Sweet Corn Salsa

Why do I love Salsa so much?  I can only think I want more. So do you prefer salsa or cha cha cha? I love sweetcorn so when I saw this recipe for corn salsa Read More …

Passion Fruit and Mango Ice Cream Sundae

You can’t buy Happiness but you can buy ice cream. Passion fruit and mango are my two favourite fruits so I couldn’t resist buying them. I usually just add them to a fruit salad but this week 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 …

Peas and New Potato curry in tomato sauce (mutter bateta nu shak)

Everyone has a comfort food they like to have when they are unwell.  I had a really bad cold last week and didn’t want to eat anything too spicy so I made this  peas and 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 …

Vegetable Curry stuffed with toasted Spices, Oats, Nuts

My husband’s favourite curry is the Gujarati Undhiyu so this recipe is very similar to the Undhiyu but I have not used as many vegetables as one uses in  Undhiyu. The stuffing used in this Read More …

Sweet Potato and Onion Pakoras

What better way to enjoy a cold and rainy day? Got any left over bread?  Here is another  easy recipe for really tasty pakoras.   I have several bread bhajia pakoras recipes  in my blog and Read More …

Vaghareli Khichedi (tempered spicy lentils and rice)

Khichedi is a popular comfort food for a lot of Gujaratis.  It’s light but filling too and can be eaten with a curry or yogurt.  In the village, my parents grew up – it was Read More …