Food For Love.Food For Life.

Food For Love.Food For Life.

Wednesday 29 May 2013

MARIE BISCUIT DESSERT

This lovely dessert was made by ‎​ASIAH: Marie biscuit dessert



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125 g butter.                                  
1cup castor sugar.                                         
1 big. Tin nestle cream.                    
1 packet marie biscuit.               
1 egg white.                                   
1 whole nut choc.                        

 Method.                                                  
Cream butter and sugar well add nestle cream beat add egg white beat.                                               
Beat 500ml fresh cream.                
Layer in casserole starting with butter mix fresh cream and biscuits. Finish of with fresh cream decorate. Add grated chocolate. 

Tuesday 28 May 2013

CHANA (CHICKPEAS)

Chana (Chickpeas)



Braise 2 sprigs of curry leaves, 1 tsp crushed garlic n 1tsp mustard seeds in ghee or oil

When spluttering stops, add:
1tsp chilli powder (or to taste)
1tsp dhania jeeru powder ( coriander and cumin powder mix)
1tsp salt

Add 2 liquidised tomatoes +1 Tbl lemon juice n cook for awhile

Add 2 tins drained chickpeas + ½ tin coconut cream n cook till done n water is burnt.
Serve garnished with chopped dhania n fresh grated coconut, n roti of course.

HP sauce goes well with it :)   pic by Fatima motala and Ayesha recipe from simply delicious

Wednesday 22 May 2013

Khameera

This is a lovely recipe by Aisha, its more like a tasty bread.

Description: Aisha☆عائشة:

Khameera::

beat together 1 egg + 2 Tbl sugar- then add 2 Tbl melted ghee (butter).. Beat well.

Then add:                             
2 1/2 cups flour ,
1/2 tsp salt,                
2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder.                                   
Form soft dough wid warm milk-cover n allow to rest  For half hour.                                
Form 12 balls n roll into saucer sized circles- brush egg n sprinkle tal (sesame seeds) - fry in hot oil til golden (need to work fast wen frying) ..njoy

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Cherry Almond Bars

This is a lovely recipe from my bbm friend, Haseena (Baking Bling)

Cherry almond bars

 250gr butter
3/4 cup castor sugar
2 egg yolks
3 cups flour
1/2 cup almonds cut
1 cup red n green cherries cut up

Beat butter n sugar. Combime egg yolks. Add cherries,nuts ∕̴Ɩηϑ flour. Form a soft dough.make into bars n lunch wrap..@ut in fridge for an hour. Cut n bake @ 180

by Haseena (Baking Bling)

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Coffee Cake

Lovely recipe from a bbm group friend.

 Coffee cake:
INGREDIENTS
4 eggs separated
1 cup castor sugar
1tsp v ess
3/4cup oil
1/4 cup boiling water with 2tsp coffee
1 1/4cup flour 
4tsp baking pwd ,

*beat egg whites stiff add castor sugar, beat then add egg yolks beat, then oil beat then add sifted flour andn b.pwd, fold in with water mixture

Coffee icing.

60g butter,1tsp coffee diluted in 1tsp hot water, 1tsp honey, 1tsp Vanilla ess, and 1cup icing sugar.
*beat together

recipe from SHANAAZ AHMOD:

SPINACH MUFFINS

This recipe is from one of my bbm groups by Aisha☆عائشة

Chop up 1 medium bunch spinach.
Cook with:
1med onion (chop v fine)
Garlic. 
salt/pepper/aromat n Green chillis
Cook just untill its dry.
Cool and add in:
flour- 1 cup.    
2 eggs, 
Half cup oil.
2 tsp baking powder.
Lots of cheese n feta + half tin creamstyle sweetcorn.

mix well- pour  into Muffin pans. Bake @ 180 +- 20 mins-must b slightly browned on top-- njoy hot hot...

Friday 3 May 2013

Strawberry Muffins

This recipe comes from a friend on my bb group.

INGREDIENTS
1 Cup all purpose flour
Half cup Castor sugar
1 and Half  tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 Egg, lightly beaten
Half cup milk
Quarter cup butter, melted and cooled
Half tsp vanilla essence
Half to 3Quarter cup strawberries, washed, hulled, coarsely chopped

Method
Preheat oven to 190 degree celcius/ 375 F. Line muffin tin with paper liners. In a large bowl, sift flour and baking powder. Add sugar and salt to flour mixture. In another bowl, combine the egg, milk, butter and vanilla, mix well. Fold the wet ingredients together with the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold the chopped strawberries. Spoon the batter equally into each paper liner. Bake for 15-18 min or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Stand in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar before serving. if desired. 

Sorry no pic.