After a show stopper Blueberry Cake? Try this one – 3 layers, studded with blueberries, plus a lemon cream cheese frosting! Sneaking in a quick blueberry recipe before the prices start hiking up again!! I get childishly excited when berries come into season. Specifically, blueberries. Raspberries never seem to be a bargain – or is it just me?? You’ve never seen a raspberry specific recipe on my site for exactly that reason....

Besan | kadalai maavu 1 cup Rice flour 1 tblsp Baking soda a pinch Sugar 1 and 1/4 cup Khoya 3/4 cup Almonds 7 Oil for deep frying. Food colour 2-3 drops (i used green, orange and yellow) Method: In a wide bowl add the besan , rice flour and cooking soda. Add water to this and make it into a batter without any lumps.Batter should be like dosa batter consistency....

Flavoured with garlic and parmesan, these fritters are a tasty meal or snack, or mini burgers. There’s a whole giant head of broccoli hidden in these!! Broccoli Chicken Fritters I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and will probably keep saying it until the end of time) – you can fritter anything! (Just look at my Pakora recipe for further proof!) And today, we’re frittering broccoli and chicken....

For a lighter dressing option, try this mayo-free Caesar salad dressing – it’s incredible! Caesar Salad I’m going to call it – Caesar salad is a pain to make, calling for an inordinate amount of pots and pans to be dirtied in the name of just one salad. Food processor for the dressing – and the mayo makes it all greasy which is a pain to clean (or hogs an enormous amount of dishwasher space) Baking tray for the croutons Skillet for the bacon Cutting board Giant bowl to toss the salad – you’ve really gotta toss with abundance when using creamy dressing, can’t do it in the serving bowl Serving bowl...

Coriander and lemon Veg soup Paneer butter masala Channa masala Veg pulao Roti Khoya Jamun I used store bought jamun here. But if you are making Khoya jamun, make it the previous day. If needed chp the veggies for soup and rice and keep it inside the refrigerator. Soak the chole overnight. Next day boil the chole in the pressure cooker till 6-7 whistles. If you are making curd rice, keep rice also in a separate vessel along with the chole....

I’ve shared many a recipes that I say are deceptively easy. From dumplings to quiches, with process photos and videos, even first-timers are able to follow along and are delighted to crown themselves Dumpling Queens, Wonton Kings, or Quiche Masters. (Self-proclaimed titles are fully encouraged around here!) Char Kway Teow is probably the first recipe ever that I’m going to describe as deceptively difficult. What may seem to be quite a straightforward stir fried noodle dish is actually a bit of an art that’s been perfected by Malaysian street hawkers, and it’s taken me this long to share the recipe because I wanted to ensure I could make it doable for anyone....

URGENT, URGENT!!! DID YOU SAVE YOUR HAM BONE???!!!!! I forgot to remind you!😩 In all the kerfuffle* trying to get a Dozer/Nagi Christmas selfie + last minute present shopping not to mention all the last minute changes to the Christmas menu that was decided on the fly on Christmas Eve, resulting in a large part of that day being spent running around from store to store, battling the crowds. We even bought a food processor the day before Christmas....

Chicken Tetrazzini I call Tetrazzini an Italian pasta bake just because it sounds good to say so, but in actual fact, there is nothing Italian about this creamy-oh-so-cheesy pasta casserole other than the fact that it’s named after an Italian opera singer, Luisa Tetrazzini. It is said that a Chef at a hotel in the States invented this dish especially for her, and you’ll never find it in a (real) Italian cookbook....

Made healthier by pan frying rather than deep frying the noodles, this is an easy recipe that can be on the table in 20 minutes! Chinese Crispy Noodles At my local Chinese, they call this Crispy Chow Mein Noodles. It’s a Hong Kong / Cantonese style dish, and there are a lot of variations but the core of it is a bed of deep fried crunchy noodles topped with a saucy stir fry....

Paleo Granola Bars (gluten-free) These chocolate nut bars make for perfect snacks – they’re sweet and filling! The bottom portion is made up of a combination of nuts and dates. The top layer is just chocolate and coconut oil! So really, you just need like 4-ish ingredients to make these babies. I used a combination of walnuts, macadamia nuts, and almonds for the base of these bars – but you can use whatever combo of nuts you want (or have in your pantry)....

