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 brunch but thought I would use the same recipe but use couscous instead of pawa Read More …
Category: Main Course
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 not a grain but a fruit seed and part of the rhubarb family of plants. Read More …
Vegetable Hot Pot Pie
Last week a group of us went for a meal in a restaurant in London called Maggie Jones. The restaurant I was told is named after Princess Margaret and her husband Antony Armstrong Jones Read More …
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 access to modern gas or electric cookers. They used to cook on Jikos or sagdis Read More …
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 batter and fried until crispy. Sometimes,vegetables are grated or chopped and added to the spiced Read More …
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 also sent me some cans of chickpeas. My young son who usually prefers pasta dishes came Read More …
Instant Microwave Dhokla
Dhoklas are a favourite snack in our house and we make them regularly using different recipes and ingredients. If you fancy quick and easy instant dhoklas try this recipe made in the microwave. Read More …
Rice bhajias (Rice fritters)
What are bhajias (often called bhajis and pakoras )? Bhajias are generally vegetables sliced and dipped in a spiced chickpea batter and fried until crispy. Sometimes,vegetables are grated or chopped and added to the spiced Read More …
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 making as it’s one of those easy to make one pot meals which can be Read More …
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 which used to hosts monthly baking events. The Group was started by Priya from Versatile Read More …