This recipe serves 4, and  was inspired by our friend, Mridula Baljekar, award winning author of 30 Indian cookbooks. Here are the ingredients: 225g/8oz/1 cup of basmati rice 60ml/4 tbsp of oil substitute using bay leaves below as spice of choice 25g/1 oz cashew nuts 25g/1 oz seedless raisins 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 2.5cm/1 in […]

When we decided to go vegan, I thought it would be easy to modify recipes to fit our needs.  I soon realized that oil, eggs and butter are the backbone of most recipes.  So off I went to research substitutes for these ingredients.  I have to say, I had to try a variety of suggestions […]