Giant couscous salad with rose harissa paste, orange & red onion is a wonderfully versatile and quick side dish that will brighten any plate.
Vegetarian Recipes
Crumbled tofu noodle stir fry with peanuts in a spicy dan dan style sauce is a stupidly quick, easy and delicious vegan fakeaway dinner.
Yakisoba pan is a popular Japanese dish that features stir-fried noodles in a hot dog bun & whilst that may sound odd, they are delicious!
Vegetable bhuna is a delicious restaurant-style vegan Indian curry with a well-spiced and moderately hot, unctuous and clingy sauce.
Satay sweet potato curry is a gloriously spicy & easy one-pot vegan recipe with Thai influences featuring peanut butter & coconut milk.
Dum aloo is a delicious Punjabi potato curry my version is vegetarian and features a tomato gravy & can even be cooked with tinned potatoes!
Buttered cabbage is a quick and easy side dish; I use the Savoy variety and blanch it before it is sauteed in butter and fennel seeds.
Yaki udon noodles, a vegan take on a classic Japanese stir fry, my version uses shiitake mushrooms, pak choi & a delicious and easy sauce.
Chana aloo, my quick version of a delicious meat-free Indian "curry" that uses tinned chickpeas & waxy new potatoes cooked in fragrant spices.
Masala chips are essentially "dirty" fries with a glorious Indian influence, they are great as a side dish or even as a movie night snack.
Paneer salad with tikka-style Indian cheese and elements of a kachumber salad, cucumber, tomato and onion, finished with a raita dressing.
Batata harra is a simple and delicious Lebanese/Syrian dish of spicy potatoes, red peppers and garnished with lots of fresh coriander.
Sweet chilli noodles are a super quick and easy side dish featuring egg noodles, sweet peppers, garlic and red onion in a silky spicy sauce.
Mushroom biryani, a classic baked layered Indian rice dish, this version is made in a pretty classic way and is both vegetarian and vegan.
Tofu satay, a delicious and quick vegan dish with a superb peanut dipping sauce that is easy to cook both in the kitchen or even on the BBQ.
How to cook poppadoms... the low down on all of the ways to cook Indian papad, their pros & cons & my favourite method for this iconic snack.
Vegan massaman curry, a delicious dish with Thai influences featuring potatoes, tofu and beans in an earthy, hot, sweet and sour sauce.
Devilled mushrooms on toast, a delicious vegetarian lunch or light dinner recipe featuring Portobello mushrooms in a spicy mustard coating.
Samphire salad, a simple side dish that is light but packed full of bright fresh flavours, served warm it is delicious with a host of meals.
Roasted savoy cabbage cut into thick "steaks" and flavoured with fennel seeds, olive oil and sherry vinegar, then slowly baked to perfection.