Congee is a rice porridge that’s so prevalent in the asian subcontinant that is has many names. You might have heard of it as Jook, Kanji, Zhou, Bobar, Okayu …. I could go on. Incredibly easy to digest but still filling, in some countries it’s the perfect breakfast while also considered the perfect food for the sick. With thousands of years of history behind it, this dish is incredibly comforting and can be as plain or as interesting as you like. We prefer it for dinner with a load of interesting toppings, the bowl full enough to bursting, that you can stir through or eat with a bit of the…
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Jackfruit Biryani (Vegan & Gluten Free)
My mother makes the best biryani, hands down. I have treasured childhood memories of important events being celebrated with mum’s biryani and it was one of the first recipes I made sure to take with me when I moved out. Culturally in India this dish has always been something reserved for celebrations and special occasions because in all honesty, what crazy person wants to spend 6 hours making an ordinary dinner? Unfortunately there’s now one problem with my mother’s version – it uses lamb. With meat firmly off the table since I went vegan, I’ve spent quite sometime trying to get back to that familiar taste using vegetables. I must…
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Jackfruit Carnitas (Vegan & Gluten Free)
Lets do some real talk folks, I’m a white girl living in suburban London. Authentic Mexican food can be a little hard to track down round here and I’ve never been to Mexico so I’m left to look at pictures on the internet and imagine. I’m not going to be your most authentic source of Mexican food but I can tell you whats tasty and these carnitas are so tasty! Inspired by the traditional Mexican dish of pork carnitas where a shoulder of pork is slow cooked until it starts to fall apart, then grilled to crisp up the edges. Cooked with tons of aromatics, this tender and flavourful dish…
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Fragrant Coconut Soup with Black Pepper Sweet Potato
I want to be completely up front here – the Black Pepper Sweet Potato in this dish is completely inspired by the Black Pepper Tofu in Yotam Ottolenghi’s brilliant book Plenty (you can find the recipe on his site here)- go buy it, read it and cook many tasty things. We weren’t able to make the original dish as written for a number of reasons but mainly because Kenny hates tofu with a passion, and I was trying to completely avoid soy at the time. Instead I’ve gradually built it out to work with sweet potatoes. The coconut soup then grew from this as I wanted something that would counterbalance…
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Slow Cooker Lasagne Soup
Lasagne soup was completely foreign to me until recently thanks to some browsing on social media. It seems to be an american invention but what a great idea it is! All the elements of a great lasagne but with almost none of the work since, in my version, most of the cooking is done in the slow cooker. I like to serve mine with an easy homemade vegan ricotta which serves as a great counterpoint to the rich tomato sauce. This recipe works great for a crowd, uses mostly pantry stables, and is really quite hands off so is ideal for these days were so many people are working from…
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Slow Cooker Potato and Corn Chowder
I’ve had a slow cooker ever since I left university, I’d like to say I’ve had one since before they were cool but lets be honest, I don’t think slow cookers ever have been cool. They are however amazingly useful. After university I landed a job working in the city which, as a rule, meant long hours and a long commute. My slow cooker meant that there were days I could come home to a delicious smell and a meal waiting for me. While I was ill and my endo was flaring, the slow cooker was equally invaluable as it meant on bad days I could shuffle down stairs, throw…
