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Cho Cho: A Guest Vegetable Post from Peckhamistan
Y’all know that Peckham isn’t really in the Middle East, right? But for our purposes it may as well be, as it is from there that so much of my vegetable lore has been sourced. A lot of it from … Continue reading
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Tagged chayote, Cho Cho, christophine, Peckhamistan
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Introducing: Mama Ghanoush
Because Baba shouldn’t get all the credit. Yep, OK, so there is no such thing as Mama Ghanoush, and I’m just being really silly. But if Baba Ghanoush translates as ‘beloved of Baba’, then the title is apt, as this … Continue reading
Spiced Labneh
Labneh is basically thickened (strained), salted yoghurt. I have already waxed lyrical about it within the pages of Veggiestan, but here is yet another example of just how very versatile the stuff is. You can use this as a meze … Continue reading
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Tagged dip, golpar, meze, Persian hogwort, sardi/garmi, spiced labneh, yoghurt, za'atar
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Sweet and Sour Baked White Aubergines
This is a find example of an ingredient led recipe. Sometimes they are the most fun. You know how it goes: you buy something on a whim, and then worry about what to do with it later. Well, Peckham is … Continue reading
The World’s Poshest Coleslaw. Veggieslavia meets Veggiestan.
To celebrate the arrival of a lorry load of stuff, at least half of which was dates, and also to celebrate the obligingly Spring-like weather over here in the UK, we made you some datey coleslaw. It will get them … Continue reading
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Tagged caraway, coleslaw, dates, labneh, picnics, Sizdah Bedar, Veggieslavia
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Salad-e-Bogoli Pulao: Broad Bean, Brown Basmati and Sesame Salad
Bogoli Pulao is possibly our favourite amongst the classic rice dishes of Iran. You can read the recipe for the original dish here. In this version it becomes a ridiculously moreish salad. OK, so it’s not the broad bean season … Continue reading
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Tagged broad beans, brown basmati rice, rice salad, salad-e-bogoli pulao, sesame seeds, tahina
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On How the Okra Got its Slime: A Veggiestani Love Story
Happy belated Valentines Day from Veggiestan… Yeki boud, yeki naboud… Which is Persian for “Once upon a time”. For that is indeed when our tale of vegetable-crossed lovers begins. Long long ago, and far far away, in the shimmering hot … Continue reading
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Tagged Anu, fairy tale, how the okra got its slime, Innana, khoresht-e-bamya, okra casserole, Susa, Uruk, Valentines Day
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Khoresht-e-Laboo – Beetroot Hotpot
OK – so this isn’t one of the classic Persian khoreshts (casseroles). In fact my mother-in-law looked at me in horror when she realised what I was cooking (until she tried some, that is). And when I tried to pass … Continue reading
KooKoo-ye-Gul-e-Kalam – Iranian Cauliflower Omelette
Sunday night supper food for 6 Seeing as cauliflower is such a good price at the mo…. This is basically another form of eggeh (for which there is a recipe on page 74 of the book), but the Iranians would … Continue reading
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Tagged cauliflower, kookoo, kookoo-ye-gul-e-kalam, lunchbox, omelette, sunday suppers
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