Comfort and Joy: Irresistible pleasures from a vegetarian kitchen

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From the IACP award–winning author of Jikoni, a cookbook celebrating indulgence in vegetarian and vegan home cooking.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This cookbook by Ravinder Bhogal is a fresh take on vegetarian and vegan cooking; not geared towards health or denial but indulging all the senses with a decadent global larder. I already have Ravinder’a other cook books so was quick to purchase this one knowing how much I love the others. I was certainly hooked immediately by both the beauty of the writing in the introductory chapter, the opening words of each chapter and the first dish I tried. With decadent, craveable recipes that bring together crisp okra fries with curry leaf mayonnaise, earthy roasted beet salad with blood orange and creamy burrata, whipped feta with tomatoes confit, and so much more, deep frying will prove to be vegetable baptism—and produce literacy prove to be the key to a new culinary life where wellness and indulgence are not nemeses.With equal parts passion and precision, she takes ordinary vegetables, kitchen staples and a handful of essential global ingredients (I can never look back now that I've found Zaatar and Pul Biber), to create picture perfect dishes that pack a punch. Im pretty good at gauging a recipe just from reading it so Im confidently judging this to be a good book based on having read through it. Ravinder brings the textures, colours, and tastes of this cuisine to life, adding surprising twists along the way. From Mango and Golden Coin Curry, Shiro Miso Udon Mushroom and Kale Carbonara to Strawberry Falooda Milk Cake , this is food as pursuit of pleasure.

So it is not an exaggeration to say to say that the Burnt Courgette and Cardamom Dip with Crispy Capers (page 25 of the book) that I made this weekend is THE most delicious dip I have ever tasted. In this book, Ravinder brings together her signature style of storytelling, with a collection of everyday vegetarian recipes that are elegant yet completely practical. This book has something for everyone seeking comfort and joy, not just on our tables but in our lives too. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.

Her debut book Cook in Boots (HarperCollins, 2009) won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the UK's Best First Cookbook and was awarded the first runners-up prize of the World's Best First Cookbook at the Paris Cookbook Fair in February 2010.We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. This is a cookbook of great bounty, promising fortifying curries and stews, the warm embrace of aromatic fried bhajis and rich, satisfying desserts. Comfort and Joy is a fresh take on vegetarian and vegan cooking; not geared towards health or denial but indulging all the senses with a decadent global larder. From the first page to the last, every dish looks mouth-wateringly delicious and I have tasted a few!