Vegetarian

Vegetarian food should be exciting and versatile, and in this chapter I will show you how – with five spices or less – you can create some really superb dishes. Delicious falafel, Mexican eggs with a wonderful kick, for example; quesadillas with a brilliantly green dipping sauce flavoured with chilli; garlic and cumin; a Lebanese pizza; curries; stir-frys; dal; zingy re-fried beans; and the most amazing aubergine recipe. There are loads of delicious ways to cook aubergines, but the Charred Aubergines with Indian Spices and Coriander, which only uses four spices – fresh green chilli, garam masala, turmeric and ground coriander – is up there as one of the most spectacular you’ll ever eat.