Stew recipes

The Loveliest Daal A lovely bowl of soft comforting daal. Eat with rice and naan. Counts as one of your 5-a-day too. Its worth making loads of this as it lasts really well and freezes superbly. Ingredients 1 onion, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped small piece ginger, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped ½ tsp […]

Sweet Vegetable Tagine This is a step up from the ubiquitous vegetable tagines, there is a real depth of flavour here. You can’t really go wrong topping this pine nuts and coriander, they really counteract the sweetness of the tagine, plus I love pine nuts…Anything you can eat with bulghar wheat yoghurt is always a winner for me […]

Mushroom Stroganoff When I’m not craving cheese and carbs, I usually want some sort of stew with a rich sauce you can pour over mashed potato or couscous to soak up all the juices, winter comfort food. This mushroom stroganoff dish is one such dish, flavoured with sherry and paprika. This looks like a lot of mushroom […]

Bean Chilli You may think this looks like a bowl of beany mush, and you’d be right, it is. But therein lies the joy, bean chilli and various versions of it are delicious and nutritious, and can also be used in a million different ways (slight exaggeration)! I love it simply with bulghar wheat or rice and […]