Post Punk Kitchen Forum

I've been really enjoying this book recently. My favorites so far have been the Lentils in Onion Gravy, Hot and Spicy Thai Tofu and the Curried No-Meat Balls (though I'd cut down on the peanuts for sure next time).

I need inspiration on what to make next!

I really like the West African Spinach with peanut sauce. I know that's not what it's called, my book is miles and miles away, but it's really good! This book helped me warm up to Robin Robertson's recipes.

The Smokin' Texas Caviar is AWESOME. I actually had it for lunch today.

I haven't gotten around to making many things from this book but the Hunan fried rice and the Hunan stir fry are both delicious.

I haven't tried any of Robin Robertson's books but this one really appeals to me, might need to check it out!

The jambalaya is quite good (we sub in extra kidney beans for the seitan), and we are also fans of the quick and easy Pancit.

I won this book in a MoFo giveaway. I really like Robertson's other books, so I'm excited to try this one out. Anyone else have favorites to share?

I have only cooked one thing from VF&S, it was a lentil dish and it was pretty good. I wonder if it was the lentils with onion gravy? Now I need to go home and look into this.

This post has been absolutely meaningless. Thank you.

The Hunan Fried Rice is one of my favorite recipes. I also recommend:

Western African Spinach with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Cameroon-Style Seitan and Spinach
Red Hot Chile Tofu

The Vegan "Fish" Sauce recipe comes in handy.

I think I own almost all of her books now - they're all good.

I have been looking for a fish sauce substitute for ages - I might get the book just for this.

jogirl, I ran across this today and thought you might be interested:

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/reci ... ce--130535

I still wholeheartedly recommend the book, though.

Thank you! That looks really easy to make. I know they have seaweed in my local health food shop, so I will give it a go this weekend!

I got this book about a week ago and made a bunch of stuff from it. Why are there not more posts in this thread? Everything I've made has been so f'n good.

Made & loved:

hunan fried rice
red lentil sambar
seitan bok choy stir fry
lentils in onion gravy

Thanks for the heads up - I just went & bought this book thanks to this thread. LOVE spicy food - it all looks great!

I'm a big fan of the spicy yam salad! I think that's what it's called. It's a potato salad made with sweet potatoes and peas, and raw onions!

I haven't cooked out of this book in a while, but my favorite is the chickpea balls in the curry yogurt sauce. Usually when I make Indian food at home, it doesn't measure up to take out. This definitely does.

how spicy are the recipes? i can be kind of a sissy when it comes to hot foods. i guess i could get the book and just not use as many chilies as the recipe calls for, but i'd like to establish a baseline.

As a general rule, I find Robin Robertson's recipes a little less spicy than I would prefer and usually end up adding a bit more spice. So I think they would probably be just perfect for you if you don't like things too hot.

I like things pretty hot without being like Man Vs. Food crazy inedible, and some of these have been perfect, and some have been less hot than I would prefer. Most of the heat either comes from chilies, red pepper flakes, or cayenne, so you could pretty much always adjust it to your liking. She also has a 1-3 rating for heat on each recipe page.

ah, that's great! i'll put this on my to-buy list (or try to sneak it in the house past my husband).

Made the szechuan vegetables last night. Pretty good, but totally not 4 servings. My husband and I managed to eat the entire thing, with rice and miso soup.

Yeah, not spicy! Just "spiced".

I have this cookbook and really like:

Asian Fusion Noodles
Szechuan Vegetables (but I thought it needed twice as much veg for this amount of sauce)
Hunan Vegetable Stir Fry
Tofu and Broccoli with Hoisin-Ginger Sauce
Vietnamese Noodles with Tempeh and Peanuts (I thought this was delicious even though I didn't care for the rice noodles. I'd make it with rice next time.)
Malaysian Rempeh Tempeh
Japanese Soba Noodles

I made the jerk tempeh last week, but added green pepper and onion. Loved it.

This is one of Fred's favorite cookbooks.

I love the Jamaican Jerk-Spiced Nuggets, Close to Callaloo Stew, Red-Hot White Bean Chili to name a few. The Puttensca is pretty easy and tasty too.

Has anyone tried the Portugese Kale Soup? Is it good?