From the IACP award-winning author of Jikoni, a cookbook celebrating indulgence in vegetarian and vegan home cooking. I must first admit I havent made anything from it yet, but the recipes look interesting, enticing and tasty. Measurements are in metric or occasionally vague like "a thumb of ginger", or "handfull of cashews". This book has something for everyone seeking comfort and joy, not just on our tables but in our lives too.

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. 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. This book is vegetarian, in that "not so as you'd notice" way that I love: you just want to make everything. Raw, modern and sensual, Comfort and Joy applies Ravinder’s creative ingenuity to approachable veg-centric recipes for home cooks. A journalist, chef, and restaurateur, her food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK's diverse immigrant culture.From dips to dhals and pastas to puddings, the pages are filled with familial narrative; of grandmothers, mothers, sisters and aunts, of shared recipes and communal cooking. Bringing Ravinder Bhogal's creative ingenuity to approachable veg-centric recipes for home cooks, each recipe in Comfort and Joy brings equilibrium and exuberance to the plate and the palate, guaranteeing that “the vegetarian option” will never again be relegated to second choice. From the first page to the last, every dish looks mouth-wateringly delicious and I have tasted a few! Born in Kenya, to Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal's food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK's diverse immigrant culture.

Raw, modern and sensual, Comfort and Joy applies Ravinder's creative ingenuity to approachable veg-centric recipes for home cooks. 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. And the recipe I’m delightedly sharing with you today is her Pea, Preserved Lemon and Mint Dip with Radish Salsa, which ticks all the boxes for me!It's well-proven that a diet centering fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, and nuts is healthier for us and our planet, but talks of decreasing global meat and dairy intake have for too long been tied to narratives of culinary sacrifice. She has authored two books, including the IACP award-winning Jikoni and the Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning Cook in Boots. With Bhogal's creative, approachable, veg-centric recipes for home cooks, each recipe in Comfort and Joy is the key to a new culinary life where wellness and indulgence are allies, deep frying is vegetable baptism, and "the vegetarian option" is always first choice.

There is so much I want to make and eat within its pages-from the okra fries with kale-the mango gold coin curry-the strawberry faluda cheesecake-and blissfully a whole chapter on Bread. 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.These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. 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.