We served this vegetarian curry with rice and hoppers – bowl-shaped Sri Lankan crepes made with rice flour and coconut milk. Buy them from good Sri Lankan takeaway restaurants, or use parathas (Indian flatbreads) or extra basmati rice, says O Tama. Recipe by O Tama Carey, from Lankan Filling Station.

“By themselves, konjac noodles have very little taste, so pan-frying them in the curry sauce allows them to absorb the gently spiced flavours of this simple vegan dish. If you eat seafood, top each portion with four cooked prawns.“- DK Australia. This is an edited extract from Modern Australian Flexitarian (published by DK Australia, an imprint of Penguin Random house,$39.99).

This vegetarian curry recipe is made bold with Indian flavours.

This Middle Eastern vegetarian curry makes a hearty, healthy meal.

Vegetarian curry? Yes please! And when it's as vibrant as this you'll want a second helping.

Mango adds a delicious sweetness to this vegetarian curry. Enjoy this dish in winter by using preserved mangoes in juice or syrup.

A vegetarian curry that'll please everyone, including the meat-eaters.

Filled with plant based protein and fibre, this vegetarian curry is one even the carnivores will like.

This curry is an Indian-inspired dish laced with vegies, perfect for that midweek meal.

Lawd luv a tray bake. Less washing-up and loads of crusty burnished bits around the edges to pick at as a cook’s treat. This recipe is from More by Matt Preston, published by Plum, $39.99, with photography by Mark Roper. Out on Tuesday 29 October.

Do you want to chuck everything in a pot and let it cook itself? Then this is the dish for you. Curries are great to cook in bigger batches – they often taste better the next day when the flavours have married more, says Bettina. This recipe is extracted from Happy Food by Bettina Campolucci Bordi (Hardie Grant, hbk, $34.99).

You can use this versatile curry base for meat dishes, too.

Curries don't come brighter than this. Beetroot, with its sweet and earthy flavour, plays a star role in this healthy midweek meal by Jamie Oliver.

This dry potato curry is the ying to our spiced dahl's yang. You'll get all the flavours of Sri Lanka when served together with this star fruit sambol.

Make the most of peas and potatoes in this simple, yet hearty winter curry.