Our first stop in Central Asia brings us to Tajikistan where we make a Tajik vegan dish in the form of pumpkin sambusa, a local version of samosa. Read on for a brief introduction into Tajik cuisine or jump straight to the recipe. Enjoy! Yum Tajik cuisine Tajikistan is a […]
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This week we visit the Netherlands and cook a vegan version of boerenkool stamppot – mashed potatoes with kale. This simple one pot recipe is a great comfort food and a fun way to ramp up your mashed potato game. Read on for some background on Dutch cooking or jump […]
Here is the recipe I followed to make mula ko achaar – daikon pickled with mustard seeds in oil. It was served along side dal bhat tarkari in the main post for Nepal. In Nepali cooking, pickles have a very important role and they are vegan to boot! Yum Achaar […]
Today we pay a visit to Nepal where we cook the Nepali classic dal bhat tarkari: lentils, rice and vegetable curry. For once, we don’t have to make any form of vegan version since this popular dish is vegan by default*. Nepal also happens to be one of the countries […]
Our first stop in Northern Europe brings us to Latvia where we try a Latvian vegan recipe called rupjmaizes kārtojums, or Latvian ambrosia. Based on the ever-important Latvian dark rye bread, rupjmaize, this dessert greatly resembles the more familiar trifle but with two Latvian twists. Read on to learn a […]
Rupjmaize is sweet and sour Latvian rye bread flavoured with caraway seeds and molasses. This vegan Latvian recipe makes a loaf of sourdough rupjmaize.
This week, we make our first stop in Southern Africa as we visit South Africa. We cook a South African vegan dish which is a real classic comfort food: samp and beans (isistambu in Zulu and umngqusho in Xhosa). Rich and creamy and seasoned with fried onion and curry powder, […]
It’s time to pay our first visit to Micronesia on our global, vegan adventure. We stop by Nauru and turn their national dish into a vegan Nauru recipe: coconut crusted cauliflower. Yum Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation (the world’s third smallest country, after the Vatican and Monaco [1]). […]
We have reached Guatemala on our vegan world tour and it is time to make chuchitos, a smaller version of Guatemalan tamales. In this delicious Guatemalan, vegan recipe, a sauce made from toasted sesame seeds and roasted vegetables is wrapped in corn dough and steamed to perfection. Yum Guatemalan cuisine […]
Today’s stop on our vegan world tour brings us to Turkey where we cook a delicious vegan Turkish recipe. Here I have veganized the popular lahmacun, a thin crust Turkish pizza or flatbread. In place of the traditional meat, I made a paste from lentils and bulgur inspired by the […]