Condiments and Sides, Curries and Dal, Main Dishes

Yellow curry paste

If you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen but want to make something exotic and flavourful, curry paste is the answer. Just adding a few tablespoons of paste to your ingredients will give you a dish that tastes like its been marinating for hours. Curry paste can be used for making […]

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Condiments and Sides, Noodle dishes

Artichoke pesto zucchini noodles

A few weeks ago, I promised to come up with a pesto pasta dish, but with the warm weather, I felt for something light. Instead, I made fresh spiralized zucchini noodles and tossed them with my homemade artichoke pesto sauce. This is a simple, easy and flavourful summer dish that can be served as a […]

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Appetizers, Condiments and Sides, Dips and spreads

Artichoke pesto

I love adding artichoke hearts to a dish or eating them whole. And they are good for you. Ideally, it is better if you can boil or steam fresh artichokes and scrape out the hearts, though this can be time-consuming. An alternative is to buy the artichoke hearts that are marinated and ready to be used. […]

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Condiments and Sides, Uncategorized

Green Thai Curry Paste

This green Thai curry paste is made with fresh chilies, herbs and roots. Traditionally, a dozen or more green chili peppers, along with other raw ingredients, are hand pounded with a mortar and pestle until a paste is formed. The green peppers, usually regular chili or bird’s eye Thai chili or a mix of both, […]

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Appetizers, Condiments and Sides

Miso-glazed aubergine made easy

If you like roasted aubergine, you’ll love this! Nasu Dengaku is a Japanese miso-glazed aubergine (eggplant) grilled over a flame. The glaze is traditionally made with miso paste, sake, mirin, oil and sugar. Because I don’t regularly cook with rice wine or other exotic teriyaki condiments, I changed some of the ingredients in the traditional […]

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