My Simple Eats

Chicken and Red Pepper Cous-Cous

My thoughts… I didn’t try cous-cous for such a long time because I thought it looked funny and now I kick myself because I missed out on such a delicious dish all these years! Cous-cous is a great ingredient to work with because like rice or ...
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Samosa Chaat

SAMOSA CHAAT The next time you make a chick pea curry and have some left over, this is the perfect dish to make the following day. I can’t take all the credit for this recipe because it was actually my husband who crafted this delicious dish. He ...
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Pilau Rice

PILAU RICE When I was learning how to cook, rice dishes were my Everest! I could never figure out how to get it just right and my mum always made it look so easy. The first time I tried to make pilau, I let the rice cook for too long and they ...
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Affogato

AFFOGATO This dessert is for the coffee lovers and it genuinely hits the spot every time! Considering the fact that there are literally two components to this dessert, it honestly couldn’t get any easier. Affogato is simply the combination of a ...
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Kidney Bean Curry

KIDNEY BEAN CURRY Poti Daal or Kidney Bean curry was my all-time favourite curry dish when I was a child and it was one of the very few curry dishes that you would eat with boiled rice as opposed to with chapattis. I also loved rice so this was ...
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake

SALTED CARAMEL CHOCOLATE CAKE I absolutely love Salted Caramel in anything, whether it’s cakes, shortbreads, brownies or ice-cream. It’s such a rich, yet light flavour and the combination of salty and sweet is so addictive. I decided to make ...
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