Bitter gourd stuffed with onions and spices Ingredients – serves 4 4 bitter gourds – they are ripe and ready to cook when are bright green 2 tbsp oil or ghee – one to be used for the filling, the second for frying the stuffed gourd 1 tsp crushed coriander seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds…
Category: Vegetarian
Indian Punjabi Vegetarian dishes
Aloo Palak
Using Asda’s British Belle Potatoes and Mild Tender Baby Spinach A delicious combination of creamy potatoes cooked with coriander and fennel seeds, baby spinach and more! Recipe listed below. I used Asda’s Baby Spinach and British Belle Potatoes Ingredients – Serves 4 360g Mild Tender Baby Spinach – washed and chopped 4-6 potatoes – peel,…
Mattar Paneer
Indian cottage cheese cooked with peas and spices Ingredients 300g of paneer cut into 2cm cubes and soaked in water – If you prefer the paneer fried, then fry in a little ghee or oil in advance and set aside 1 tbsp ghee or cooking oil of your choice 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp…
Achari Tinde ~ aka as Apple Gourd
Tinde aka Apple Gourd, a seasonal vegetable, can still be available in grocery stores now. Recipe – Feeds 4 6 x apple gourd peeled and cut into wedges, remove any hard seeds 1 tablespoon mustard oil 1 tablespoon ghee 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds 2 small or 1 large sliced onion…
Palak Paneer
Indian cheese cooked in a thick spicy spinach sauce Palak Paneer is a lovely combination of velvety spiced spinach cooked with delicious cubes of paneer. Many people choose to fry the paneer before adding it to the spinach – however I prefer to toss it in with the spinach as it cooks, which makes it…
Achari Masala
Achari Masala is my favourite masala and I try never to run out of it, although whenever I make it I have to send half of it to my son-in-law in the Highlands, he loves it! Achaar is the Punjabi word for ‘pickled’, be it mango (aam), carrot (gajjar), ginger (adrak) or chilli (mirch) or…
Langar Wali Dal
The practice of langar was started by Guru Nanak in the 15th century to try to eliminate the caste system, where people of any religion, caste, colour, age or gender could sit and enjoy a free meal together. Langar is available every day at Gurudwaras all over the world and is cooked by sewadar, people from…
Samosa – Crunchy Restaurant Style
I spent my childhood in Southall and back then, it had three Indian cinemas – The Dominion, The Century and The Liberty. We lived in what was called ‘Old Southall’, close to the Dominion Cinema. Next door to the cinema was an Indian restaurant called Sagoo & Thakkar which is now known as the Roxy….
Achari Gobi Masala
Cauliflower & Potatoes cooked in a spicy gravy Achari Gobi Masala is the alternative to Aloo Gobi as the cauliflower florets are cut into small pieces and cooked in a delicious sauce which goes really well with roti and rice. It is an exceptionally tasty curry as the vegetables soak up all the flavours of…