Roasted Red Chilli Powder

In a lot of my recipes you’ll find me using roasted red chilli powder as opposed to regular chilli powder. This was a tip given to me by my friend Anu. She suggested that I try it out, and I must say I am hooked!

Bittergourd Perattal

I love bitter gourd chips, and they’re the only way I usually eat bitter gourd. But last week, I thought of changing things up a bit and the result was fabulous.

Jack Daniels Spare Ribs

The boys in my family go wild when we’ve got ribs on the menu for dinner.  I worry for my safety and usually serve the ribs and then hide out until it’s safe to enter the kitchen again when they’re all sated. When it’s ribs night, I also know to have something else prepared for my dinner, as there is no guarantee that I’ll get fed anything. I’ve based by recipe on this one. As usual, we’ve adapted it to our tastes and convenience.

Fried or Steamed Mantous

Fried Mantous to serve with my imitation chilli crab 🙂 I used this recipe but dumped all the ingredients into a bread-maker and used the dough only setting. I let the machine knead it for about 20 minutes all up (2 rounds on the machine). The Mantous were great and incredibly easy.

Quick Pickle Cabbage

We had little bits of a mix of vegetables leftover in the fridge and I wanted a recipe that would use them all up. I made this up on the spot, but it turned out really tasty.

Imitation Chilli Crab

What do you do when you have an intense craving for chilli crab? You improvise! I’ve been thinking of chilli crab for a couple of weeks now, but I didn’t want to deal with the killing, cleaning, chopping…too much work. I wanted a recipe for a quick mid-week meal, to enjoy with bread or rice. Not quite THE Chilli Crab…but close.

Garlic Bread

These lovely crispy garlic bread slices go really well with soup or risotto. They’re easy to prepare and super tasty.

Oat Bran Idli

Idlies! I find it impossible to resist the damned things! Fortunately they’re quite healthy. This recipe only makes them healthier, which means I can have more of them (oh-oh).

Yogurt No-Knead Bread

I’ve updated my no-knead bread recipe and now add yogurt to the mix. The yogurt gives it a different flavour, more sour-doughy. It’s also denser bread, making it better for sandwiches. The original recipe is still great, for dipping into olive oil and pairing with beautiful cheeses. But the holes in the bread make it difficult to use it for sandwich fillings.

Avocado Dukkah Toast

Mangy and I love this little café in Fitzroy called the Green Grocer’s. My favourite thing on the menu is their Avocado toast, with grapefruit and harissa aioli.