Black Bean Burrito and Accompaniments
Ingredients Method Notes 200 g Black (Turtle) Beans 1 stick of celery (cut in two)1 onion (peeled and quartered)1 carrot (cut in large batons)1 bayleaf1 tsp coriander seeda few sprigs …
Cheesy Pasta
Ingredients 50 g butter1 leek1 large clove garlic 50g plain flour750 ml milk 175g strong cheddar cheese0.5 tbs dijon mustard 200g dry pasta (you want a tube shaped pasta) 75g …
Aromatic Rice
This is very easy to do and adds an extra dimension to rice. I often serve this with curries such as my brinjal curry. Ingredients Method Notes 30 g butter …
Chilli Oil
Being a bit of a chilli addict, I was looking for a good chilli oil recipe. This is a slight variation on the recipe by Yeung Man. While it looks …
Hindu Iconography
The Hindu deity Viṣṇu reclining on the cosmic serpent Śeṣa, with his consort Lakṣmī. Brahma, the deity associated with creation, is revealed sitting on a lotus that emerges from Viṣṇu’s …
Aubergine (Brinjal) Curry
Ingredients Instructions Notes 2 Aubergines3 tbsp sunflower oil1 tsp salt2 tsp garam masala The very best aubergines (brinjals) to use for curries are the long thin and pale ones. However, …
Art, Spiritualism and Theosophy
In part this post was motivated by my recent visit to the exhibition of paintings by Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) and Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) at Tate Modern. Both af Klint …
Food and Religion
In this post I will look at some of the ways in which two of my interests – food and religion – intersect. All religious traditions have a great deal …
Representing the Sacred II: Metaphysical Diagrams
In my last post I briefly discussed the ways that the sacred has been represented. In this post I want to continue this discussion, and in particular explore how metaphysical …
Representing the Sacred: Iconic and Aniconic Approaches
Michelangelo: The Creation of Adam As I indicated in an earlier post iconoclasm suggests that the sacred can never be visually represented, and any visual depiction of the sacred is …