“Butter chicken” minus the butter and the chicken, still so very yummy !
I love the flavours of butter chicken, although honestly it may have been all the butter ! This recipe uses all the flavours of the traditional dish and replaces the cream
Middle eastern roasted cauliflower salad with a cool cucumber & mint “yoghurt” dressing , great summer salad
A great little salad for the festive season, everybody likes it, easy to serve, easy to prepare. The cucumber and mint dressing is yummy, add as much lemon as you
Vegetable Manchurian … Indo-Chinese heaven !
A bit of a spicy bend on the Opti Cook hash browns, uses same recipe but in balls with a spicy Indo-Chinese sauce. For all the Manchurian lovers out there,
Nachos ! The last of the flat bread recipes for a while … addictive is the word !
Not one for a mid week meal from scratch, definitely a weekend meal when you have time to go back and forth to the kitchen, to slowly cook and eat.
One pot coconut curry noodles … for when you ain’t got no time for ‘dat !
I ain’t got no time for ‘dat ! Done and dusted in 40 mins including 30 mins cooking time. A one pot wonder, no foffing or fussing around, just chuck it
Spicing it up … Imam Bayildi (stuffed eggplant)
Felt like a bit of something spicy after a few “plainer” delights the past week or so. Called the poor man’s meat, more like a filling optifaster’s heaven ! Slow
First salad … Welcome sun ! Grain-free Middle eastern tabbouleh
Here comes the sun ! Had a casual BBQ lunch with a few family members today, so thought it was time to get my salad hat on. Cannot wait to
Welcome spring ! Pad Thai with roasted “nuts” … Time to lighten up
Lip smacking tasty Pad Thai for lunch today. Have felt like it for ages, but had to think how to recreate all the different flavours and textures. The verdict was
Good old deep fried Dim Sim reinvented !
Well after a rather busy and stressful move, Opti Cook is back in the kitchen ! I’ve been trying this one for a while now, finally got a good combo
Vegan “Kentucky Fried Copy-Cat chicken” cauli pieces – Finger lickin’ good mumma !
This will be my last recipe for a few days, as we are moving house, tomorrow is the start of a series of D-Days ! So, I will keep it
