On the Food Trail – Singapore August 2012

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Palak Paneer

For such an easy and quick recipe, the ingredient list reads like a manual! Don’t be afraid to try it though, you’ll use mostly store cupboard ingredients and a majority of the items on this list are repeated throughout the process. You just need to add a little of each spice at different stages. 

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Guddi Mausi’s Paya

This is Mangy’s aunty’s Paya  recipe. I’ve heard about her Paya for years now from Mangy. Having never eaten Paya, I had a vision of a gluggy, sloppy, spicy, slimy, hoofy soup. Thankfully we managed to find Paya at the butcher’s recently. A quick call back home for instructions and Mangy was able to recreate his aunty’s recipe.

Pepper Prawns

These prawns are similar to my pepper crabs, really easy to prepare and super tasty. If  crabs are difficult to find in your area, definitely try these recipes with the prawns. I used tiger prawns in this recipe and left the skin on. Just make sure to de-vein the prawns before cooking. 

Lemon Chiffon Cake

Another cake for our beloved cake monsters.

Halloumi, Tomato and Avocado Salad

I caught this recipe the other night on telly and thought it could easily be adapted to make a great salad. With Mangy out with the boys tonight, I figured I’d whisk this up for dinner for myself. He’s not very fond of halloumi, so I doubt he’ll regret not being home for this meal.

Pesto Cheese Scones

Mangy came home one night from work and raved about the beautiful pesto scones he had at the cafeteria at work. I asked him to describe it, and he said it was incredibly tasty and he especially loved the pesto stuffed into the layers. Immediately I started to suspect that something was wrong. Scones with layers?? Huh?

Beef and Guinness Pies

Mangy saw this on telly the other night and decided that he JUST.HAD.TO have them. The pie filling has 2 of his favourite ingredients: beef and Guinness. The original recipe comes from Masterchef judge Gary Mehigan. I stuck to it as much as I could (I had the husband breathing down my neck making sure I wasn’t changing God Gary’s word).

Salt, Pepper and Garlic Prawns

It’s my mummy’s birthday (happy birthday ma!) this week and we celebrated with a huuuuge seafood feast! These prawns were superb and really quick and easy to prepare. You can even make it earlier in the day and just warm them up on a tray in the oven. 

Brownie with Coffee Liqueur Cream

This is the ugliest, chocolatiest, killer brownie you’ll ever lay your sinful hands on. I served it with a coffee liqueur cream. For kidlets, skip the liqueur (although I wouldn’t bother, getting them drunk is one way of keeping them quiet while you dig into your brownie).