Tag: mustard seeds
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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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Madhur Jaffrey’s Zucchini Raita – Eastern Vegetarian Cooking
This raita is from one of my ancient, falling apart cookbooks, Madhur Jaffrey’s Eastern Vegetarian Cooking, where it goes by the name courgettes in yoghurt. In our house it’s called zucchini raita. Jaffrey claims she eats it by the spoonful by itself and this I can believe. It’s a mellow, mildly spiced raita that’s extremely…
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Easy Indian Carrots and Green Peas with Fresh Coriander | Aromatic Vegetarian Side
Peas (almost always frozen) were a staple vegetable when I was growing. I’m still partial to peas as a vegetable and I always have a packet of frozen peas in the freezer, though I don’t dish them up for dinner quite as much as my mum used to. I particularly love peas and rice as…
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Julie Sahni’s Red Lentil and Cabbage Stew Recipe | Hearty One-Pot Meal
The other week, a friend gave me a large, organic cabbage because she already had more cabbage than her family could eat. I got it home and I was temporarily at a loss about what to do with all this cabbage so, of course, I Googled “best cabbage recipes” and got a whole slew of…
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Discover Poha: A Unique Gluten-Free Breakfast Option
Breakfast is one of my favorite meals – not the boring weekday muesli or toast breakfast, but those weekend two-cups-of-coffee, corn-cakes, poached-eggs-and-pancakes-you-don’t-need-to-eat-for-the-rest-of-the-day kind of breakfasts. But, as much as I love these lavish cafe brekkies, I have often wondered why cafes have never expanded their offerings with some breakfasts from around the world and are…
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Old Fashioned Anglo-Australian Veggie Curry Recipe from The Cook’s Companion
I’ve been thinking about posting this recipe for veggie curry for months now and I always decided against it because, to be honest, it is actually a bit daggy. But then I thought, well, this blog is all about food I actually cook and eat and, at the right time and place, there’s nothing better…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 