-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- October 2021
- March 2018
- May 2017
- April 2016
- December 2015
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- August 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- December 2010
Categories
RSS
Category Archives: Recipes
Khoresht-e-Beh: Quince and Split Pea Stew
So the quince season is here once again. Huzzah! is all we can say. There is nothing quite like it for fragrance, natural pinkness and beguiling flavour. Although they are ugly brutes. They are not very good raw, but poached … Continue reading
Veggiestani Stuffed Mushrooms
Mushrooms aren’t indigenous to Veggiestan, but as relative newcomers to the culinary scene they have made themselves really rather popular. This dish comprises plenty of ‘authentic’ ingredients but is, however, entirely our own creation. They were a hit at one … Continue reading
Veggiestani Patatas Bravas Salad
Another fine recipe from our chiller cabinet. We have to write them down here otherwise we’ll forget how we did it for next time. Patatas bravas is, as I am sure all you lovely food experts know, the tapas dish … Continue reading
Veggiestan’s Greatest Hits #14: Sudan. With Added Recipe.
Sudan is an honorary member of the Veggiestan Republic on account of its proximity to the Arabian peninsula: its culture and cuisine have a lot in common with the rest of the Middle East. And they make cracking fuls medammes. … Continue reading
Posted in Postcards from Veggiestan, Recipes
Tagged Duop, Juba, musical interlude, Shahan Fouls, Sudan
Leave a comment
Camargue Rice Kufteh
OK, so I kind of discovered these by accident. I made some katteh, which is what Iranians call overcooked rice. This is not such a bad thing in itself; in fact in the North of Iran they actually make katteh … Continue reading
Coron-Asian Un-Chicken
In the spirit of better-late-than-never-ness, here is our right royal jubilee recipe: Coronation Chicken, sans chicken, and with a decidedly Veggiestani twist. Because the world so needs another royal celebratory salad. It is always hard to make a rice salad … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged Coron-Asian Un-Chicken, Coronation Chicken, Diamond Jubilee, food poisoning, saffron
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Postcards from Veggiestan, Recipes
Tagged chayote, Cho Cho, christophine, Peckhamistan
2 Comments
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
Posted in Recipes
Tagged dip, golpar, meze, Persian hogwort, sardi/garmi, spiced labneh, yoghurt, za'atar
Leave a comment
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
