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Chickpea stew

Chickpea stew

Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add oil, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and salt. Cook for 5 minutes or until the onions are soft, stirring occasionally. Add the chickpeas, water, cumin, turmeric and pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until the water evaporates. Add...
Eggplant and lentil curry

Eggplant and lentil curry

Fry onion, garlic and eggplant in oil until onion is translucent. Add cumin, ginger and chilli powder to pan and fry for 1 minute. Add chopped tomatoes, puree, lentils and stock and leave to cook for 10 minutes. Add cherry tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes more. Add coriander and...
Ethiopian Eggplant Stew

Ethiopian Eggplant Stew

This recipe uses an Ethiopian spice mixture called berbere. It is made up of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, korarima, rue, ajwain or radhuni, nigella and fenugreek. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Add oil and onions and fry for 30 minutes, stirring regularly, until golden brown. When...
Cashew nut roast

Cashew nut roast

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius and line a greased 450g loaf pan with a long strip of greased non-stick paper. Melt margarine in a medium-sized saucepan, add the onion and sauté until tender. Remove from heat. Grind the cashews in a food processor with the bread and garlic. Add...
Potato curry

Potato curry

Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until just tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two. Meanwhile, heat the vegetable oil in a large...
Pumpkin and chickpea tagine

Pumpkin and chickpea tagine

Sauté the onion, garlic and spices in oil for five minutes in a tagine pot, a cast iron camp cooker or a large frying pan with a lid. Add the other ingredients. Place the lid on the pot and put into the oven for 1 1/2 hours or until tender....
Quinoa and bean burritos with salsa and slaw

Quinoa and bean burritos with salsa and slaw

To make the quinoa and beans: Dry roast the cumin and coriander seeds over a medium heat for a few minutes until fragrant. Grind the roasted seeds until they form a coarse powder. Heat the oil in a deep heavy based frying pan before frying the spices including the paprika...
Vegan Cheese & Spinach Pie

Vegan Cheese & Spinach Pie

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Wash spinach thoroughly and steam for two minutes. Place in a bowl and knead the tofu and bouillon into the spinach with your hands. The tofu should end up as small flecks. Fry the onion in the oil until translucent. Add the mushrooms...
Vegetable Curry

Vegetable Curry

In a clean plastic bag, put half of the flour, curry powder and salt. Add the potato, kumara, onion and pumpkin and shake to coat. Tip into a roasting pan with the oil. Roast at 200 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes, turning every so often. Repeat with remaining ingredients and...
Vietnamese Crèpe

Vietnamese Crèpe

An absolutely gorgeous dish, this is the best of cooked and raw food: a fermented crèpe for the cooked part, and pickled carrots and an abundance of fresh greens, sprouts, herbs and avocado for the raw filling. The crèpe is fermented to increase its nutritional value and make it easy...
Ginger Sesame Mashed Potatoes

Ginger Sesame Mashed Potatoes

Serves 8 30 minutes or less Sesame oil lends flavour to a simple potato mash.  Bring potatoes, ginger, salt and enough water to cover the potatoes by 2.5 cm to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 20-25 minutes, or until potatoes are tender. Drain...
Wild Rice and Sage “Stuffing”

Wild Rice and Sage “Stuffing”

Serves 12 Toasted bread croutons add a bread-stuffing texture to seasoned wild rice. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius. Coat a 20 cm-square baking dish with cooking spray. Toast walnuts in dry skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until fragrant shaking skillet often. Set aside. Toss bread cubes...
Carrot and Cashew Nut Roast

Carrot and Cashew Nut Roast

Serves 4-6 A Christmas classic! Serve with roast vegetables and vegan gravy. Fry the onion and garlic in the oil until soft. Mix with all the other ingredients and season to taste. Place the mixture in a greased standard loaf tin (900g). Cover with foil and bake at 180 degrees...
Seared French Beans with Picada

Seared French Beans with Picada

This dish uses a traditional savoury Spanish garnish, called a Picada. It can be as thin as a paste or as dry as a crumble. If your green beans aren’t perfectly fresh, try blanching them in salted water for 2 minutes before roasting to bring them back to life.  Preheat...
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