The Simon and Dave served up a tasty vegan jackfruit curry with spinach, green chillies and pickled onion bhaji on The Hairy Bikers Go North.

The ingredients are: 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 onion, finely chopped, 3 garlic cloves, peeled, 25g piece fresh root ginger, peeled, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground cardamom, ½ tsp ground turmeric, pinch ground cloves, 2 bay leaves, 1 small tomato, chopped, 75g ground almonds or ground cashew nuts, 1 tsp caster sugar, 400g tin jackfruit in brine, drained, 250g fresh spinach, well washed and drained, 100ml plant-based double cream or yoghurt, salt and freshly ground black pepper.

To serve: 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 10–12 curry leaves, ½ tsp mustard seeds, few sprigs coriander, 3–4 green chillies, finely chopped and cooked rice or flatbreads.

See recipes by The Bikers in their book titled: The Hairy Bikers’ Everyday Winners: 100 simple and delicious recipes to fire up your favourites! available from Amazon now.