Recipe: 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…
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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…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #28 Updated on 25/06/2020 Though I’ve made healthy bhel several times over the years, I didn’t get the opportunity to take some decent clicks. However, as the saying goes, there is a right time for everything. The Foodies_Redoing Old Posts Event gave me the opportunity to redo Healthy Bhel as…
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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…
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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…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: 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 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: 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: FOODIE’S REDOING OLD POSTS #2 Old posts just get lost in the wide wide wide web unless they are very popular. Renu who blog’s at Cook with Renu has started a Facebook Group called Foodies Redoing Old Posts where every two weeks we can redo our old posts and share it on the group.…
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Continue ReadingBaked Veggie Empanadas Baked Veggie Empanadas, made using a wholewheat pastry with a filling of fresh red beans, potato and corn. Serve as a snack or as a meal with a salad and homemade Tomato Salsa. What are Empanadas? Empanada is one and several are empanadas. They are stuffed pastry or bread which are either…