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Buckwheat Spinach Thepla
Theplas are unleavened bread typically made using bajra/pearl millet/kambhu flour from the North western parts of India (particularly Gujarat). It is very healthy and flavourful due to the spices added...
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Vegetable kuzhi paniyaram
Off late we have been talking about trying something different for breakfast. I mean, other than the usual bread, crumpets, pancakes or idlis and dosas. I remember trying these paniyarams when I...
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Gooseberry pickle(s) Spicy South Indian style and Trinidadian style
One of the best things about living in Scotland (& I am sure many other parts of the world) is being surrounded by farms and the change in seasons bringing wonderful "seasonal" fruits and veggies...
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Oven Roasted Potatoes
For a long while now, I have been experimenting with a hope of getting delicious roasted potatoes - crispy outsides and soft & fluffy insides. Trouble was to find the perfect variety of potatoes...
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Quick and easy milk Pedas (Indian milk Sweets just in time for...
This one is a quick and easy milk Pedas (Indian sweet), ready in less than 10 mins. Just the thing for me! Dussehra/Navarathri is a 10-day festival celebrated in many parts of India and Nepal. For more...
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Chicken/Quorn garlic-lemon Goujons
These are excellent finger/party food that will please kids and adults alike. They are easy to make as well which is a big plus for me at least. Combined with their favourite dip these are bound to be...
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Oven grilled lemon-garlic fish/quorn fillets (in foil packets)
Fish/Quorn fillet features around 2 times in a week in our home. Mainly because, Anjalie enjoys fish very much and also because it is very healthy. On days when I am in a hurry to multi-task oven...
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Grandma's Trinidadian style chicken pot roast
While, visiting family is wonderful on many levels from enriching our lives and helping with recharging ourselves, I also find that it provides excellent opportunities for learning new (for me anyway)...
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Birthday cake (Peppa pig)
Tomorrow is Anjalie's fourth birthday party. Part of me is still amazed thinking "has it been that long?!" This year she asked for a Peppa Pig cake. Well, you can never have too much Peppa Pig (at...
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Christmas alphabet cookies
With Christmas break nearing, my now 4 yr old, Anjalie is really excited about making cookies and cakes with me. Last week during our morning walk to her nursery we had a conversation which started...
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Christmas cookies/biscuits - Stained glass and chocolate-vanilla
Last year, for Christmas, Anjalie & I made Spritz cookies. This year we both wanted to try out her new baking set that she got as a birthday present. It includes a whisk, baking sheet, rolling pin...
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Christmas cup cakes/ fairy cakes
Christmas, although a busy time of the year, is absolutely the most wonderful time for us all to spend some quality time together. Since, Anjalie & I love our cooking-time together, we usually have...
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Home-baked Ciabatta
First of all, a very Happy New year to you all! Hope you had wonderful holiday season. Our holidays were so fantastic that I nearly did not want it to end. Much worse, after eating so much calorie-rich...
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Akkara adisil
First of all, my sweet Pongal wishes to everyone who celebrates Pongal (the Tamil harvest festival)! En Iniya Pongal nal vazhthukkal! The Tamil winter solstice month, Marghazhi (Dec-Jan), is one of the...
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Nellikai/Indian Gooseberry/Amla thokku
One of my first memories of my mother telling me to eat a particular food that is "very good for me" is Amla/nellikkai/Indian gooseberry. She used to insist that I at least give it a chance since it...
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Quick and easy chocolate cake in Microwave (egg free)
Today being Valentine's day, Anjalie said she "felt" for chocolate pudding. So we decided to make a quick and easy chocolate cake in a mug for dessert tonight. We had tried this at our Vegan friend's...
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Sausage Casserole in tomato sauce
Every Saturday afternoon we enjoy the most delicious and yet simple to make comfort food, aka, Sausage Casserole. Instead of the usual, "Am I staying home today?" in the mornings, Anjalie usually wakes...
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Egg-Cheese sandwich (add sausage for more filling meal)
This post is a quick one since it has been a bit over too busy here of late. Egg & cheese sandwich is a quick and easy way to enjoy a lovely breakfast on the go and by adding sausage (chopped) it...
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Spaghetti chicken/Quorn Bolognese
Here is another healthy version of the yummy family favourite. I am a vegetarian while Naz & Anjalie eat fish and/or chicken regularly. But as a family we all three of us avoid red meat since the...
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Egg-Aloo (potato) Curry Trinidad style
Eggs are a great source of protein, iodine and essential vitamins. Eggs are great "first food" for babies (as long as they are not allergic to them) as long as they are thoroughly cooked. Please avoid...
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