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Monkfish recipe Monkfish, also known as Stargazer in Australia, is affectionately known as “poor man’s lobster” because the flesh resembles lobster meat – only much more economical. The cooked meat of a monkfish has a similarly meaty and succulent texture, with a sweet and clean flavour that’s not fishy at all. Monkfish fillets are also thick and hefty like lobster tails. With this in mind, this recipe for monkfish is based on a way I like to prepare lobster tails: pan-seared with a Herb Brown Butter Sauce....

Flavoured with garlic and parmesan, these fritters are a tasty meal or snack, or mini burgers. There’s a whole giant head of broccoli hidden in these!! Broccoli Chicken Fritters I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and will probably keep saying it until the end of time) – you can fritter anything! (Just look at my Pakora recipe for further proof!) And today, we’re frittering broccoli and chicken....

Serve pakora as a starter for an Indian meal, a light meal, or pass them around as canapés at your next gathering. They’re gluten free and vegan so everybody can enjoy them! Pakora: Indian Vegetable Fritters This is street food, the Indian way! Sold as snacks on the streets of India and as popular appetisers in Indian restaurants elsewhere, pakora are crispy, bite-size vegetable fritters. They’re loaded with gorgeous Indian spices before being fried until crunchy....

A worthy ending for your leftover Christmas ham bone, or use store bought. Make this in your slow cooker or on the stove! Pea and Ham Soup I’ve always said that Lentil Soup is the least sexy looking soup in the world. But in hindsight, I think Pea and Ham Soup should take that title. I mean, think about it. A sparkling white Corn Chowder is pretty. A Thai Tom Yum Soup is colourful and vibrant....

Poached Salmon Poached fish has a bad reputation. The mere mention of it conjures up visions of pale, overcooked, flavourless fish swimming in murky water. It’s time for a makeover. Enter – THIS Poached Salmon swimming in an outrageously tasty caramelised Coconut Lime Sauce with lemongrass, ginger and chilli. Poached fish never tasted so good!! 😂 This poached salmon is lightly seared on the outside first then we finish cooking it by poaching in a simple Thai coconut curry sauce....

Baked Eggs (Shirred Eggs) Baked Eggs can be as simple as cracking eggs into a muffin tin, then popping it in the oven. All good – but, well, kinda humdrum. 🤷🏻‍♀️ These shirred eggs though? They’re cooked on a bed of garlicky mushrooms and spinach. We drizzle the eggs with just a touch of cream and give it all a shower of parmesan before popping in the oven. The cream melds with eggs as they bake, yielding bubbling, custardy, runny-yolks-with-set-whites perfection!...

Make this with chicken or even entirely meat free. With a sauce this good, you can put anything in it – and it will taste amazing! Thai Green Curry recipe The single most requested recipe is finally here!! We love the colour, the spiciness, and how fragrant the creamy sauce is. Along with Pad Thai, Chicken Satay and Thai Red Curry, green curry is the gold standard by which we rate Thai restaurants....

I’m serving this tuna with a vibrant and fresh Sauce Vierge, a light French sauce that’s a modern classic for all the right reasons. Healthy, quick and easy, this Tuna Steak also makes for stunning presentation. Looks, taste, speed and elegance – this ticks all the boxes! Tuna Steak There’s a reason why tuna is so highly prized by the most elite restaurants around the world. The belly is sought after for its rich and fatty flesh, while the loins – which we’re using today – have a silky texture and a savoury, clean flavour that isn’t at all “fishy”....

Vegetable Beef Soup So many beef soups are watery and dull. Not this one!!! The thing that sets this beef soup recipe apart from the rest is the broth. It’s slightly thickened so it’s more like a thinnish gravy. It’s infused with herb flavour and also gets an extra depth of flavour from the secret ingredient: red wine. Or beer or stout. (They’re all good) It’s not about boozing up our soup!...

Badam milk is one of the traditional Indian beverages that has been consumed for ages to energize the body, balance the mind, beat weakness and improve overall health. It is known as badam doodh in hindi & badam paal in south Indian languages. Badam refers to almonds & doodh or paal is a term meaning milk. What is badam milk? Badam milk is an Indian milk beverage flavored with almonds, cardamom & saffron....

Bhindi Fry Bhindi fry is a simple Indian side dish made by stir frying okra with Indian spices and herbs. It is made in numerous ways across India and each home and region has their own recipe to make it. The spices and other ingredients used to make bhindi fry are pretty basic. But it is seasoned or flavored with different ingredients like garam masala, fresh coconut, sambar powder or other spice powders....

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

Chicken Pasta recipe – loaded! This is the pasta you make when you’ve had a bad day and you need a pick me up. This is the pasta you make when you’ve had a great day, and want to finish on a high note. This is the pasta you make when you need a quick dinner that everyone will devour. And this is the pasta that you make just because there are few things in this world that can rival the feeling of complete and utter satisfaction as you slurp down a big bowl of creamy chicken pasta!...

Chicken soup can be made in so many ways. For years I never followed any particular recipe. I would just prepare it in whatever way I feel like and is easy for me. But when a lot of people asked me to share a good recipe. I decided to follow this particular recipe & it turned out unbelievably yummy every time I made it. When my kids have cold I make this very often....

Chocolate Modak Rich tasting, delicious with deep flavors of chocolate make these chocolate modak an excellent treat for the festive season. They can be made in numerous ways. The idea is to make the dumplings chocolate flavored by either using cocoa, cacao or chocolate. Over the years I have tried making these chocolate modak in different ways with biscuit crumbs, milk powder, flour, chocolate etc. But my kids love this one with mawa and cocoa powder for the rich and intense deep chocolate flavor....

Make ramen noodles better – faster! Next time you’ve had a long day at work and you have to deal with the question that billions of people around the world face every day what’s for dinner??, here’s your answer: Chow Mein Ramen Noodles. It’s everything you know and love about Chow Mein, except it’s faster to make: 12 minute recipe including prep one pan cooking simple, magic 5 ingredient Chow Mein Sauce veggie loaded – but you don’t even know it!...

This peanut powder can even be relished with plain rice and a dollop of ghee or with yogurt rice. A spoonful of this podi along with the South Indian breakfast greatly contributes to the protein requirement for growing kids as well for adults too. It is also a good stand by when you cannot prepare fresh chutney for your breakfast. Each family has their own version of making this chutney powder to suit their taste....

It’s so tasty, you’ll want to eat it straight out of the pot! Creamy Mashed Cauliflower Mashed Cauliflower made well is seriously tasty in its own right, not just the low carb cousin of rich, buttery mashed potato. Nowadays, it’s borderline “trendy”. I see it regularly on plates served up by up market bistros and fine dining restaurants! So here’s how I make Cauliflower Mash taste as good as mashed potato – without using an entire block of butter!...

Serve with silky cauliflower mash and a drizzle of browned butter for the ultimate gluten free, low-carb meal! Parmesan Crusted Chicken In case you can’t tell from the photo (really??!), this chicken recipe is all about the parmesan crust. It’s crunchy, it’s golden, it’s packed with flavour and perfectly seasoned so other than the teeniest tiniest pinch of salt in the egg mixture, you don’t need to add any salt or other seasonings at all....

A terrific quick bread recipe – emphasis on the word quick! Super easy Cinnamon Bread recipe! I bet it’s quicker for you to get this in the oven than to pop up to the shops for a loaf of cinnamon bread. Truly. Dear readers, this is a quick bread. Emphasis on the word quick. I promise there is nothing tricky about this recipe, and it’s actually quite forgiving. Once I only used 2 cups of flour instead of 2 1/2 cups (sometimes I over estimate my multi tasking capabilities!...