A very popular starter on most Thai menus, the best I have had thus far is fom street vendors in Thailand. They ask you for your ‘chillie’ tolerance, I went for 2, some locals were going for 7 yes 7! birds eye Thai red chillies. The whole mix is pounded
Those that are familiar with Thai cuisine, will know this as a healthy sharp tasting starter, its quite simple to make as with most Thai food made in sabihaskitchen, it is made with readily available pastes, just make sure to buy a Thai brand and not a clone! Ingredients Method
We grew up in Kenya and so are very familiar with mogo also known as cassava/yuca (NOT YUCCA!). In the coastal towns like Mombasa and Malindi, it is spotted on roadsides, being roasted on coal, or sliced straight into hot oil to be fried into crisps, enjoyed sprinkled with red
I am sure we all know sandwiches have been around for yonks, but do we know who created them and when? The British would love to take the accolade as they have a town named Sandwich and they also claim that the Earl of Sandwich invented them and made them
So growing up in tropical Kenya, and following my dad with his Government office transfers every 3 years, we met and socialised with a variety of people Goans, Hindu punjabis, Sikhs, Sindhis, Gujaratis etc who made differing cuisines in their home. We exchanged recipes and were in and out of
This recipe is from natashaskitchen, she is on instagram and has a website, I love her easy to follow recipes that turn out lovely. This one is a winter salad, looks appealing and the simplicity of the vinaigrette dressing just works perfectly with the ingredients used. Enjoy! Ingredients Dressing Salad
There are so many stories about how the club sandwich originated, my favourite one is the one about Colonial times in Hindustan, when the cook was asked to produce a snack with leftovers and he just conjured up an amazing first ‘Club Sandwich’. And how wonderful that all major hotel
We have been making different kinds of fish over the years, and some of the recipes are already on this website. This one is very special to me as its taught to me by a friend from my long gone youth! My friend is a vegetarian who doesn’t even eat
This currently very trending recipe is called Chicken Malai Boti for a reason. Malai translates into cream in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi but is also a term used to explain something very soft, velvety and smooth, and boti is a small piece of meat. Hence the name Chicken Malai Boti!
This is an amazing reproduction of one of our childhood favourites – Potato & Mince cutlets – in Kenya also known as bateta champs or cutlass), but with fewer calories and a satisfying taste. My cousin from Reading inherited her mum’s recipe and makes it (upon request) at all our
Dahin bhallay (dahin vada, dahin bhalla, dahin vaday) are known by many names and the dish is very popular as a snack in a lot of countries like India, Pakistan, Mauritius, Kenya and of course in Asian households around the world. There are a multitude of different recipes for making
A very simple and satisfying granola recipe, its so simple to prepare, I often wonder why we bother buying the stuff! Ingredients Method
This is one of my most recent ‘acquisitions’! A very talented lady who is an amazing cook, served my lovely Pupho Maryam and ‘us’ as part of our recent lunch invite. The soup was so tasty and warming I can’t even remember what else was on her brimming table. As
This recipe is a cross between East and West brought to our palate by one of my mum’s friends in the UK. Every 27th night of Ramadan, aunty would send her son to deliver this really huge baked chicken and sweetcorn tray. My children would demolish half of it at
Another of the lovely food memories from my younger days growing up in Mombasa. The joy of walking home from Mbheni Primary School with friends, passing by hawkers with Achaari, Vitumbua, Sour potatoes near Mbheni Bazaar. Buying these potatoes, served on white paper or newspaper, topped with ghatia, crisps, chutneys, using the finger
When we were growing up in Kenya, our mothers took pride in feeding us and our guests homemade snacks. Popat as my mum called these, were one of the salty snacks and went down a treat with a cup of tea or ice-cold soda. Some people know them as namak
