Black Bean Chilli (4)

A vegetarian chilli from the fast food restaurant Leon. I think black beans or kidney beans work best but white beans could also be used if thats all you have in the cupboard. Serve it with rice or jacket potato. You can add a number of optional extras such as soured cream, tomato salsa, guacamole and grated cheese.

Spinach Bhaji (4)

Spinach BhajiThis is a recipe for spinach that i return to often. Its from Das Sreedharans ” Fresh Flavours of India” (1999). Das has a small chain of restaurants in London . The first opened in Stoke Newington Church Street in the nineties  and is called Rasa. This restaurant is solely vegatarian and has a fairly extensive range of dishes from Southern India. For those who prefer meat and fish there is another branch of the chain almost opposite called Rasa Travancore. Both are recommended if you are visiting the area.

Serve this dish as a side dish, or with a naan bread.