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Recipes

Chicken Tikka Masala

Very similar to my vegan friendly, Cauliflower and Chickpea Tikka Masala recipe, this is the chicken version. Tikka Masala sauce is traditionally made with cream or full fat yoghurt but I prefer using coconut milk. The choice is entirely yours....

Feta & Za’atar Babka

Living in Kuwait, I see how bread is of utmost importance here. It's the lifeblood of every meal.  There are so many creative bakeries and eateries that take traditional breads to the next level. It's so inspiring to see.  Babka...

Scallion Pancakes

I've been eyeballing Scallion Pancakes for a while now, so I gave Bon Appetit 's recipe a go. I adapted it slightly by including some stone ground rice flour and replaced chicken fat with salted butter and vegetable oil. I...

Lemon Tart

This luscious lemon tart is creamy, smooth, sweet and super zingy. As it should be ;-) A little labour of love and patience required, but so worth it....

Creamy Haddock Chowder

Our family and friends are freezing in South Africa and it completely blows my mind because it is next level HOT in Kuwait. Definitely not soup weather in the Middle East but I thought I'd upload this Creamy Haddock Chowder recipe...

Cape Malay Koesisters

You read right, koesisters. The Cape Malay version of koeksisters. Koesisters remind me of generosity and diversity.  They are a reminder of home and the big-hearted, humble, creative, resilient and selfless fellow humans that live in Cape Town and the rest...

Rose & Pistachio Chocolate Eclairs

In the spirit of Eid Mubarak, I made these lovely Middle Eastern inspired Chocolate Eclairs filled with rose scented cream and sprinkled with slivered pistachio nuts and dried rose bud petals....

Homemade Bagels

If you follow my instagram, you may have spotted these bagels recently. They were so good that they deserve to be on my blog to stay on the interwebs forever....

Focaccia

It was about a year ago when I binge watched Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix and one of the episodes focused on FAT enlightened me on how important olive oil is when it comes to making the perfect focaccia bread....

Oven Roasted BBQ Brisket

My husband recently sent me a YouTube link to Gordon Ramsay's Oven Roasted BBQ Brisket as a subtle hint to cook the 1 kg Angus brisket we had in the freezer. Since we have so much time on our hands...