EVENT: FANTASTICAL FOOD FIGHT THEME: SALAD RECIPE : BLACK BEAN & CORN SALAD WITH AVOCADO DRESSING Black Bean And Corn Salad With Avocado Dressing is a healthy, tasty, filling salad with a creamy home made dressing. Can enjoy this hearty salad as a meal for lunch or dinner. Different textures and flavours makes this a fun salad. FANTASTICAL FOOD FIGHT Fantastical Food Fight is a Facebook Group of food bloggers. The group initiator is Sarah Ellis. She comes up with monthly themes and we post our recipes on the indicated date and time. It is a fun group which allows me to explore so many different cuisines and ideas. Theme: Salads There was a time when I was sticking to soups and salads only…
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Continue Reading80TH – MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY:4 RECIPE: PANEER TIKKA AND NAAN BITES Paneer Tikka and Naan Bites is a different way to serve up paneer tikka. Spicy grilled paneer cubes are served on a bed of spinach and naan. It is a fun way to serve this starter dish at parties or even for a BBQ get together. Anywhere you go, for dinner parties, weddings, engagements or any social gathering, people tend to fill their stomach with starters. When we were planning for my son and daughter’s weddings, we spent so much time discussing the starters. Based on the starter, the rest of the menu was planned. For guests to appreciate the meal, the starters have to be the stars, then the…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Tzatziki Tzatziki is a classical Greek cucumber and yogurt dip or sauce. It is easy to make, refreshing, flavourful and healthy too. Enjoy it as a dip with some pita chips, carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, tomatoes, etc or as a sauce. Generally, served as a sauce with grilled meats, or applied on the flatbread to make gyros. Makes an excellent sauce with souvlaki. Tzatziki is my go to dip to prepare in a jiffy as usually I have the basic ingredients ready at hand. All you need is some thick creamy yogurt, cucumber, fresh mint, dill, olive oil and the dip is ready within 5 minutes. It is a great way to enjoy some fresh veggies along with tzatziki as a starter or appetizer.…
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Continue ReadingMOTHER’S DAY RECIPE: MUM’S MATAR KACHORI/GUJARATI PEAS KACHORI Mum’s Matar Kachori/Gujarati Peas Kachori is a deep fried snack with a filling of spicy fresh peas in a flaky and crispy pastry. Mum’s matar kachori is so delicious and she made them perfectly. She didn’t use garam masala. Simply spiced with fresh green chilis and ginger with a bit of sugar and lemon juice. Mum’s love is never ending People say that time heals the wound, the pain. But it really doesn’t. One is never too old to need a mum. We all go on with our lives but not a single day goes by when I don’t remember my mum. Missed you tonnes when my children got married, miss you when its Mother’s Day, miss…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Moong Spinach Handvo Moong Spinach Handvo is a gluten free, protein rich and healthy Gujarati snack. This handvo recipe is quite different from the traditional handvo. However, trust me, you will enjoy this version as a healthy snack, appetizer, or even as a lunchbox item. Memories I first made moong spinach handvo for the group FoodieMonday/ Bloghop whereby the theme of the week was Bite Size Food. At that time I had run out of whole moong or green gram. Therefore had used moong dal with the skin or chotra wari dal as we call it in Gujarati. Whether you use split moong dal or whole moong, doesn’t matter. Baked some in muffin cups and the rest of the batter in a tray. Then…
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Continue ReadingEvent: Shhh Cooking Secretly Theme: Summer Treat Recipe: Cucumber Orange Salad Cucumber Orange Salad is a refreshing, cooling and easy to make salad. Perfect for the summer, this salad can be enjoyed as a side or as a light meal. Add any cheese of your choice. I prefer either feta or halloumi. If you don’t like either, go for paneer or cottage cheese. The fresh orange salad dressing makes the salad very flavourful. Shhh Cooking Secretly In brief, every month a new theme is chosen by members. Then, the participants are paired up. In turn, they give each other 2 secret ingredients to use in their recipe which is prepared fitting the theme. As soon as their dish is ready, the photo is shared on…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIEMONDAY/BLOGHOP THEME: #43 RAMADAN SPECIAL RECIPE: PANEER SAMOSA What is a Samosa? Samosa is a fried snack. The pastry is crispy or flaky and its stuffed with a spicy filling of vegetables, meat or paneer. Spices, herbs, are added to the dry cooked. The filling is stuffed in a pastry which is usually made at home. There are two main different types of samosas The difference is in the way the pastry is made. The more famous samosas that are widely available in India have a flaky pastry and are folded into more plump triangles. The ones that I grew up enjoying have a thin precooked pastry that becomes crispy on frying. They are triangle in shape but not as plump as the Indian…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Mexican Bhel Mexican Bhel is actually like a Mexican Salad but with a slight twist. A bit of sev is added as that goes almost in all the chaat recipes. Also the salsa is prepared a bit more spicy as Indian green chillis (lavangi or jwala) are used. Add vegetables of your choice. The basic components are sweet corn, onion, tomatoes, beans either red or black, bell pepper and avocado. Adding carrots, cucumber, olives, cheese is optional. Mexican Bhel is a great addition to your party menu, for kitty parties, kids parties, as a light lunch, or as a different kind of chaat. It is amazing how India tends to ‘Indianize ‘ western dishes. Mexican bhel is an innovative way to serve the famous…
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Continue ReadingUpdated: 16/06/2020 Hara Bhara Kebabs are one of my favorite snacks to enjoy on movie nights or wine nights at home. What are Hara Bhara Kebabs? Hara means green, bhara means full. Therefore hara bhara kebabs literally mean kebabs that are full of green vegetables which mainly are peas and spinach. Fresh Coriander and Mint too added for flavoring. What are Kebabs? Kebabs are generally made from meat, either minced or whole. It is believed that kebabs originate from the Middle Eastern Cuisine. Usually, the meat pieces are marinated and skewered with vegetable pieces like onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, potatoes to name a few. As for the minced meat ones, spices and flavorings are added to the mince and then shaped on the skewer.…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: CHILLI GARLIC MOGO Chilli Garlic Mogo is a lip smacking, spicy, starter dish made using cassava or yucca. Made in the style of the famous Indo-Chinese Chilli Paneer, it goes really well with chilled beer. It is a dish that you will not miss on most of the Indian Restaurant Menus. You will not find this dish in India and till recent was not on the menu in any of the Kenyan Restaurants. However, the UK trend is catching on fast and nowadays one can easily order Chilli Garlic Mogo in fast food Indian restaurants in Kenya. Should Chilli Garlic Mogo Be The National Veggie Dish Of UK? Mogo is commonly the misspelt mhogo coined by the East African Asians. Mhogo is simply cassava,…
