A simple dish of thick-cut potatoes with spices. Great with chapatis/rice and dal. Works well as potato salad as well. Vegan and gluten-free

A sweet, sour and spicy stew of eggplant with coconut milk. Nourishing and delicious.

A sour but delicious preparation of eggplant with tamarind and spices. No tamarind? Use vinegar.

A lush take on egg curry with coconut milk mellowing the spice. Eat it with rice or rotis or straight out of a bowl.

Brussels sprouts shredded and stir-fried with spices in a South Indian style.

Toor dal (split pigeon peas) with pepper and garlic, lots of garlic. Perfect comfort food that you can eat with rice, roti or out of a bowl.

Maachher jhol or Bengali fish curry is comfort food at its best. Tasty, healthy, simple.

A take on the popular North Indian dish using kala/black chickpeas. You can substitute garbanzo beans. A healthy nourishing, delicious dish.

A simple, delicious and healthy soup of roasted beets finished with cracked cumin and curry leaves.

A delicious soup of roasted carrots with tamarind and Indian spices. Warming and healthy. Easily made vegetarian or vegan.

A simple and delicious asparagus soup with coconut milk, ginger and lime. Easily made vegetarian or vegan.

A delicious five vegetable medley that is a classic of the Bengali home cooking repertoire. Mix and match vegetables of your choice

A simple stir-fry of broccoli dressed with kashundi or Bengali mustard makes for an elegant first course or just an excellent side dish.

Beets stir-fried with a few spices and coconut. Wonderful flavours, extremely healthy. Vegan and gluten-free.

Here is a recipe for perennial favourite alu-gobi, made with very few spices. Healthy, tasty.

Potatoes cooked in a creamy, mild poppy seed paste. Classic Bengali comfort food. Vegan.

Fish braised in an aromatic, spicy-tangy tomato sauce. Adjust heat up or down to preference. Add coconut milk for a richer variation.

Savoury pongal/porridge with oats in place of rice. Healthy but above all, extremely tasty. Make in a pressure cooker or on the stove-top.

This fish curry with tamarind is made in a vaguely southwestern coastal Indian style. Adjust the heat to your liking.