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Have you tried baked beans and vienna's?

Calabash, dhall and brown rice!

Homemade Margherita Pizza..

Fried potato and methi herbs

Grilled prawns, crumbed mushrooms and cashew infused rice...

Chops chutney with methi herbs!

Spicy braised mushroom curry!

Yummy butter chicken with roti and a side of carrot and onion salad!

Crumbed mushrooms!

Bindhi, dhal and basmati rice. What a delicious veg dish!

Chicken chow mein....

Prawns briyani made over the weekend with a side of yoghurt and mint salad...

Chicken chutney and methi herbs with dhal. Comfort food. Comfort eating...

Chicken briyani with a side of carrot, onion and chilli salad....

Pumpkin and spinach with feta pasta

Homemade pizza made from scratch, including pizza base and pizza tomato sauce. Topped with chicken, cheese and chilli.

Samp and mutton tastes better in winter, do you agree?

Spicy mince and spaghetti 🍝.....with lots and lots of cheese! Comfort food all day!

Pulled chicken with lentils and yellow split pea dhal....chicken gosht? An alternative to traditional dhal gosht. First time I tried this and it was really good!

Spicy potato curry!

Graham dhal and potato curry with a side of carrot and onion salad.

Yellow fried potato, brown rice and dhal. Great dish during fasting!

Spicy tikka paneer...this dish brought the heat!

Today my wife and I celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary. To celebrate this special occasion she had this cake specially made for us. It's the sweetest thing! Love her to bits!

I was feeling nostalgic the last few days, thinking of my younger days when I was still studying on campus. We used to frequently visit Sunrise take away in Overport and often ordered the fresh chips, cheese and sugar beans gravy wrap for just R10. Great value for when you are on a students budget! This is my take on that delicious wrap!

Chicken and potato curry for lunch with a side of carrot and onion salad.

Really felt like having vermicelli...

Simple egg chutney with vegetable pickle

Valentine's Day special, Prawn and Chicken briyani made over the weekend.

Paneer chutney made for

An old favourite... mozzarella and cheddar cheese toast, with tomato, onion and green chilli

Tuesday fasting....so went for kichari with fried potato and tomato chutney

Smoked paprika and habanero shredded chicken burrito with sweet corn, green and red pepper, onions, kidney beans, brown rice and cheese filling...can you say yum!

Homemade sweet and spicy sticky chicken wings with a dash of fresh coriander, fresh chives and sesame seeds....
Sweet and Spicy Sticky Chicken Wings (15 Wings) Recipe

Ingredients

Chicken wings
Baking powder
Fine salt
Smoked paprika
Paprika
Crushed garlic powder
Crushed onion powder
Ground black pepper
Rice wine vinegar
Soy sauce
Honey
Chilli paste
Crushed garlic
Crushed ginger and garlic paste

Chicken coating preparation

1. Use medium size bowl (cereal bowl size)
2. Add 4 x tbs baking powder to bowl
3. Add 1 x tbs fine salt to bowl (season to your preference)
4. Add 1 x tbs smoked paprika to bowl
5. Add 1 x tbs paprika to bowl
6. Add 1 x tbs crushed garlic powder to bowl
7. Add 1 x tbs crushed onion powder to bowl
8. Add 1 x tbs ground black pepper to bowl
9. Mix all ingredients together. Make sure there are no lumps
10. Rise chicken wings in water
11. The chicken wings need to be dry. Pad them down with paper towel to remove excess moisture
12. Place chicken wings into large mixing bowl
13. Add about ¼ of the coating mix into the mixing bowl with the chicken wings. Mix until all coating mix is absorbed by the chicken wings. Repeat this process (¼ mix at a time) until all your coating mix is finished. When done the chicken wings will have a reddish tinge to it.

