dall)
Vaal is a field bean also called the hyacinth bean , lima beans, dried vaal, Fava beans or even butter beans. This Vaal is not from the Vaal Papdi family. Vaal papdi is a green Read More …