We have arrived in Lebanon on our vegan world tour and it is time to make some vegan namoura, a Lebanese semolina cake drenched in orange flavoured syrup. Choosing a dish to represent Lebanon with its many vegan and plant-forward dishes was a challenge! In the end, I went with […]
Asia
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Welcome back to the vegan world tour. Today, we find ourselves in Kyrgyzstan where we cook vegan oromo. The oromo is a large dumpling meant for multiple people to share. Filled with pumpkin, onion, and soy mince, the vegan oromo is served with chili oil and plant-based yogurt. Read on […]
This week, we are visiting Japan and cook some vegan takoyaki. From our last stop in Oman in West Asia, we headed straight across the continent to East Asia. Here in Japan, we make takoyaki, a delicious streetfood dish consisting of savoury, fried dough balls. This vegan takoyaki recipe uses […]
It is time to head back to West Asia and pay a visit to Oman and cook a vegan madrouba. After a brief blogging break, we are ready to leave Burundi and our beans and bananas, cross the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden to land back on […]
From our meal of spherical pancakes in Denmark, we head to East Asia and land on the steppes of Mongolia. Here we make vegan banshtai tsai – Mongolian milk tea with dumplings. This traditional Mongolian comfort food uses tea as an ingredient in a savoury dish, something that was new […]
For this week’s stop on our vegan world tour, we find ourselves in Sri Lanka where we cook with a very interesting ingredient: fresh banana blossom. This vegan banana blossom curry is incredibly rich and tasty yet and is yet very fast to make. Yum Sri Lankan cuisine Sri Lanka […]
This week we’re back in Southeast Asia to visit Malaysia where we cook a vegan version of their famous rendang, a slow cooked coconut curry with toasted coconut. Read a bit about this vegan Malaysian dish or jump straight to the recipe. Yum Malaysian cuisine After hiking in Nepal, my […]
Welcome to a virtual trip to Laos where we cook a vegan Laos dish in the form of vegan khao piak sen, a rice noodle soup where the hero is a fragrant broth full of Southeast Asian flavours like lemongrass, lime leaves and galangal. Yum Laotian cuisine Laos lies in […]
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 […]
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 […]