I love recipes that are adaptable – that can be made with whatever vegetables you have at home, that can be baked or pan-fried depending on your mood, and that always end up tasting delicious – even when you set off the smoke alarm while cooking. I now bake the vegetables, which is (1) easier, and (2) hasn’t yet set off a smoke alarm. 

This recipe is from East, author Meera Sodha’s amazing collection of flavorful vegetarian recipes. (Check out her column in The Guardian for more great recipes.) I’m obsessed with this cookbook – as many people who I’ve evangelized about it to know. Every recipe is tasty and flavorful, but also simple, with never more than a dozen ingredients. It’s vegetarian food that never makes you feel like you’re missing meat.