Gingery Cauliflower Soup

Exactly one year ago today, I posted my favourite cauliflower soup recipe. I love that recipe because it is easy and creamy (although it has no cream in it).

Cauliflower Fried with Aromatic Spices

The other night I wanted to make some simple, spicy cauliflower to go with a meal of Spicy Lemon Date Spread, Baked Chickpea Pancake and Moroccan Carrot Salad.

Brussel Sprout Pakora

This is a recipe from The Patterned Plate which is a food blog that I have recently fallen in love with.  I highly recommend that you check it out for excellent recipes, stories and advice…

Fennel-Scented Sweet Flaky Bread (Meetha Paratha)

I first tried making this delicious flat bread at my friend Meta’s house. At the last moment we realized that her brown wheat flour was no good, so we gave it a go using a mixture of buckwheat and pea flour. They turned out yummy, but this bread is much easier to make with wheat…

Vegetable Korma and Biriyani

The biriyani that we made for our wedding welcome dinner involved two major steps.  First, you make the vegetable korma, which elevates humble vegetables by braising them in an elegant cardamom nut sauce.

Heroic Indian Rice Pudding (Kheer)

We served this rice pudding as for desert at our Indian welcome dinner the night before our wedding.  When I was planning the menu I tried to pick recipes that would not be too crazy to make in large quantities.