When I spent a few days on a ‘spice island’ in Kerala one of the highlights was enjoying a massage every day. For the rest of the time I sipped G&T’s in hammocks strung between palm trees and walked among the groves of spices. And oh yes, enjoyed 3 beautifully prepared traditional Southern Indian meals [...]
While the Western Cape is known for its magnificent restaurants we sadly lack good, authentic Indian Restaurants in my area so when I have a craving for Indian I start paging through my pile of recipe books. This week I felt like a favourite on Indian menus, Rogan Josh, also known as Roghan Ghosht. I [...]
Perfect for cooler weather..... I happened to have an extra cup of cooked white rice so I threw the calorie counter out and made rice pudding! This recipe is far from the traditional ‘English’ style rice pudding and my in house ‘quality controller’ declared it the best he has ever tasted. The choice of rice [...]
When we visited India about 8 years ago we spent a few days at a lovely resort on an Island in the back waters of Kerala. The island was planted with spices and we went on a walking tour of the spice groves. It was a highlight for this foodie! The cuisine offered was deliciously [...]
While I love a decadently cheesy traditionally English cauliflower I find that I have recently been serving more Indian influenced cauliflower dishes. Particularly when you are watching the calories a fat free curried yoghurt topping ticks all the boxes. This is an interesting accompaniment or as a vegetarian main course when the addition [...]
Originating from North India, this basic vegetarian dish is one of my favourites. Palak is spinach and Paneer is cream cheese in Hindi. It is basically a thick spinach puree seasoned with garlic, chilli, ginger, onion and spices. The cream cheese is usually set and cut into 15mm cubes. I have had it [...]