Food diary
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Recipe – Spiced apple “tea”
Ingredients (Serves 2) : – Apple : three medium sized – Piping hot Water : half a cup – Ground cinnamon : one tiny pinch – Ground nutmeg : one tiny pinch – Ground cloves : one tiny pinch – De-seeded and ground dates : three Method: Juice the apples, add water and spices. Sieve, to ensure the apple ‘foam’ and any coarse spices are eliminated. Now blend in the ground dates. Serve piping hot. 🙂 Taste verdict :…
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Chef inspired – Jamie Oliver’s tomato, basil and prosciutto omelette
Cooking this wonderfully simple recipe by Jamie Oliver, was a culinary discovery. I finally truly understood the meaning behind the famous quips of Top Chef judges: “Season everything” “Let the main ingredient shine” “A little goes a long way” ** The euphoria that I felt in putting together something that tasted, looked and smelled so magical using simple ingredients is indescribable. If this is how chef’s cook, season and let ingredients shine, then, restaurant quality food is all I want…
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Crowd pleasing dip – recipe
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Mango and lemon jam – Recipe
I have always fancied the idea of homemade jam with freshly baked muffins for Sunday brunch. With plentiful organic mangoes available in the market, it only seemed natural to preserve some of the golden goodness for a rainy day. The below recipe is my version of a mango, lemon and cinnamon jam, which is inspired by the scores of recipes available online. I simply picked the cooking methods and ingredients that I felt would get along together. Ingredients: 3 medium…
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Complete the rain experience with fritters – Recipe
Fritters are the family’s guilty pleasure, and one they embrace with full gusto. This is a super quick and easy recipe for fritters and one that doesn’t need any gram flour. Ingredients (No specific proportions, add extra of what you like, skip what you don’t like:) ): Coarsely ground Sweet corn Chopped: Red Onion Fresh coriander leaves Fresh mint leaves Ginger Freshly ground: Garam masala (pinch) Red chili powder Roasted coriander powder Salt to taste Baking soda (pinch) Cornflour (to…
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Paper boat beverages – review
I first came across Paperboat several years ago. Back then, I immediately liked the packaging and the idea of a lineup of beverages that intended to evoke nostalgia. A few days ago, the team from Paperboat send in 7 of their distinct flavours, for me to review. I have always loved ambitious ventures, new flavours and free goodies :), so it was a offer I did not want to decline. — Here is my take on the flavours: Kokam:…
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Quick recipe – Red cabbage stir fry
Red cabbage is a true winner – it looks gorgeous, tastes great (raw or cooked) and is versatile enough to make great slaw, salad, stir fry or even curry. This stir fry is super easy and takes about 10 minutes to put together. All you need Fresh from the garden: Garlic – 6 cloves (finely chopped) Red onion – 1 large (finely chopped) Green chillies – 2 (finely chopped) Red cabbage – about 1/4 of a medium sized (chopped) Dry…
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Inspired by Sochi Winter Olympics 2014
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Aapam(Hopper) in the making
Popular in India as a meal, aapam’s are available in plenty as snacks in Srilanka. Top it up with a sunny side egg and you are treated with a delicious, simple, local street snack 🙂 .