Vegetarian Foods Archive

I made this Sarson Ka Saag, Potato, Paneer and Pea Pie filling during British Pie Week (7th - 13th March 2016)  and then lost Internet connection for five days so could not share the recipe with you then.   I don't want to be pedantic, but many people make a mistake of thinking Spinach is Saag.  It is not and sadly many people of South Asian heritage continue to perpetuate this.  Why I am not sure, perhaps because they don't know their greens!  So let me tell you,  Saag is mustard greens and Palak is Spinach.  See Aloo Saag Pies .  We have similar ingredients, but our approach to making the filling is different.  She uses tamarind.  I don't but if you want you could dollop a tablespoon or two of sweet mango chutney, but its not essential.  I used tinned Sarson Ka Saag.  there is no way I will ever attempt making saag from scratch at home.   THIS blog link if you wish to learn more.  Saag is a dish I used to re...

Over the weekend, we cleared the greenhouse and harvested the last of the ripe red tomatoes and some of the green, the rest were removed and burned. I had made a   Green Tomato and Coconut Curry   from  Celia Brooks cookbook  New Urban Farmer: From Plot to Plate   a couple of years ago and was about to recreate it, but then  I picked up another one of my cookbooks, this time Modern Vegetarian from Maria Elia.  I had remade her Tomato and Date Baklava (not photographed) and it was delicious, and whilst flicking through the cookbook, my eyes fell upon her Tomato Coconut Curry, so this version is based on that recipe with a few tweaks by me.  I also decided to add some paneer cheese to it, as it would have been lacking protein.  If you are vegan, you can substitute the paneer easily with tofu.  I served the curry with Basmati rice. D said it was delicious and it was, I loved the flavour of the coconut coming throu...