Category: Indian Food
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One-Pot Spinach Chana Dhal: Healthy and Delicious
I’ve been going through my old recipe folder and unearthing old recipes from my collection of old newspaper clippings, handwritten recipes and photocopies. In the days before online recipes, any home cook worth anything had one of these folders or notebooks stuffed with family favourites and a lot of recipes that were firmly in the…
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Quick Northern Style Chickpeas Recipe with Fresh Green Chutney
I’ve been making this simple chickpea dish a lot lately from one of my latest cookbook acquisitions Madhur Jaffrey’s Vegetarian India. One of the pantry staples in my vegetarian dinner rotation is the humble can of chickpeas and I’ve used A LOT of cans of chickpeas over the years. This recipe uses the liquid from…
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Frugal Chana Masala Recipe for Worker’s Curry | Meera Sodha
I wouldn’t say I’m enjoying the high fruit and vegetable prices at the moment but it has given me an re-newed appreciation of the range of veggies we’ve been used to having at our fingertips for so long. In this age of relative scarcity (even frozen vegtables are hard to come by) I’m wasting way…
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Green Peppers with Besan Flour | Easy Side Dish Recipe
Simple Indian home-style cooking
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Flavorful Channa Masala Recipe with Canned Chickpeas
This is one of those great vegetarian dishes that can be dressed up or down according to need. Canned chickpeas make this a good store cupboard meal and it’s also simple enough to make as a week night meal. Served with a dollop of yogurt and some rice that’s dinner done. But add – a…
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Pistachio & Date Nankatai: A Delicious Indo-British Biscuit Recipe
I love a good Indo-British food mash up. Nankatai are an exotic take on Scottish shortbread popularised by Parsi bakers in the wealthy trading city of Surat in Gujarat. They are yet another example of the rich multi-cultural food influences of the Indian subcontinent. Nankatai are eggless and so suitable for vegetarians which are in…
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Meera Sodha’s Fresh India Beetroot Raita Recipe
Beetroot is one of my favorite vegetables so it’s kind of surprising I don’t have that I don’t have that many recipes for beetroot on this blog. I’ve just come back from a week away and I ate two outstanding beetroot dishes in my travels. A beetroot risotto from my favourite cafe in Wagga Wagga,…
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Versatile Bihari Spinach: Breakfast Side Dish for Pooris and More
I’ve made this spinach for many years it comes from one of my oldest, faded and food splattered cookbooks – Madhur Jaffrey’s, Eastern Vegetarian Cooking. In the days when I could get cold-pressed Yandilla mustard oil from my local supermarket I used to use mustard oil. But Yandilla mustard oil is much less widely available…
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Quick Vegetarian Chickpea Ketchup Curry Recipe
This is another emergency store cupboard meal for when you’re staring down starvation and you need to crack open the super quick, vegetarian meals file. This is for the nights when you’re absolutely knackered, you do absolutely not want to go to the shops and you need to eat before nine or ten o’clock at…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 