The Botanical Kitchen
Recipes, travel and the occasional rant
It’s Sharad Poonam (Full Moon). Look up right now and you’ll see nothing but an overcast sky but on Friday morning when we woke up my girls and I marvelled for a few minutes at the moon. It was like a huge golf ball in the sky shining so brightly in the crisp blue sky before […]
Patra is one of my all time favourite Gujarati dishes. My Baa (maternal grandmother) used to make them for breakfast when I was little using fresh colocasia leaves and her own spice mix. I was too little to really appreciate her or her patra which makes me so incredibly sad. However, I wasn’t so little that […]
I’m very fussy about tomatoes. I love the sundried variety but not in pesto. I like the raw variety but only paired with basil and mozzarella and in a ‘cachumbar’ (salad) with sliced onions, red chilli powder and salt. But I love cooked tomatoes. Especially in curry. It’s my go to dinner when I am […]
So the Great British Bake Off is back on UK television screens brightening up the early part of the week. I’ve tuned in every week with fond memories of being in that tent, panicking, cursing, cheering and praying to the oven ‘bhagwan’. I was wondering who the judges would be if they were to ever […]
The best thing about Bank Holidays is a lazy breakfast. Who can pass up a lovely English breakfast buffet? Or lots of lovely baked breads and croissants from France with jams and honey. Perhaps Mexican is more your thing with Huevos Rancheros? I would hold a lazy Gujarati breakfast high on the list. Lazy for […]
*** Page under construction**** Below is a list of all the recipes on this blog in alphabetical order. Aachener printen Apple and pecan cookies Apple marmalade Apple, cobnut and honey tart Apricot cheesecake Apricot loaf cake Apricot, pecan and maple syrup muffins Banana and chocolate chip loaf cake Blackberry crumble tart Buck’s fizz macarons Caramel […]
I LOVE eating out and I wanted to share my experiences with you. Hopefully they’ll inspire you as they’ve inspired me to change what I’m cooking or baking. I don’t get paid to eat at these places nor to publicise them. PDO and PGI Welsh Food and Wine Tasting Menu at The Harbourmaster Hotel, Aberaeon, […]