A little overdue but hope you had a great start to 2016. I’m not one for resolutions as I never keep them and I end up feeling guilty by the end of January. It is a new year but in the grander scheme of things, it’s just another part of your entire life. So…
Disco Ball Chocolate Cola Cake + Cupcakes & Curries turns 2 !
Super moist, chocolatey and addictive layer cake
An Unconventional Thanksgiving Feast for Two – Butterflied Roasted Chicken with Spiced Butter Rub + Sweet Potato Mash
It’s that time of the year again. My Pinterest feed is full of Thanksgiving and holiday ideas and recipes. I’ve read that a turkey roast is expected of any Thanksgiving meal. However, it still baffles me how anyone can get a Thanksgiving feast done on time as it takes days to defrost that giant bird…
Spiced Cottage Pie
It has to be an absolute crime that it’s mid-October and it still, for most parts of the week, feels like fall/winter! And if you’re recovering from a cold like me than you’d badly want some sunshine and blue skies. But this Spiced Cottage Pie will have to do for now. Not such a bad…
My Gran’s Chicken Bone Broth (Aatha’s Kozhi Ellumbu Soupu)
I don’t know about you but when I have a sniffling human in the house, I make the only remedy I know – my grandma’s chicken bone soup. It’s magical and has a similar effect to a hug from your mum. This is my version of my grandma’s chicken soup and it is my chicken…
Sausage Meat Pasta
Unlike the previous savoury recipe, this one’s a cinch to make because the idea for this Sausage Meat Pasta came to me when we were on holiday (I can’t remember where) and tired of eating out. Luckily, we had a small kitchenette,some kitchen supplies and essentials like olive oil, salt and pepper and a…
Salted Milk Caramel Fudge Brownies
I’m not quite sure when I ate the first brownie but it must have been from a bakery in my neighbourhood. I remember that I was not particularly pleased with its cakey, dry texture and weird tasting walnut. But then, later in my teens, I discovered the Betty Crocker brownie box mix and my…
Chicken with Rich Scarlet Gravy (Murg Roganjosh) with Tomato and Kale Rice Pilaf
Indian food sometimes has a bad reputation as being complicated and I know of many who are perplexed by its list of ingredients and strong, complex flavours. Despite growing up eating traditional South Indian food, I could not tell the difference between cumin or fennel and the gazillion types of lentils and pulses when I…
A Winter’s Weekend at Matakana Village Farmers’ Market and Coastal Region
Just a note before we begin- All photos on this post were taken using my iPhone6s as I wanted to travel light. You could click on the images to have a better view. *** We’ve been in Auckland, New Zealand for quite a while now and this is my first travel blog post about our…
Brûléed Citrus Pound Cake
Last weekend, we took a trip up north to the Mahurangi Peninsula and drove around Matakana, Warkworth and Scandrett Regional Park. It is the ideal weekend getaway just an hour drive from Auckland Central with many interesting local primary industries like cheese and honey factories, the famous Matakana Farmers’ Market and tons of regional…
Middle Eastern Roast Chicken with Pearl Couscous Salad
It’s almost the end of Ramadan as Muslims around the world will celebrate the end to their month-long fast and abstinence from food, water and negativity with Eid al-Fitr/ Hari Raya Puasa on the 17th July. I’ve always been in awe of my muslim friends’ strength and endurance for being able to endure abstinence with such…
Carrot Cake Jumbo Muffins
As I grow older, I find myself returning to familiar flavours I enjoy a lot. Sometimes I look for inspiration in new cuisines and dishes but very often I tend to seek flavour combinations that seem familiar. One such flavour combination is carrots, spices and cream cheese frosting in an all-American Classic Carrot Cake. So…
Pepper Chicken Masala (Kozhi Milagu Masala)
Recipe for southern indian classic- Chettinad Pepper Chicken.
Decadent Chocolate Banana Loaf
What do you do when you return from a holiday to find a bunch of overripe bananas staring at you? This bunch of bananas were almost blackened and squishy but not spoilt. There’s only one solution-make banana cake, of course! This banana loaf recipe stands out from the other countless banana loaves I’ve made as…
Thai-style Minced Meat Pasta
I might be blowing my own trumpet here but if you’re like me and like Thai food and want something easy and very delicious then, I guarantee you’ll L-O-V-E this pasta dish inspired by the Pad Kra Prow variations in Bangkok. It is exceptionally easy to put together, very difficult to screw up and absolutely scrumptious!…
Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Whipped Cream and Chocolate Ganache
Psst! If you haven’t heard, it’s Mother’s Day (everywhere except the UK) this Sunday. If you’ve forgotten because you’re too busy enjoying Spring (un/fortunately it’s coming into Winter here in NZ) or got just too caught up with the results of the big fight, who can blame you? And if you haven’t gotten round to…
