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Indian name - Mogri
Other Names: Radish pods, Mogro, Mungori, Mongri

This is a vegetable from the Radish family. It is the radish pods that is edible. It is a forgotten vegetable, yet available many times. The vegetable comes in long, short, thin, flat lengths and sizes. They also come in green, purple, reddish, bluish colours.

Uses:
Radish pods are often used in salads, stir fries or eaten raw with meat. They should not be cooked too much as it reduces its fiery strength.

Health:
As with mooli, mogri is also very low in food energy and high in vitamin C.

|| Fresh Kenyan Roadside Sugarcane ||

💠Sugarcane is a species of tall, perennial grass which is used for sugar production.

💠The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes.

💠It is native to the warm temperate and tropical regions. Here in Kenya its widely available.. It would have been rude not to have some.

💠Sugarcane is so versatile, from table sugar, drinks, to the use of the reeds.

💠In most countries where sugarcane is cultivated, several foods and popular dishes are derived directly from it, such as:

▫️Raw sugarcane: chewed to extract the juice
▫️Sugarcane juice: a combination of fresh juice, extracted by hand or small mills, with a touch of lemon and ice to make a popular drink
▫️Syrup: a traditional sweetener in soft drinks
▫️Molasses: used as a sweetener and a syrup accompanying other foods, such as cheese or cookies
▫️Jaggery: a solidified molasses, known as gur, it is used as sweetener in cooking traditional entrees, sweets, and desserts.
▫️Falernum: a sweet, and slightly alcoholic drink made from sugarcane juice
▫️Cachaça: the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil; it is a liquor made of the distillation of sugarcane juice.
▫️Rum is a liquor made from sugarcane products, typically molasses, but sometimes also cane juice. It is most commonly produced in the Caribbean.

How do you have yours?

💠 Drumsticks are pods from the Moringa tree used as a vegetable. If you are one of those people who love cooking delicious and new recipes then drumstick is a vegetable you can use to create your finger-licking masterpieces.

💠 Drumsticks are used to prepare various tasty and healthy recipes all over India using simple ingredients that you can find in your kitchen and the best part is that it is healthy for you.

💠 Moringa Oleifera is a plant, also known as a Drumstick tree which is widely cultivated for its seed pods and leaves. It is also cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia, and South America.

💠 Moringa is also loaded with health benefits and medicinal properties. It has phytonutrients that help in the prevention of various diseases such as cancer, asthma, high blood pressure, etc. It also improves your immune system.

Here in Kenya we have it growing in the garden fresh.
I use it in:
▫️Daals
▫️Shambar
▫️Khaddhi
▫️Simply boiled
▫️Moringa powder in rotli ataa

Tamarillo, best known by the name tree tomatoes in Kenya is fast-growing, especially if you have a tree in the garden.

💠 Description
The fruits are egg-shaped and about 4-10 centimeters long. Their color varies from yellow and orange to red and almost purple. Sometimes they have dark, longitudinal
stripes. Red fruits are more sour, yellow and orange fruits are sweeter. The flesh has a firm texture and contains more and larger seeds than a common tomato

💠 Taste
With an exquisite mix of tangy and sweet, tamarillos are super versatile and can sit equally well in savoury or sugary dishes

💠 Recipes
Tamarillos are excellent for making chutney, sauce, relish and jelly because of the pectin they contain.
Many people enjoy them raw, simply slicing them in half and using a teaspoon to scoop out the tangy insides. These insides are slightly more tangy in the red varieties.

💠 Health benefits
Tamarillos are pleasingly low in calories. They have a substantial amount of dietary fibre (one will give you about nine percent of your daily intake), and contain decent amounts of potassium, vitamins A, C, E and pro-vitamin A, along with antioxidants.

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When you have fresh makai (sweetcorn) harvested from the garden... A curry is on the menu!

Gujarati Sweetcorn Curry recipe or Makai and Jugu nu Saak is an East African recipe and is made by Gujarati Indians who grew up in East Africa. My mother in law taught me today and it is one of my top favourite curries

Hero's Restaurant

A mix of design, fantasy and indulgence. Hero's is not your average looking restaurant, it has a discrete entrance and prohibition-style bar. Bridging fantasy and reality, the space and food celebrate heroes from comics

Lunch consisted of:
🍹MADAFU SAWA
coconut-butter-washed whisky, fresh coconut water, lime, aquafaba, coco tinture
🍹FOGGY NELSON
fresh passion, apple, pineapple, lemon, almond

🦸CRISPY EGGPLANT ROLL
panko fried eggplant, daikon, chives, cucumber, huancaina sesame dressing, crispy sweet potato, smoked sweet mayo
🦸TERIYAKI GLAZED TOFU STEAMED BUNS
burnt green onion, toasted sesame, Chinese cabbage
🦸AJI POTATO FRIES
aji amarillo, soy sauce, garlic, onions
🦸VEGETARIAN POKE BOWL
marinated beetroot, green onion, radish, sesame, sprouts, sushi rice, sliced avocado, cherry tomatoes, wakame, soy-ginger dressing

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The 🌟 of the show, this popular street food doesn't need any introduction..
Potatoes, diced red onions, red chana, green muug, stuffed into a crispy puri and then drenched in a spicy and sour mint flavoured water

I lost count of how many I ate... That's the dilemma 😬😬

With a side of Bbq sweetcorn on the jiko seasoned with salt 🧂, chilli powder 🌶️ and lemon juice 🍋

|| Jiko Pau Bhaji and Homemade Ladi Pav ||

🍽️ It was a cook outside kind of day.

