Easy Recipes
Ouma means grandmother Unfortunately we are losing our heritage. Quick meals are the order of the day. Take outs are plentiful. There is no barakah(blessing) in the food we eat today. Many have forgotten how to cook like our ouma(grandmother) cooked. Many have lost recipes from even their own mothers. We are now on a [...]
How long do you wait until you throw away expired products in the fridge? Do you religiously throw away the minute the clock strikes the date on the container or do you do your own taste tests. Share with us how you deal with expired stuff?
The real nanima attempted this recipe and shared with us Ingredients 250 gm butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 6 tsp golden syrup, 6 tsp ginger powder, 2 1/2 tsp baking powder,2 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 3 1/2 to 4 cups of cake flour. Method 1. Place the dry ingredients in [...]
Fish Cutlets 1 cup hake fish steamed and flaked ( remove all bones and skin) 1 cup mashed potato Salt to taste ¼ tsp lemon pepper ¼ tsp white pepper ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 1 egg 1 tsp dhana jeeru Green masala to taste 1 tsp Fresh garlic Chopped green dhania Chopped spring onions [...]
The real Nanima emailed me this recipe, must be from her BBM group Marinate prawns with 1 tsp salt, some lemon juice ,1 tsp garlic, some paprika and some chilli powder. Fry n layer in pyrex! make sauce with mayonaise,salt,pepper,garlic,lemon n butter. boil until a littlel thick n pour over prawns.put in oven [...]
Ingredients 1kg fillet, cut into strips. 1 tsp tandoori paste, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp ground blk pepper. 2 tsp ground garlic. 2 tblspn vinegar, 2 tsp fine red chillies Method Add spices to chicken and cook with -+ 1/2 cup water, but don’t let dry out completely. Sauce:- 2 cups water, 125g butter, [...]
Ingredients 1 chicken 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp ginger garlic masala 1 tblsp vinegar/lemon 2 tblsp yougart Method marinate the chicken in all the spices above,then add the following in the flour mixture 1 cup cake flour,bbq spice,meat tenderise,corn flour 1/2 cup,1/4 baking powder,1 tsp black pepper and salt to tast…dip [...]
Lunch Date cook sister is… Congratulations Hawa Surtee Lunch Date 2012 Cook Sister Winner If you would like to see the full series – Lunch Date 2012 Lunch Date 2012 Final Judges Rowena Saloojee Rowena assisted us with our photography for the Lunch Date final. She has the Secret and Stilettos fashion, beauty and [...]
Lunch Date Contestants Hawa Surtee Hawa Surtee is a retired teacher. She is married to Dr. Surtee. They have 3 sons and she is dadi to a grandson. They love birds and Chico is their baby. Hawa loves cooking. She enjoys doing arts and crafts. She enjoys sewing, decoupage and loom knitting. see the [...]
Challenge Using the key ingredient Watermelon and ingredients provided, make a child friendly salad. Time limit – 20 minutes Lunch Date Judges Rowena Saloojee Rowena assisted us with our photography for the Lunch Date final. She has the Secret and Stilettos fashion, beauty and style blog. Mariam Vally Mariam Vally – author of the [...]
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