With all the fasting that is happening concurrently I am not ever sure when I am supposed to be fasting, I am just waiting for the day to arrive without any planning on my behalf, well maybe a little planning as I haven’t bought meat the entire week, just using left overs to make food … Continue reading Zanzibar knuckle briyani
Vegan chocolate chip muffins
I try to make muffins every other day, sometimes I succeed in making a muffin that everyone loves and they are all eaten up in a flash and there are other times I don’t quiet hit the spot and the muffins stand on the cupboard till they turn a lighter shade of green. These chocolate … Continue reading Vegan chocolate chip muffins
Butternut mac and cheese
I am a huge mac and cheese fan. I love eating it, whenever I get the chance. That being said, I have only made mac and cheese twice, maybe three times in my life. I am the only one in the house that eats it, so when I crave some, I just pop around to … Continue reading Butternut mac and cheese
Sarah Grahams cheese scones
I very seldom come across a recipe for a muffin in a local cookbook that is actually eggless. In all of Sarah Graham’s cookbooks that she published I came across only 1 eggless muffin recipe. A cheese muffin recipe that her mother always makes and that her husband loves, I can’t remember her husband’s scoring … Continue reading Sarah Grahams cheese scones
California omelette
With the month long fast of Purtassi upon us and the Navartri fast around the corner and Diwali after that, my mind hasn’t really been focused on breakfast, it is more on sweetmeats. It is that time, when all the recipes have to be tried and tested and tested again and decorated differently for Diwali. … Continue reading California omelette
Feta and herb flat bread
I very seldom make flat bread, actually I never make flat bread. When I make naan I add a lot of dough, ensuring that the mixture rises like a cake, when in fact as per my parents, naan is supposed to be a flat bread. From my days I can remember Uncle Kishore from Spar’s … Continue reading Feta and herb flat bread
Basic bread dough
I have had Lisa Clark’s recipe book on my shelf since the day it was released to the public to purchase. I have 1 or 2 recipes from there but I have never sat down and really read through the book and looked at the recipes, until this week. WOW am I blown away the … Continue reading Basic bread dough
Three beans curry
I can remember where I got this recipe from exactly, but paging through my recipe book looking for something to make for Friday’s fasting lunch I stumbled upon this beauty. Strangely enough I had a tin of kidney beans lying right at the back of the pantry. Which is strange considering my family are not … Continue reading Three beans curry
Rough puff pastry
I am a huge Bake off fan, I never miss an episode and I have all the cookbooks that pertain to the big white Bake off tent. Every season I always hear the words, rough puff, full puff or hot water crust and I never know what they are talking about. I did some research … Continue reading Rough puff pastry
Nachos with guacamole, creme fraiche and lime wedges
Growing up, we never ate this. If I remember correctly I ate this once when we were having a swimming meet in Cape Town and someone at the table ordered this and I tasted it, it tasted pretty delicious. I tried ordering it again not so long after the swim meet with my parents and … Continue reading Nachos with guacamole, creme fraiche and lime wedges