Grilling chicken wings

1. Place foil in oven tray. Spray foil with spray and cook
2. Place chicken wings in oven tray. Space them evenly apart
3. Grill at 190 degrees for 30mins
4. After 30mins, turn chicken wings onto the other side and grill for another 30mins
5. After the second 30mins has passed, turn chicken wings around one last time and grill for 15mins
6. Take chicken wings out the oven. At this point the skin would have firmed up and should be crispy
7. Let chicken wings rest for 5mins

Sweet and spicy sauce preparation

1. Use medium size bowl (cereal bowl size)
2. Fill ¼ bowl with honey (adjust as needed for your preference)
3. Add 3 x tps chilli paste (adjust as needed for your preference)
4. Add 1 x tbs soy sauce
5. Add 3 x tbs rice wine vinegar
6. Add 1 tps ginger and garlic paste
7. Add 3 tps crushed garlic
8. Mix well. Taste and adjust as needed

Grilling chicken wings again….last time I promise

1. Baste chicken wings with sweet and spicy sauce
2. Sprinkle chicken wings with sesame seeds
3. Place in oven at 190 degrees for another 15mins. Increase or decrease time as needed, the idea is to let chicken wings start to char
4. Remove chicken wings from oven, baste with sauce again (add as much sauce as per your preference. The skin is meant to have a crispy texture, so to much sauce can soften the skin, but it’s your choice)
5. Chop chives and coriander finely
6. Garnish chicken wings with chives and coriander

Enjoy!

Arrabiata penne pasta, with fresh basil, garlic, italian herb and parmesan cheese.

Spinach, green pepper, garlic and mozzarella savoury buns. This was my first attempt at baking....more of a cooker than a baker!
Spinach and Pepper Savoury Buns Recipe

Ingredients

1 x Onion
1 x Green pepper
2 ½ Cups cake flour
Baby Spinach (From pack)
Instant yeast
Sugar
Fine salt
Mozzarella cheese
Crushed Garlic

Dough preparation

1. Use large mixing bowl
2. Add 2 ½ cups cake flour to bowl
3. Add 1 x tsp instant yeast to bowl
4. Add 1 x tsp sugar to bowl
5. Add 1 x tsp fine salt to bowl
6. Add 1 cup lukewarm water to bowl (adjust if needed)
7. Mix all ingredients together to create dough (add more water if needed, a little at a time)
8. Knead dough until you get a smooth texture. Thereafter roll dough into a ball
9. Brush ball of dough lightly with olive oil
10. Place dough in a separate dish and cover with a clean cloth (dish should be slightly bigger than the ball of dough. This is to allow the dough to expand)
11. Allow dough to rest for 30mins under covered cloth

Filling preparation

1. Cut out pepper stem and clean out all pips
2. Cut pepper into chunky pieces
3. Peel and slice onion
4. Rise enough baby spinach in proportion to the amount of green pepper
5. Cut baby spinach into chunky pieces
6. Add green pepper, baby spinach, onion into hand blender mixing bowl
7. Add fine salt into hand blender mixing bowl to season (add to your preference)
8. Add 1 x tbs crushed garlic into hand blender mixing bowl
9. Add 1 x tsp olive oil into hand blender mixing bowl
10. Blend all ingredients together using hand blender until you create a chunky paste. Do not blend extensively so that it turns to a liquid texture. The filling needs to have crunch
11. Remove filling and store in separate bowl for use later
12. Grate as much mozzarella cheese as you prefer, at least 1 cup. The more the better…
13. Store grated mozzarella cheese for use later

Putting it all together

1. After the dough has rested for 30mins (it should have expanded/risen) remove from bowl and flatten by hand to create a flat circle
2. Roll dough into a rectangular shape, about 0.5cm in thickness
3. Spread blended chunky filling evenly over the rectangular dough. Cover the entire surface of the dough with filling
4. Sprinkle the grated mozzarella cheese evenly over the filling
5. Start to roll the dough from one end to the other to form a swiss roll
6. Trim the edges of the rolled-up dough if needed to have nice flush, level and clean ends
7. Cut the roll into equal pieces, about 5 - 6cms in length (or a length that will sit flush with a cupcake baking tray when placed inside the cupcake mould)
8. Spray cupcake baking try with spray and cook, or grease lightly with olive oil
9. Place individual pieces of roll into each cupcake mould
10. Bake in oven at 190 degrees for 30mins (keep checking regularly)

Enjoy!

