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 …

Bombay Aloo

Potatoes are one vegetable we always have in our cupboard and it’s such a versatile vegetable as you can cook it on it’s own or add it to other vegetables. This dry potato curry called Read More …

Mini new potatoes and nuts snack

I went round a friends house to teach her how to make samosas and she happened to have these lovely new mini potatoes. I thought these would make a great snack.  I told her a Read More …

Butternut Squash and Sweet potato soup

Roasted Butternut Squash If I could think of a way to get all of the people in the world to cooperate for one moment and appreciate the life they have that at least for one Read More …

Stuffed peppers with couscous and feta cheese

The Supermarket Waitrose has been  supporting the Soil Association’s ‘Small Changes, Big Difference’ campaign by celebrating everything organic.  As you know this week,  I was invited to take part in this celebration and asked  if Read More …

Vegetarian Four Bean Cottage Pie

The Supermarket Waitrose has been  supporting the Soil Association’s ‘Small Changes, Big Difference’ campaign by celebrating everything organic.  As you know this week,  I was invited to take part in this celebration and asked  if Read More …

Tortilla wraps and samosas

Wraps or samosas  which do you prefer- you make up your minds…. The Supermarket Waitrose has been  supporting the Soil Association’s ‘Small Changes, Big Difference’ campaign by celebrating everything organic.  As you know this week, Read More …