🍽️ The Kenya Ceramic Jiko is a portable, charcoal-burning stove used for cooking.

🍽️Had the jiko going so cooked fresh pau bhaji packed with lots of veg and flavours, with toasted homemade mini ladi pavs which was topped with Sev, onions and a sprinkle of lime.

🍽️ Of course I ate everything before I remembered to take a picture of my plate 😂

🍽️ Jiko foods taste so different!

Ladipav recipe .kitchen

Gujarati Ondhwo (Gujarati Lentil Cake)

Gujarati Handvo is a golden, fermented rice and lentil cake with vegetables topped with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, Sesame seeds, curry leaves, cinnamon and cloves.

When this is baked the smell in the kitchen is amazing

Do you have it with yoghurt chutney or ketchup? !

Can be made vegan.

Wishing you a very Happy Diwali 🙏

Love from the HeadOverMeals family

Autumn warmer!

Fresh roasted tomato soup and crusty bread

A delicious winner!

Vegetarian Pad Thai

First attempt.. Will definitely be making it again. Full of fresh vegetables and the perfect ratio of flavours 😋

Panner Kebabs + homemade naan + salad

Perfect Friday night meal

Super quick and easy dinner tonight.

Vegetable ramen

Love making ramen broth in batch and freezing. Perfect for easy meals on the go.

Egg Bhurji (Spiced Indian Scrambled Eggs)

Egg bhurji is the Indian twist to scrambled eggs. Packed with the right amount of flavor and spice, these delicious Indian scrambled eggs are perfect for any meal of the day!

For us it was dinner!

Such a quick and versatile dish!

Mentioned to hubby Shah over the weekend that I fancy a juicy burger..

During the day I prepared quesadilla refined bean mix.

Whilst I was putting baby Shah to sleep hubby was busy in the kitchen 😂

He created me the juicy burger..🍔😋

Made a patty out of the quesadilla mix, breadcrumbed and crispy.. Topped with salsa and between two toasted buns

Of course needed a side of new potatoe wedges

Surprises are always fun 💖

Look at the height on this..

Dhokla is a vegetarian culinary dish that is native to the Indian state of Gujarat and parts of adjacent states.

It is made with a fermented batter derived from legumes like Chickpea, Pigeon pea and Urad and rice.

Served usually Ambli and green chutney.

The melting bake over the Heatwave weekend!

Our little one turned 6 months yesterday.. To celebrate over the weekend I baked a half cake and she did a cake smash..

Vanilla sponge with raspberry jam and pink ombre vanilla buttercream.. The picture is not the best as the cream on the rosettes started melting.

The smash itself was too funny! Fair to say little one is a foodie! It was definitely hard to stop her from eating the cake itself! Literally tore chucks out of it. I should have taken the end picture..
Hubby Shah got some great pictures for memories.

Note to self - buttercream on baby needs 1000 washes to come off 😂😂 the baby bath did not cut it.. She experienced the rain shower for the first time.




#1/2 🔥

I don't know how I've survived..

Hubby Shah has not made sourdough pizza since May! All my pleading paid off 😂

Happy Rakshabhandan 💕

The significance of the festival is primarily to strengthen and celebrate the brother-sister bond. In most parts of the country, the festival is marked by the sister tying a rakhi on her brother's wrist.

This years treats for the brothers were Crispy eggless Coconut Rose Nankhatai. These are lightly sweetened and filled with a sweet aroma from the rose water!

When it's so hot but yet fancy ramen 🍜

A bowl of warmth

Sometimes simple is perfect!

Chunky oven chips + southern fried mock chicken pieces + a heap of salad topped with Sriracha Aioli With Roasted Red Peppers.

Yum!

Mixed veg fritters with Sriracha Aioli With Roasted Red Peppers on a bed of couscous salad and streamed brocoli

Thank you for the farm courgettes.

The Sriracha Aioli makes the whole dish come together,hubby Shah brought it from

Made in the air fryer to be healthier ❤️

The most simplest of Heatwave dinnere...this was one earlier on in the week.

Puff Pastry Pizza Pinwheels

🍕Delicious crunchy puff pastry
🍕Layered with homemade pizza sauce Layered diced peppers, red onions, Jalapeños and lashings of cheese
🍕Roll this up and slice
🍕Top with oregano and herbs
🍕Bake in cupcake trays until golden brown and glorious!

Serve with a simple side salad

🌞🌞🌞Heatwave..🌞🌞🌞

Can't be cooking in this heat..

Try this 1 pot option.. easy and healthy but filling

Vegetable Sausage Traybake

🔸Potatoes
🔸Bell peppers
🔸Red onions
🔸Aubergine
🔸Courgette
🔸Garlic
🔸Good glulg of Olive oil
🔸Lots of seasoning (Salt, Black pepper, Paparik, mixed herbs}
🔸 Red onions and Rosemary Sausages

Chop everything up (not the sausages)
Season well
Allow to marinate for a while
Bake
Half way through the baking add sausages

Let the oven do all the work..

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