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. 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.

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. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. This book is vegetarian, in that "not so as you'd notice" way that I love: you just want to make everything. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. For Ravinder, food should be made and shared with abundance in mind, and this sense of pleasure is conveyed on every page.Having settled down with a cup of tea to read the introductory chapter in the same way I would read a novel, I set out the business of deciding what to cook first. 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. 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.

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. 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.If the Jikoni cookbook was a feast for the soul, with its nourishing stories and aspiring dishes, then Comfort and Joy is a real feast for the body.

For Ravinder Bhogal, food should be made and shared with abundance in mind, and this sense of pleasure is conveyed on every page. A journalist, chef, and restaurateur, her food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK's diverse immigrant culture. From the IACP award-winning author of Jikoni, a cookbook celebrating indulgence in vegetarian and vegan home cooking.Ravinder Bhogal's Comfort And Joy is a revelation-you will never look at "the vegetarian option" in the same way after diving into her inventive, bewitching and mouth watering book. This book has something for everyone seeking comfort and joy, not just on our tables but in our lives too.

Born in Kenya, to Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal's food is inspired by her mixed heritage and the UK's diverse immigrant culture. 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! 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. 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. From the first page to the last, every dish looks mouth-wateringly delicious and I have tasted a few!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. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. 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.