A sweet, impressive crowd pleasing dessert option – and just 47 CALORIES per piece! Chocolate Covered Strawberries How many times have you slaved away on a dessert only to find that: people are too full to have more than a tiny slice; friends who declare they’re on a diet (and we all know that January is all about NYE resolutions to be healthier!); or doesn’t suit certain dietary requirements?...

Grind the fresh coconut into a fine paste. You can add a little water if needed. This gives a nice flavour to the coconut ribbon pakoda, so do not skip this. In a wide bowl add the rice flour, besan, coconut paste, red chili powder, salt, sesame seeds, butter, and 1 tbsp hot oil. Warm the coconut milk. Do not boil, just make it warm. If you insert your fingers you should be able to keep the fingers in the coconut milk for 7 seconds....

14 family friendly reader favourite recipes, feeds 4 to 5, efficient grocery list with long shelf life ingredients, economical, everyday ingredients. Just because we’re in lockdown, we shouldn’t have to suffer sub standard food!! Coronavirus Meal Plan 2 – Quick & Easy Meals Family Favourites Here’s my second Menu Plan with a combined grocery list suited to a family of 4 for 14 days! This is what you’ll get:...

Can you believe that you can make this Creamy Salmon Risoni in just 15 minutes? You really can. Leisurely too, not frantic manic cooking. My one condition is that you have all the ingredients out on the bench, ready for chopping, measuring etc. Because I can’t be accountable for how long it takes you to rummage around in your pantry to dig out a packet of risoni! 😂 This is a recipe from this month’s Super Food Ideas magazine, Australia’s top selling food magazine which just hit the stands....

I saw this on a Chinese cooking program years ago. I can’t remember what the show was, but I do remember being dubious. Just 5 ingredients? How good can they be? I frequently see cooking hacks with very few ingredients and often they are made using cake mixes or store bought sauces. Which I have no problem with per se, it is just not my way of cooking because I like to cook from scratch as much as (practicably) possible....

Crispy oven baked beef quesadillas Recipe writers “always” trumpet on about how quick and easy quesadillas are to make (yours truly included). Which they are, if you’re cooking for one or two people. But if you’re cooking for 3 or 4 or 5 – and throw a hoard of hungry teenagers into the mix – who’s got time to pan fry them one by one? Nobody I know in the real world!...

Baked Shrimp (Prawns) When you bake shrimp in the oven, you simply can’t achieve that same caramelisation that you get from searing prawns on the stove or grill, which means less flavour. And frankly, shrimp is pricey compared to other day-to-day proteins. So when I cook it, I’m not going to compromise! So here are the two things in this recipe that adds an extra edge to compensation for loss of flavour because we can’t caramelise shrimp in the oven:...

With sweetness from carrots and peas, a sprinkle of cashews and a garlic flavour base, this is a rice side dish that will jazz up any meal. Or serve it with crispy fried eggs for a super quick meal! Curried Rice – think of the possibilities! Just 2 hours ago, I left 8 big containers of this Curried Rice with the wonderful team at my local veterinary clinic (one of the regular places to which I take surplus food) along with a note that went along the lines of this: “Curried basmati rice, not too spicy, fab rice side but can also eat plain....

Onions big 2 Garlic pods 5 Green chili 2 Oil 3 tblsp Yogurt 1 tblsp Cashew nuts 4-5 Paneer cubes 1 cup Red chili powder 1 tsp Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Garam masala 1/4 tsp Elachi| cardamom 2 Cloves 2 Pepper powder 1 tsp Salt to taste Fresh cream 2 tblsp Chop the onions roughly. In a pan add oil and cook the onions....

Soak basmati rice in 1 and 1/ 2 cups of water. Cut the vegetables except peas into tiny pieces. Cut the onions into long thin stripes.Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add cumin seeds and all the spices one by one. When it splutters and gives a nice aroma add the chillies and onions. Fry till the onions turn brown. Be careful that it does not get burnt....