I am known to always make potatoe and pea curry every Friday, come rain or sun shine. Come Friday and I am lazy to make anything that requires me to use brain power, hence potatoe curry, I can make it in my sleep. I never follow a potatoe curry recipe from a book, firstly my … Continue reading Tamarind, tomatoe and potatoe curry

I love spinach, especially when it is braised just by itself. Then when I came across a recipe where paneer was added to it, I just had to try it out and I loved it. I doubt I will ever eat plain braised spinach anymore. I am not sure how well my dad will take … Continue reading Spinach and paneer

I grew up in a house hold, where there was always dhal, either on the stove being boiled, braised or on the table or even tucked away in the fridge. Dhal was always on the menu. From oil dhal, to pea dhal, to chana dhal and don’t even get me started on the moong dhal … Continue reading Sour dhal

For the past 10 weeks I have been watching My Kitchen Rules SA. And all I have been hearing and seeing being made over these 10 weeks, is FONDANT POTATOES!!!! I have never seen or tasted a fondant potatoe in my life, so I very intrigued as to figure out what exactly these people are … Continue reading Fondant potatoes

Thanks to the short days due to 10 days of temple, there is just not enough time in the day to cook every day. Over the weekend, I attempted to meal prep, by making huge pots of about 5 different curries and splitting them into different dishes and labelling them for the different days of … Continue reading Muttar paneer

During the course of the past week, my uncle was spring cleaning and came across a box full of my Gran’s old recipes books. He was generous enough to pass it along to me and I in turn did not go to sleep that light, I was paging and paging through all the recipes book, … Continue reading Lentil stew

Growing up in our household, like most Indian households, Fridays are fasting days and you can go to any Indian household on a Friday and you can bet you last penny, there will definitely be sugar beans curry with roti. I came across this recipe in one of my grans Cape Malay cookbooks, however in … Continue reading Sugar beans and potatoe bredie

I love to bake, from muffins to cakes to biscuits and everything requires aquafaba. To make aquafaba I go through tons and tons of chickpeas that I never seem to have a use for afterwards. There is just so much hummus dip one can eat before hummus starts coming out of your ears. I was … Continue reading Dry chick pea curry

When my mum first started on her vegetarian journey, I always thought  that she would have to give up all her favourites and I would have a freezer full of lentils and beans. But thanks to vegan products that are widely available online and especially from The Pink Piggy my mum can still have her … Continue reading Fishless fish curry

Who remembers the movie ratatouille??? I loved that movie growing up. Since watching that movie, I have always wanted to try ratatouille, but I am yet to come across it in restaurants in my local neighbourhood. I was reading one of my recipe books the other day, when I came across the recipe for ratatouille … Continue reading Ratatouille