TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS NARGISI KOFTA? Pakistani-Style Beef Nargisi Kofta Curry, a North Indian and Pakistani delicacy, features a unique concept of an egg enveloped within a flavorful curry. While some variations of this recipe involve serving the hard-boiled egg alongside the Kofta curry, the authentic preparation method entails encasing the hard-boiled egg within a mixture of spiced ground beef. This exceptional Pakistani dinner recipe has garnered notable acclaim in the region, delivering a remarkable and unforgettable dining experience....

WHAT IS LAHORI FISH? Pakistani-Style Fried Lahori Fish is a popular street food, especially during winter, found throughout Lahore and across Pakistan. In this Pakistani recipe the fish is coated in a spiced gram flour (besan) batter and then deep-fried to perfection. The fish is crispy from the outside and soft from inside. It’s a mild spiced and a great Pakistani appetizer recipe. I first had this fish when I visited my cousin in Chicago....

And there’s NO actual pumpkin involved. That’s right- NO pumpkin! So if you’re a pumpkin hater, and you’re all like “wahhhhh pumpkin is sooooo overrated,” hear me out. I’ve tried making cookies with canned pumpkin before. They always come out very fluffy- more “cake-like” than “cookie-like” to me. (Although, Sally’s Baking Addiction does have a pretty great chewy pumpkin cookie recipe!) So I decided to take a regular snickerdoodle cookie and add pumpkin pie spices without the actual pumpkin....

WHAT IS BIRYANI RAITA? Quick 5-Minute Biryani Raita With Tomato is a yogurt-based Indian/Pakistani Dip. Its cooling effects are often an effective counterbalance to the spices found in Indian/Pakistani recipes. It first originated in India then made its way to Pakistan. Raita comes in all sorts of shades and flavors; you may seen a Green Chutney Raita at a table, and a white raita dish with onions and cucumbers at another....

Sometimes all you are after is some simple comfort and there are few things I enjoy as much as a plate of warm new potatoes. Simply boiled and served with a sliver of vegan butter and sprinkling of dill – something I used to hate as a kid and something that now reminds me fondly of my late gran who took no ‘no’ for an answer – or roasted in the oven and served with a bowl of good dip....

Especially when that dinner is butternut squash soup with curry and ginger on a crisp fall evening. This soup is vegan, super creamy, paleo/whole30 compliant, and packed full of nutritious ingredients. You’re going to love it! This butternut squash soup is so easy to prep a few days in advance. You can chop up all of your vegetables (butternut squash, onion, garlic, and fresh ginger) and add them to your slow cooker along with the spices (curry powder, coriander, cumin, turmeric, salt, and pepper)....

These Southern Fried Chicken Burgers are an absolute favourite at our place. Truly crispy fried chicken, marinated in buttermilk and spices, topped with cheese, pickles, fresh lettuce and a big dollop of mayo on a brioche bun is everything we need on a night in and more. The buttermilk tenderises the chicken and adds a slightly tangy flavour, and the cornflour (cornstarch) helps to create that amazing, bubbly, crispy coating that we’re all after....

This post contains helpful tips and tricks! If you’re in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” above! 💭 Why you’ll love this recipe Pantry-friendly, simple ingredients and ready in 30 minutes: This is the perfect weeknight (and date night) dinner at my house! Easy to make with or without vodka: In traditional vodka sauce, the alcohol is burned off (so, no worries about alcohol content). Which means that this spicy vodka pasta recipe is kid-friendly and great for the whole family!...

Is that sad that my mission in life is to veganise all ‘veganisable’ (is that even a word?) dishes there are out there, in the wide, wide world? I firmly believe that we can enjoy good food and be ‘foodies’ (although I do realise that it’s an insult in certain circles) without any animal cruelty involved. This dish is a prime example of a delicious naturally vegan meal. It is inspired by the Japanese concept of dengaku, which essentially involves slathering a generous amount of sweet and salty miso glaze on top of cooked food stuffs and sticking the offenders under a grill to get a beautiful caramelisation going....

