Indian cabbage with mustard, cumin and turmeric
Cabbage, as a cruciform vegetable, along with other members of its family, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, is both easy to digest, rich in vitamins A and C and, best […]
Category Archives: My recipes
Rice and mung bean Kichadi
Kichadis are simple stews of mung beans and basmati rice and are at the core of Ayurvedic healing and cleansing therapy, due to their easy digestion and assimilation. There are […]
Trishodic dahl
This is the mainstay of Ayurvedic cooking. Beans are used for cleansing and building the body and are usually served with rice and leafy greens to form a perfectly balanced […]
Cauliflower with lemongrass and basil
Cauliflower is a particularly good vegetable according to TCM as it has lots of lowers and is therefore very potent. I love cauliflower and cook it several different ways, either […]
Grilled peppered chicken breast Vietnamese style
Another very quick and easy chicken dish, which is perfect for a light summer supper, or lunch with a friend. Like most Thai and Vietnamese dishes, the time spent is […]
Lunch-time quick salad
Thai green papaya salad
Thai pomelo salad
This dish has variations through the region: some people use fresh prawn in the main salad ingredient; if you do, use 2-3 prawns per person, omit the dried shrimp in the […]
Thai prawn salad with minced pork and glass noodles
I learned how to make this on a cooking course in Koh Samui, and it is truly delicious. Glass noodles are made from mung beans and so are really […]
Tom Yum Goong
I love a really spicy Tom Yum soup; this is an amalgam of Felicity Cloake’s The Perfect… series, with my own additions: I like to put more than just prawns […]
healthy living with cancer 