Pakistani Bhindi – Okra & Onion Sabzi
My favourite vegetable dish: bite-sized okra cooked with plenty of red onions, tomato and simple spices until the pieces are tender, separate and no longer slimy.
55 min Serves 4 Mild–Medium
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Pakistani Aaloo Qeema – Mince & Potatoes
A homestyle Pakistani dish of minced meat and potatoes cooked with red onions, tomato, yoghurt and simple spices until the qeema is savoury, the potatoes are tender and the finished dish is moist rather than saucy.
1 hr Serves 6 Mild–Medium
Pakistani Lobia – Black-Eyed Pea Salan
My Lahore-style safed lobia: a mild, naturally vegan Pakistani salan of tender black-eyed peas cooked with red onions, tomato and simple spices. Made for roti or rice.
3 hr Serves 10 Mild