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Spicy Couscous with potatoes and nuts (bateta couscous)

It was Sunday morning and I wanted to make a quick and easy brunch. I often make bateta pawa for…

7 October 2013

Spicy Buckwheat Pancakes

I used Orgran Buckwheat Pancake mix to make some spicy pancakes a bit similar to Gujarati pudlas.  Please note that Buckwheat is…

15 September 2013

Vegetable Hot Pot Pie

  Last week a group of us went for a meal in a restaurant in London called Maggie Jones.  The…

7 September 2013

Okra curry (Bhinda nu shak)

  Some of my older readers will remember this old fashioned recipe, from a time when our mums didn't have…

3 September 2013

Mixed vegetables and Ciabatta bread Bhajias – Fritters.

What are bhajias (often called bhajis and pakoras )?   Bhajias are generally vegetables sliced and  dipped in a spiced  chickpea…

2 September 2013

Creamy Alu Chole (Creamy Chick peas and Potato curry)

Cooks and Co sent me a box of samples of their delicious antipasti products such as olives, chillies and peppers.  They…

20 August 2013

Instant Microwave Dhokla

  Dhoklas are a favourite snack in our house and we make them regularly using different recipes and ingredients.   …

31 July 2013

Rice bhajias (Rice fritters)

What are bhajias (often called bhajis and pakoras )?   Bhajias are generally vegetables sliced and  dipped in a spiced  chickpea…

13 July 2013

Ondhwa (Handvo) (Savoury lentil cake)

What is Ondhwa or Hanvo? Ondhwa is a savoury lentil cake.  It's one of those dishes all East Africans love…

19 June 2013

Crown Pizza with a Difference

  I am updating this old recipe which I had followed when I had  joined the Home Baker's Challenge group…

10 May 2013