Paneer is known as Indian cheese, my family are Indians, which means that eating paneer should be second nature to us…. How I wish. Getting my parents to eat paneer is like asking them to eat mud… painful and a fight right from the moment they see me chopping it up on the cutting board. … Continue reading Mowgli paneer
Category: Vegetable dishes
Chickpeas and potatoe curry
Every beginning of the week, I confidentially walk in to the kitchen and announce to the family that this week we will be eating delicious home cooked meals. AND Then life happens and I get so busy at work, that I don’t plan a menu, don’t defrost meat in the morning, forget to go shopping. … Continue reading Chickpeas and potatoe curry
Tea – steeped chickpeas
At any given time of the year, you can bet your last dollar that you can always find an entire shelf in my pantry dedicated to tinned chickpeas. Not only do I keep a life time supplier of these babies for their aqua faba, but recently I have discovered that a lot of Indian dishes … Continue reading Tea – steeped chickpeas
Chickpea, potatoe and cabbage curry
With my recent attempts to make a vegan swiss roll, and when I say ATTEMPTS, I have tried it so many times that it has become a second job. Everything goes a okay, until I have to unroll and fill and when I unroll everything just cracks like humpty dumpty. With all the tins of … Continue reading Chickpea, potatoe and cabbage curry
Bombay potato tacos
Anything potatoe curry form is my go to dish on a fasting day. It is quick and easy to make especially when you are not fasting. I came across this recipe in Nadiya’s cookbook and it seemed a really exciting thing to make. It was to be served with paprika corn on the cob. Which … Continue reading Bombay potato tacos
Cabbage skillet
Every other fasting day, my dad always begs cant he have simple Indian food like greenbeans, dhal and cabbage. My rule is that we can’t eat the same meal twice in the year, I mean what is the purpose of having a cooking blog if all I am going to be doing is cooking the … Continue reading Cabbage skillet
Butter beans curry
Growing up, every other Friday my mother would make butter beans curry and fresh hot roti straight out of the pan for us. As time went on, new flavours of butter beans came out. My mother’s all time favourite is the curried butter beans, my dad hates the new butter beans, he prefers the plain … Continue reading Butter beans curry
Punjabi chickpeas
So I am officially on holiday, well that was the plan. Every morning my dad still gets me up at the crack of dawn to make him breakfast. Then before he lets me go back to dream land he hints that with all this free time on my hands I can make pies and samosas… … Continue reading Punjabi chickpeas
Lemony greenbeans
Growing up we only had green beans one way, in a curry. Never have I ever had greenbeans any other way, like grilled or sauted or steamed and not even raw. I tired eating raw once, after seeing my swimming coach’s wife munching down on them during a training session. I mean if she was … Continue reading Lemony greenbeans
Sour cream mash potatoes
Growing up mash potatoe was simple and straight forward. Boiled till soft, drained and then mashed with a masher, milk was mixed in as well as butter and a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg. Then it evolved to where I started using a whisk to make it light and fluffy and then it evolved yet … Continue reading Sour cream mash potatoes