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This fish patty recipe, made from canned fish is versatile enough to make using any type of canned fish including salmon, tuna or pilchards. It is not just an economical meal meal but tastes delicious too. An essential ingredient for making fish cakes includes eggs and a crumb or flour …
Growing up in South Africa in the early 1980s, biscuits formed an essential part of Diwali parcels. Amma‘s biscuit specialties being custard biscuits, date rolls and melting moments to name a few.Now that I am a mum, I too look forward to Diwali with the same level of enthusiasm as …
Amma’s fish curry was sliced fish simmered in a dark, fiery tamarind sauce. While family recipes vary, this fish curry recipe includes brinjal (eggplant). When paired with tamarind, it results in a characteristic sour taste and the latter accounts for it‘s black colour hence the name black fish curry. We …
One of the challenges of birthdays during Purtassi is finding an eggless cake recipe that works. This eggless chocolate cake is a predecessor to the last cake I made about a month ago, in preparation for my sons birthday. I opted for a sheet cake instead of layer cake because …
Snowballs, the petty in pink coconut covered treat, are one of my most memorable childhood treats and I am sure that Wareings snowballs still have a secure place in the memories of many growing up in the ’80s and ’90s. It was one of my first recipes posted in this …
My son has a birthday during the fasting period (Purtassi), so finding the best eggless birthday cake recipe has been one of my prime pastimes lately. Last year I made an eggless chocolate cake decorated with Fireman Sam figures. This years theme looks set to be pirates! To practice for …
Chana Magaj (Besan burfi) is a gram flour fudge. It is sweet and crumby from the addition of ground almonds, milk powder and sugar, and fragrantly spiced with cardamom and nutmeg. It is commonly decorated with edible gold or silver foil and almonds. In my childhood, it was a famed …
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that all recipes featured here have endearing childhood memories associated with them. None however to the same extent as samp! Amma‘s samp was braised in butter, with decadent amounts of thinly sliced onions, dried chillies and jeera. It …
Braised Kadala (brown chickpeas) was quintessential prayer food, growing up in South Africa. Amma made it for the fasting prayer, Lakshmi Day or as a snack. Much like Amma’s samp and beans, it is tempered in whole spices. It gets its flavour and aroma from the combination of fried onion, …
South African cabbage curry, as I know it; is a mild yet piquant dish. Cabbage curry, like Amma used to make it, was what she termed ‚’braised cabbage’. Thinly sliced cabbage steamed in fried onion and dried chillies. The dish often contained potatoes. It formed part of the vegetable trio …