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Plant-Based Recipes To Nourish Your Body and Mind

Welcome to my blog, Kitchen & Other Stories. May your time here nourish both your body and mind. My mission is to help you cook fresh, easy and convenient plant-based recipes. I am here to empower you to become a confident and creative cook. Let's make your time in the kitchen a pleasure!

Veganuary Favourites: Easy, Flavour-First Vegan Recipes

Start Veganuary with satisfying plant-based recipes that don't feel like a compromise. From cosy soups to vibrant salads, plus mains, sides and desserts to take pride of place on your table - these recipes are for real-life cooking.

  • A plate of marrow guhtva garnished with coriander. 
    Fall In Love With Marrow. Ghutva Marrow Recipe
  • Chana Dal Khichdi served with caramelised onions and fresh herbs, accompanied by flatbread and pickled green chilies. A hearty, traditional Indian vegetarian dish highlighting flavours and textures perfect for wholesome meals.
    Masala White Urad Dal Recipe (Vegan)
  • A shallow black dish containing daal makhani with a silver spoon.
    Kaali Dal (Black Urad Dal) Recipe
  • Close up of a cavalo nero on a plate with a fork
    The Best Sautéed Cavolo Nero and Fennel Side Dish
  • Beetroot and chickpea salad with yoghurt and herbs in a bowl on wooden surface, sliced bread side view, fresh kitchen ingredients, healthy vegetarian meal, rustic food presentation.
    Healing Beetroot Stew With Harissa.
  • A plate of beetroot, peach and feta salad
    Beetroot & Peach Salad With Feta Cheese & Baby Spinach
  • A plate of Fennel salad with red pepper salad
    Grilled Fennel Salad With Red Pepper. A New Salad Adventure.
  • A white bowl containing carrot and red pepper soup with croutons.
    The Best Sheet Pan Carrot and Red Pepper Soup
  • Two bowls of Mulligatawny soup 
    Mulligatawny, Easy One Pot Lentil And Apple Soup
  • A whole pear tart on a plate sitting on a slatted wooden table. 
    French Pear Tarte Bourdaloue Goes Vegan And Gluten Free

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Main Course Plant Based Recipes

Easy to make main course plant based recipes inspired by international cuisines.

  • Shallow dish containing vegan fish in a mustard sauce
    How To Make Bengali Style Vegan 'Fish' In Mustard Sauce
  • A shallow bowl containing kosha mangsho style vegan jackfruit with plain rice. A hand holds a spoon on the dish.
    How To Make Bengali Kosha Mangsho Style Jackfruit Curry
  • A Plate of Alio Olio. 
    Upgrade Your Alio Olio, Easy Fifteen Minute Recipe
  • A clay pot containing vegan mince Keema Mattar
    How To Make Keema Mattar With A Cauliflower Vegan Mince

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Foraged Food and Sustainable Living

Plant-based recipes that incorporate foraged wild food. Ingredients straight from mother nature that cost nothing and are free from additives and preservatives. Catch the foraging bug!

  • A small bottle of sloe flavoured balsamic vinegar. 
    How To Make Sloe Flavoured Balsamic Vinegar Reduction
  • A Glass of sloe gin with two bottles of sloe gin behind the glass.
    Easy Home Made Sloe Gin Recipe
  • Two jars of hawthorn berry homemade ketchup. 
    How To Make Hawthorn Berry Bloody Mary Ketchup
  • A teaspoon containing crab apple butter
    Apple Butter Made With Crab Apples.

See more foraging and sustainable living →

Stews

Delicious stews that are easy to make and nutritious.

  • A bowl of ishtew vegetable stew. A hand hovers over the bowl holding a piece of dosa
    Pachakari Ishtew, Easy One Pot South Indian Vegan Stew
  • Kitchen and other stories bean and kale stew in a white bowl with a decorative spoon on a wooden surface.
    Miso Stew With Haricot Beans and Cavolo Nero. Healthy and Nutritious.
  • Beetroot and chickpea salad with yoghurt and herbs in a bowl on wooden surface, sliced bread side view, fresh kitchen ingredients, healthy vegetarian meal, rustic food presentation.
    Healing Beetroot Stew With Harissa.
  • Bowl of charchari. Miced vegetable recipe
    How To Make Raw Mango, Squash, And Rocket Charchari

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Tripti Khettry - Chef

I am a Michelin-trained chef, consultant chef and recipe developer with over 20 years of experience in the industry. I am passionate about sharing my skills and knowledge with my easy-to-follow recipes and videos that show cooking fresh food every day is not as difficult as people think. I believe in a holistic and conscious approach to cooking and eating.

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  • A beige ceramic bowl containing caramelised onion and leek soup, garnished with swirls of dairy-free cream and a green pesto.
    Onion and Leek Soup (Easy Vegan Version)
  • A white ceramic plate with a pile of smashed roast parsnips with a smaller dish containing a yoghurt tahini dip next to it.
    Smashed Roast Parsnips with Cumin & Vegan Yogurt Tahini Dip
  • Square-shaped vegan Christmas biscuits. A tower of biscuits wrapped in a red ribbon sits in the background.
    Vegan Christmas Biscuits (Easy, Festive & Dairy-Free)
  • A blue ceramic plate with roasted and caramelised cauliflower steaks and a smooth butterbean korma-style sauce. Garnished with chopped coriander and pomegranate seeds.
    Roasted Vegan Cauliflower Steaks in Korma-Style Butterbean Sauce
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Chef Tripti

Hi! Tripti here. I am a Michelin-trained chef with over 20 years of experience in the industry. My mission is to help you cook fresh, nutritious food with simple recipes that deliver creativity and taste—food with heart and soul.

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Explore My Dals

Discover my collection of comforting dal recipes - each one is simple, nourishing and full of flavour. From basic Arhar dal to creamy kaali dal, to the superfood—Kulthi dal.

  • A shallow dish containing daal with tempered tadka.
    Basic Dal Recipe (Simple Everyday Lentils)
  • A shallow black dish containing moth daal garnished with cucumber cubes, finely chopped onion, and ginger julienne.
    Moth Daal For a Tasty, Healthy Breakfast
  • Chana Dal Khichdi served with caramelised onions and fresh herbs, accompanied by flatbread and pickled green chilies. A hearty, traditional Indian vegetarian dish highlighting flavours and textures perfect for wholesome meals.
    Masala White Urad Dal Recipe (Vegan)
  • A small, shallow dish containing horse gram daal with a silver serving ladle.
    Superfood Recipe - Horse Gram (Kulthi) Dal
  • A shallow black dish containing tomato pappu.
    Tomato Pappu Recipe
  • A shallow black dish containing daal makhani with a silver spoon.
    Kaali Dal (Black Urad Dal) Recipe
  • A shallow dish containing chana daal garnished with a tadka and coconut flakes.
    Bengali Chana Daal with Coconut
  • shallow dish containing aubergine Daal garnished with garlic and curry leaf tadka
    Simple One-Pot Aubergine Daal Recipe

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