This post contains helpful tips and tricks! If you’re in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” above! Jump to:What is pig pickin’ cake? 📖 How do you make mandarin cake? 📖 Recipe💬 Comments What is pig pickin’ cake? This is inspired by a traditional Southern recipe called a pig pickin’ cake (that they used to make when they had pig roasts in the South). But most of these recipes called for a yellow cake mix....

This vagaherla pasta recipe is a delicious childhood favorite of mine. It is a perfect Indian breakfast for a Sunday morning. Cooked pasta is tossed with flavors of bataka pauva and topped with raw chopped onions, cilantro and lemon juice. Pair this pasta with potatoes recipe with a cup of hot chai or milk coffee! Want more comforting Indian food? Give my World’s Easiest and Best Butter Chicken Masala or Easy Paneer Butter Masala Recipe a try....

I don’t know about you, but for me personally this past week has been hard. I have spent most of my time talking to contractors about costly repairs, painting (cleaning, caulking and sanding beforehand), and feeling that time is getting away from me and I am getting very little done. It took me 4 days (as opposed to the 2 I estimated) to nearly (without the ceiling and one feature wall) paint the living room....

Who does not like sinking their teeth into a crispy, flaky spring roll dipped in a flavoursome dipping sauce? I love their crunch, the flavour and the moist interior. What I am not overly keen on is the fact that often spring rolls owe their crispy golden shell to deep-frying. Well, turns out that if you stick a tray of spring rolls into an oven (having brushed each one with a small amount of oil), you won’t get an inferior product at all....

We are still in the middle of a summer heatwave here in Greece, so I was hoping to go without switching the oven on until it gets cooler (erm…October?), but cherries (one of my favourite fruits) are in season and I had to bake something with them! I love cherries and I love almonds and I’ve been wanting to make a cherry frangipane (or vegan bakewell tarts as they’re known in the UK) for a while now....

Tofu is one of those ingredients that has the ability to truly divide the crowd. I must admit that long before I went vegan, I tried several tofu dishes that left me seriously underwhelmed. Now, I’ve changed camps completely and I am a huge tofu fan. The trick lies in the correct cooking method… For me the tastiest way is marinating well pressed tofu in a little soy sauce, sprinkling it with cornflour (or cornstarch in the US) and frying it in a little oil until golden and beautifully crispy on the outside (yet nicely chewy on the inside)....

Hope your week has been peachy, productive yet not too energy depleting? I’ve managed to shoot my final three recipes before my holiday, which is a relief as that’s always the most stressful aspect of going away. While I will be spending the beginning of next week editing a staggering amount of photos, it’s all going to be worth it as come Thursday, Duncan and I will be lying on a Greek beach, sipping espresso freddos and relaxing....

How does some real comfort food sound this weekend? I’m all in! It’s cold and miserable outside and I feel like staying in bed all day with small breaks for food and drink. Sometimes I wish I was a bear so I could legitimately shut down shop for the winter months and hibernate until I am ready to forage for food come spring… I’m guessing that this, coming from someone who grew up with fairly harsh winters, may sound surprising but I have never been a cold loving creature as my internal central heating system appears to cut short of my permanently cold extremities....

We’ve been meaning to make a pizza with a vegan topping for a while, but somehow we haven’t get round to it yet. Our recent dinner at a great pizza place on Antiparos (a little sister island of Paros) Lollo’s has put vegan pizza back on our culinary roadmap. I was very nicely surprised that they had added not one, but two vegan pizza toppings to the menu – they seem to be very in tune with people’s changing eating habits, which is awesome....

Hope you guys have had a nice weekend? Ours was a bit boring, to be honest. We are sort of mid-move as the estate agent has let us down – what a surprise! – so we haven’t been able to fully move into our new place just yet. They told us that we will have a new oven and extractor fan installed by the time we move in on Friday, which for obvious reasons was a very important thing for us....

Greetings from crazily cold Poland, guys! As luck would have it, the moment I set my foot in Krakow the temperature dropped to an all new low. It oscillates around -8° C (17° F) during the day and -15° C (5° F) at night, which given that I have not lived here since my early twenties, I am really not cut out for anymore. I stayed at my parents’ house over the weekend....