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 …

Multigrain Chorafari (Multigrain crispy snack)

Chora fari is a regular snack in my home and often I make it with a variety of flours.  Often I use only plain flour and chick pea flour to make the chora fari.  However, 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 …

Multigrain Muthia (Steamed Dumplings) using mixed greens

Muthias are steamed spiced dumplings made with vegetables and a mixture of flours. The most common vegetables used are fenugreek, spinach, cabbage or marrow. You can also use left over rice instead of the vegetables. Read More …

Mixed Vegetable with Rice Noodles

This is the first time i made vegetables with rice noodles.  I have used other dry noodles which are a lot thicker and need to be cooked first.  I am not too keen  on their 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 …

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 …

Quinoa, Bulger, Brown Basmati, Tur Dall and Wild Rice (Khichedi)

This is  often my weekend lunch dish which is a very healthy and quick to make to serve either with a simple potato curry or just raita.  Sometimes we make just tuver dall spicy rice Read More …