This could be an anytime dish but I put it in Autumn because it is such a lovely dish to come home to as the nights begin to shorten. We pick our first leeks in Autumn, and the fresh herbs should still be available—but you can also use dried. This is a long recipe but...
Lightly cooked fruit, particularly pears, are the favourite Ayurvedic breakfast. Pears are tri-doshic, harmonizing all five elements in the body. They are a light food for Kapha, cooling for Pitta and moistening for Vata. In China they are recommended to ease coughs...
This Autumn recipe uses our homegrown pumpkin and leeks. It can be vegan or vegetarian and is truly Ayurvedic with warming spices to help digestion The roasted pumpkin filling is actually so good that you could eat it alone. Great as a side vegetable, on couscous or...
Parsnips are a bumper crop for us. In typical Chinese style this dish takes a humble vegetable and creates a tasty vegan meal. All you need to add is a green vegetable and some rice. This recipes serves 2 but you can easily increase the quantities. The slightly spicy...
This unusual mixture can make an intriguing finger food to serve as an appetiser or a simple and delicious lunch or snack. We make this dish with small biscuit cutters; this technique is our invention. Normally, for a family meal, just spread the mixture over the base...
The use of minced garlic—a pungent flavor—with green vegetables is commonplace throughout China and makes a dish which can be a meal in itself.The ginger juice is my addition to add depth to the flavor, and help digestion. When using ginger juice I tend to use the...
This simple soup has a good balance of flavours with a little chilli (spicy), coconut (sweet) and tamarind (sour). It can also be served as a dhal, just reduce the amount of liquid to the required consistency. Serves 4 | Cooking time: 50 mins150g split red lentils or...
The spices in this simple recipe make the vegetables easily digested and really tasty. A good mix of vegetables to use is onion, (mainly) pumpkin, carrot and perhaps one small potato. Serves 4 | Prep time: 15 mins | Cooking time: 30 mins4 cups mixed vegetables,...
This dish is best served cold but not chilled. Shitake mushrooms are expensive but well worth it. Serve as a side dish, you only need a couple each. Serves 4 as a side | Prep time: 10 mins (+overnight soaking) | Cooking time: 10 mins75g sliced mushroomsA couple slices...
Simple to make, easy to vary and always popular. Do use jumbo oats as porridge oats go stodgy! And vary the ingredients according to what is in your store cupboard. Makes 6-8 portions | Prep time: overnight2 cups jumbo oats1 cup flaked barley (or more oats)¼ cup...
The addition of vegetables make this into a complete meal. Carrot can be quite ‘pitta’/ heating, but is balanced out by the coriander which is cooling. Or chose your own vegetable combination! Courgette and sweet potatoes are good in winter or to lower ‘vata’...