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Cabbage and Spinach Rolls
Holidays are all about spending quality time with friends and family. It’s also about food…cooking and eating comfort food. For me it’s a good time to experiment in my kitchen and try some new recipes....
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Bean & Chickpea Burger
Who doesn’t love some junk food? Atleast I do and I have no problems in admitting that. But I make sure that I burn those calories by being regular to the gym. Touchwood my sugar levels are excellent...
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Roasted Butternut with Oregano & Paprika Herbs
We get Butternut round the year and so I buy it regularly. There are so many ways you can cook it…pasta, muffins, soups, pies etc. I like to roast it with herbs and olive oil. No matter what herb you...
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Local Flavors...Cardamom & Coconut Cake
When it comes to making Indian desserts, I can only think about ingredients like milk, nuts, sugar, cardamom and coconut. Anybody who has tasted payasam or kheer will have to agree that there can’t...
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Vegetable Galettes with Vegetable Upma
Has it really been a month since I posted last? Ok, I blew it AGAIN! But there were few major reasons that kept me busy around. I also hope that my readers will go easy on me when I say that food...
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Basic Chutneys: Tamarind Chutney & Coriander-Mint Chutney
Any Indian can associate to the word chutney. Interestingly, the word chutney has become so well known in all parts of the world. A quick Google on chutney tells me that the concept was given to the...
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Gajar Halwa...a diabetic friendly dessert !
Halwa made using sugar...not so friendly. It’s a continuous challenge for people like me with diabetes to eat healthy diet. The daily diet that we eat at home consists of mainly wheat, veggies and...
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Palak Paneer - Global Indian Favorites
No matter where we go, we are never too bored of our lip-smacking baingan ka bharta, dal makhani or palak paneer. But I wasn’t aware that South Africans love our Indian food just as much. I guess...
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Egg Puffs
Last week, when it was 6 degrees in Johannesburg city and all the sane people were warming up near fire, I looked around my kitchen, with its empty counter and cold oven; clearly, this was the day for...
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Pretzel Soft Bread
Ok folks, gather round. This thrills me beyond words, a colleague of hubby gifted a book to me ‘Bread Matters: Why and How to Make Your Own by Andrew Whitley’. My words will fail me here when I attempt...
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Matar Paneer – Indian curried peas and cottage cheese
I truly believe in the power of involuntary memory. Sometimes, just the scent, sound or taste of something can have the power to literally transport you to some old memories.Yesterday, while cooking...
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Creamy Spinach Dal
The spinach dal I've cooked most this year - simple, but not boring. There is so much going on with it despite a humble list of ingredients. It’s a one pot recipe and is cooked within few minutes....
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Smoked Vegetable Biryani
I have to admit that when I’m cooking something new, I aim to post the recipe here. But luck doesn’t always favor. Either the picture is not satisfactory or we are too impatient to wait for the photo...
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Warm Spaghetti Salad
I haven't been in the kitchen much in the past few weeks… blame it on the jet lag, cold whether or simple laziness. What ever I did cook was nothing worth writing about.The other day I watching BBC...
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Red Pumpkin & Chickpea Soup
Lunch on any weekday (alone) is always uneventful. I usually eat quick bite while watching television. I get excited to cook on weekends when I and hubby eat together. These days we eat out in the...
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Punjabi Karela Sabzi
Here’s this bitterly sweet recipe that I've been dying to share with you.As a kid there was this one veggie that I have always found super intimidating was – Bitter Gourd. As years have grown by, I...
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Mango Curry...sweet, tangy & spicy
My childhood memories are mostly related to food. Food cooked by my avva (grandma,) trips to udipi restaurant, eagerly waiting for magi noodles on Saturdays, first trip to Nirulas, bhelpuri and bajjis...
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Carrot Raita
I don’t have much to write about this recipe except that it’s an easy to go raita for any night of the week. It takes less than 10 minutes to prepare. Most importantly, it’s full of incredibly fresh...
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Channa Dal Paratha
I usually make paranthas on weekends for breakfast. This weekend we had chana dal paratha. Typically, stuffed parathas are served with chilled yogurt and often shallow fried with lot of ghee or oil....
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Diabetic Friendly Eggless Chocolate Cake
After visiting a sugar free chocolate studio, I was really inspired to bake something on my own. Chocolate cake seemed to be the best way to start. Ditching the traditional way of making sweets and...
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Cheedar Cheese Filled Rolls
It’s raining here again... so it was perfect for me to bake again. In the past, I’ve had my share of baking failures but I’ve moved on. After a quick scan, I found that I had all the ingredients for...
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Croissants Glaced With Honey & Orange Zest Syrup
One of our weekend rituals include a visit to Wolves café in Illovo - a less formal place with an amazing collection of coffee table books. We usually have our Sunday brunches there after a good walk...
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