Chana dal for every occasion
I made this delicious dal just before Christmas, and am sharing it with you all now when we are all trying to eat healthy again. Chana – or chickpea – […]
Category Archives: Vegetables/Vegetarian
Sauteed okra with cauliflower
This is another Ayurvedic recipe: I added the cauliflower as I had some that needed to be eaten before we went away. Either way is delicious. But be careful to […]
Stir-fried Chinese cabbage
Even I sometimes get tired of Vicky’s Veg, so I have been looking for other easy and nutritious green veg to accompany all my dishes. Here’s a good one and […]
Stir-fried morning glory with tofu
I love morning glory (kang kong here in Singapore), and by mixing it with tofu its the perfect accompaniment to any dish, no need for rice or anything stodgy. You […]
Thai noodles with hard-boiled egg and dried shrimp
A good combination of noodles and bean sprouts, gluten-free and tasty. I used brown rice vermicelli, but the recipe calls for sen lek, or flat rice noodles. I didn’t have […]
Morning glory or kang kong with rice vermicelli
I like to have green veg with every meal, and am not a great fan of rice, but do like rice vermicelli noodles, especially the wholegrain ones you can buy […]
Ottolenghi’s split pea (toover dal) and sweetcorn salsa
I love Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes but so often they contain dairy, as do many vegetarian dishes these days. Other so-called healthy eating recipes are stuffed full of sweet ingredients like […]
Ma Po tofu – Sichuan style!
I made this for a vegan who came to dinner the other night; it is shamelessly lifted from the Queen of Chinese cooking, Fuchsia Dunlop. Ross had it in Beijing […]
Sweet potato & kale curry
You really can’t get a dish more healthy than this with its combination of super-food cruciform veg kale and sweet potato, packed full of vitamins A, B6, C and D. […]
Papaya, pomelo, avocado and beansprout salad
The perfect, healthy little salad for lunch. Papaya is good TCM food – lots of seeds- and has enzymes which aid digestion. Pomelo – or grapefruit if you can’t get […]
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