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Aubergine Curry from Sri Lanka, A Bhaji (Dry Curry))

Aubergine is a very versatile vegetable and it is available almost all the year round. This particular dish can be rather fiery. You can reduce the amount of chillies and black peppers if you want it to be milder. Serves 4 Couple of ...
From Mamta's Kitchen

Chickpea & Garlic Soup

Drain the chickpeas and add to the pan together with the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 11/2 hours, or until the chickpeas are tender. Serve with mozzarella croûtons (see recipe link to the right). Add the sweetcorn, tamari and seasoning.
From Vegetarian Society

Spinach and potato salad with roasted tomatoes

2. Place the tomatoes on a tray with the thyme and garlic. Drizzle oil place into the pre-heated oven and bake for five minutes. 3. In a large bowl mix the spinach with the potatoes, red onion, avocado and chopped parsley mix together. 4. To ...
From BBC

Gram Flour (Besan) & Courgette Pancakes (Savoury and Vegan)

Besan Chilla is a popular, quick snack in northern India. Here, I have added grated Courgette to it. Other vegetables like tori, cabbage, bottle gourd, tinda gourd etc. can also be grated and added instead of tori. I just happened to have a glut ...
From Mamta's Kitchen

Raspberries, Indian Style

If you have never tried this simple recipe for eating raspberries, you have missed a great experience! It is so simple to make and very refreshing. You can use this recipe for any fruit that you can think of. Fruits need to be a little tart but ...
From Mamta's Kitchen

Rocky Road to Caramellow Ostrich Egg

With one rugged shall in 40% milk chocolate with cookie pieces, puffed rice and white chocolate chucks and the other shell in smooth milk chocolate with a layer of caramel chocolate. Together with two layers of chocolates including smooth and textured ...
From Hotel Chocolat

Lamb steak with damson sauce

1. For the sauce, heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onion for 2-3 minutes, to soften. Add the apple and damsons and heat for a few minutes. Stir in the red wine vinegar and sugar and simmer gently for 8-10 minutes. 2. Bring a pan of water to ...
From BBC

Millet Naan - Leavened Flat Bread

This recipe is based on the Millet bread recipe in Marjie Lambert's 'The Bread Machine Book'. Millet and corn being my favourite flours, I had planned to make it for a while and finally got around to it today 1st (Dec. 2007). It came out quite ...
From Mamta's Kitchen

Curried Red Lentil Pate

Here's a great lentil recipe. It may be called a pate, but it slices easily and is quite tasty. This recipe comes from "The Natural Health Cookbook" Optional ingredients: 2TBS capers or 3 TBS diced black olives or 3 TBS diced pimentos or 3TBS .. ...
From International Vegetarian Union

Spiced sweet potatoes

2. In a small oven-proof dish, thinly slice the sweet potato. Sprinkle with olive oil, chopped thyme and paprika. 1 sweet potato, peeled 3. Place in the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes. 4. Take the dish out of the oven and serve. 1/2 tbsp ...
From BBC

Sweet Peanut Soup

An easy to cook Asian's family style desert. Great for any occasions. Make sure your guest is not allergic to peanut in advance. ;-) 12 ounces shell-less skinless peanuts (available in Asian supermarkets) Soak peanut in water for 6- 8 hours. Cook ...
From International Vegetarian Union

Sausages and mash with blackberry sauce

1. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Cook the potato for 8-10 minutes or until tender. 2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and cook the sausages for 10-12 minutes, or until cooked through, turning frequently. 3. Drain the ...
From BBC

Tomato Curry

This is a Northern dish. As the Indian tomato is more like our plum tomato, use canned rather than fresh. It can be done with an equal portion of fresh, but it is a lot more fiddly! I apologise to the purists in advance. I do not use microgrammes ...
From International Vegetarian Union

Sweet & Sour Onions

This is a simple recipe. Most ingredients you will are likely to have around the kitchen. Put sliced onions into large non-reactive saucepan over moderately-high flame. Cover and bring to a boil; reduce to a low flame and simmer for 20 ...
From International Vegetarian Union

Dark Chocolate Immersion

An adventure into the deep, brooding flavours of 6 different dark chocolates in 36 bite-sized micro slabs. From fruity, St Lucian 70% chocolate to powerful 85% Ghanaian and 75% Tanzanian dark chocolate as well as exciting hints of chilli, Valencia orange ...
From Hotel Chocolat