Growing up, every other Friday my mother would make butter beans curry and fresh hot roti straight out of the pan for us. As time went on, new flavours of butter beans came out. My mother’s all time favourite is the curried butter beans, my dad hates the new butter beans, he prefers the plain … Continue reading Butter beans curry

Growing up we only had green beans one way, in a curry. Never have I ever had greenbeans any other way, like grilled or sauted or steamed and not even raw. I tired eating raw once, after seeing my swimming coach’s wife munching down on them during a training session. I mean if she was … Continue reading Lemony greenbeans

Growing up mash potatoe was simple and straight forward. Boiled till soft, drained and then mashed with a masher, milk was mixed in as well as butter and a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg. Then it evolved to where I started using a whisk to make it light and fluffy and then it evolved yet … Continue reading Sour cream mash potatoes

I never really sat back and looked at my pantry at all the things in there. It just seems that I always have ingredients in there when I need it. 3 weeks of not stopping every other day at the stores and stocking up on odds and ends and of not filling up the fruit … Continue reading Bombay potatoes

I love eating sweetcorn on the con, especially when it is straight out of the pot, smothered in butter and seasoned generously. Of course, I never seem to have a pot big enough to boil all the sweetcorn and doing it batches, defeats the purpose at times. Lately, I have been trying to stick to … Continue reading Paprika corn on the cob

I recently discovered the joy of serving Indian food in tali’s and let me just one thing. I have never been more than happy to cook vegetable curries. I am not normally one to give up meat, but for these tali’s I would. The person that is enjoy my new found joy of making vegetable … Continue reading Spinach, tomato and chickpea curry

I can’t remember the last time that I made a meal that had lentils in. Now that I have discovered the magic of aquafaba, I make sure that the only legume in my pantry is tins and tins of chickpeas. With the 10 days fast , fast approaching us, my dad has decided that he … Continue reading Lentils with lemon

I love cooking Indian food, especially when the aromas start to infuse…wow… you just have to be here to smell it all. Fridays used to be my take it easy day when to comes to cooking, toasted cheese sarmies with slap chips on the site and lunch was ready. Recently my father keeps having a … Continue reading Workers curry