I made this over the weekend. Chicken Tikka Linguine Pasta....
Chicken Tikka Linguine Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:

4 x Skinless chicken fillets
2 x Woolworths chicken tikka spice mix (15g box)
2 x tsp Mix masala (available from most grocery stores)
5 x tbs Plain yogurt
2 x tsp Ginger and garlic
2 x Green chillies
2 x tbs Crushed chilli flakes
2 x 500ml fresh cream
2 x tsp Tomato paste
1 x tbs Rough salt
1 x Pack/Box (500g) Linguine Pasta
½ Tomato
½ Onion
Fresh coriander
Fine salt
Olive oil
Fresh lemon

Chicken Marinade Preparation

1. Cut chicken fillets into cubes or strips
2. Place cut chicken into mixing dish
3. Add 1 x Woolworths chicken tikka spice mix (15g) into mixing dish
4. Add 1 x tsp mix masala to mixing dish
5. Add 2 x tsp ginger and garlic to mixing dish
6. Slice 2 x green chillies and add to mixing dish
7. Add 1 x tbs crushed chilli flakes to mixing dish
8. Squeeze about 2 tbs of lemon juice from fresh lemon into mixing dish
9. Season with a little fine salt as per preference
10. Add 5 x tbs plain yogurt into mixing dish
11. Mix all ingredients together well (marinade chicken)
12. After all ingredients are marinaded cover the mixing dish with a lid or foil and place in the refrigerator for at least 2hrs. This will allow the flavour to sink into the chicken.

Oven Baking Process for Chicken (after marination period)

1. Use medium to large oven tray. Enough space to spread out chicken (avoid overlapping)
2. Place foil at the bottom of the oven tray. Spray with spray and cook or grease lightly with olive oil
3. Spread chicken on tray and cover top of tray with a foil (so chicken does not burn)
4. Place in oven at 190 degrees for 20mins
5. After 20mins has passed remove tray from oven and remove top foil.
6. Place tray back into oven for +/- 20mins without top foil, allowing the chicken to char
7. Keep checking chicken in oven intermittently to ensure it does not burn
8. Once you are satisfied with the char on the chicken remove from oven and keep aside to add into pasta sauce later

Boiling Linguine Pasta

1. Use a deep pot
2. Add half packet/box (250g) linguine pasta to pot
3. Add boiling water. Enough water to fill about ¾ pot
4. Add 1 x tbs rough salt
5. Add 2 x tbs olive oil
6. Boil pasta for about 20 to 25mins
7. Strain pasta into a colander to remove all water
8. Keep pasta aside to add into sauce later

Pasta Sauce Preparation (start this halfway into the pasta boiling process)

1. Use a large pan
2. Line pan with a thin layer of olive oil
3. Heat oil
4. Dice ½ onion and add to pan
5. Sauté onions in open pan until then turn brown
6. Slice ½ tomato and add to pan
7. Add 2 x tsp tomato paste to pan
8. Add 1 x woolworths chicken tikka spice mix (15g) into pan
9. Add 1 x tsp mix masala to pan
10. Add 1 x tbs crushed chilli flakes to pan
11. Season with a little salt as per preference
12. Stir in pan intermittently until the tomato melts and all ingredients form a chutney like texture (lower heat on stove if need be to avoid burning/catching)
13. Add 2 x 500ml fresh cream to pan
14. Keep stirring intermittently for about 20mins until the cream starts to thicken
15. Add oven cooked chicken pieces into pan and stir intermittently for about 5 to 10 mins
16. Add boiled linguine into pan and stir intermittently for about 5 mins
17. Turn heat off and add chopped coriander into pan to garnish

Enjoy!

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