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,…
Category: Vegan
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….
Jeera Rice
Rice cooked with cumin & onions Jeera Rice is cooked at least twice a week in my home as five out of seven of our evening meals are usually Indian food, so if it’s not a roti meal then it’s a rice meal. Many people struggle with cooking rice – it can turn out too…
Motha di Dal
Moth beans cooked in warming spices Motha di Dal (Moth pronounced Mawt) or Matki or Dew beans as known in English is a legume that makes really flavourful dals and soups. The beans have a nutty flavour and as they cook down they release a creaminess which makes a very heart-warming dish especially when cooked…
Aloo Mattar Anda
Potatoes and peas with eggs (optional) cooked in spices What can you make with a few potatoes and some frozen peas? Yes – you have a few options – you could boil them and make mash with peas, maybe have them with fish fingers, or something else from the freezer…..or….you can really push the boat…