RECIPE: HONEY CHILLI POTATOES Honey Chilli Potatoes is a crispy, spicy, sweet and delicious snack or starter dish. In fact, this dish from the Indo Chinese Cuisine, it is very easy to make this dish. In addition, sprinkled with a generous amount of sesame seeds, it is finger licking good. Serve Honey Chilli Potatoes and…
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Continue ReadingAvocado Egg Sandwich Avocado Egg Sandwich is an easy, filling, delicious with a unique flavour kind of sandwich. Enjoy it for breakfast or lunch. Pack it in the lunch box for yourself or kids. Avocado adds creaminess and taste to an otherwise plain egg sandwich. Memories The first time I tasted avocado in a sandwich…
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Continue Readingsimply delicious Cassava is known by many names like yuca, tapioca, mogo, manioc root etc. The rains at the coastal region means that the mogo as its called in kiswahili is fresh and when cooked very powdery. My kaki makes this yummy simple mogo and she really doesn’t have a name for this dish. I…
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Continue ReadingPalak Paneer Kachori – updated on 06/03/2021 Palak Paneer Kachori is a deep fried snack where the flaky spinach pastry is filled with a spicy and delicious paneer filling. Best enjoyed hot with a chutney of your choice. Traditionally Gujarati kachori is filled either with fresh peas, fresh pigeon peas or with moong dal. Palak is…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Bajri Methi Na Dhebra Bajri Methi Na Dhebra or Vada are a popular Gujarati fried snack. It is made from bajri flour (millet), fresh fenugreek, spices and yogurt. Generally enjoyed as a snack in the morning or in the afternoon with some masala tea or plain yogurt. My favourite way to enjoy them is…
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Continue ReadingKanda Keri Nu Kachumber Kanda Keri Nu Kachumber or Mango Onion Salad is a simple but bursting with flavors kind of salad. Enjoy it as a part of your main meal, or with some khichdi or on its own as a snack. Healthy, its the best way to enjoy semi ripe mango during the summer…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: GUJARATI STEAMED MUTHIYA Gujarati Steamed Muthiya is a delicious, easy to make and versatile snack. Usually, muthiya or muthia is steamed, cut into pieces and then stir fried with tempering ingredients. Versatile because you can add different vegetables to the basic dough, you can add diferent flours too. What is Muthiya/ Muthia? The name…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Cranberry Pistachio Cookies Cranberry Pistachio Cookies are festive, buttery, easy to make and melt in the mouth kind of cookies. Besides having both red and green colours of Christmas, what I like about this recipe is that I can make the dough ahead and freeze it. When required I allow the rolled logs to…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Mashed Avocado & Tomato Bruschetta Mashed Avocado Tomato Bruschetta is a delicious, easy to make, refreshing and healthy appetizer or starter. Small bread slices are topped with garlicky mashed avocado and chopped tomatoes, onion and fresh herb of your choice. The combination of avocado, tomato, onion and garlic is simply awesome. A refreshing bruschetta…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #19 What is Mogo? Usually pronounced and spelt as Mogo by most Indians from East Africa, its actually called Mhogo (pronounced as M-hogo). Mogo, cassava, tapioca or yuca, call it what you want. A root tuber which originated in Paraguay and Brazil, was brought to Africa during the slave trade…
