Easy Recipes for Home Cooks
This simple yet delicious Pomegranate Molasses Vinaigrette turn boring old salad greens into a star. A delightful dressing that adds a burst of freshness and zing to your salads and also makes a great dipping sauce for grilled meats. I particularly love this dressing on salads that have cheese, like […]
Where I come from in the Philippines, although we eat a lot of vegetables specially green leafy ones, herbs are used sparingly in our cooking. Most of the time, it’s just a garnish, a sprinkle or two even just an afterthought. That’s why when I first visited Iran, I was […]
Growing up in the Philippines one of my favourite Eggplant dishes was called Eggplant Torta. Essentially a grilled eggplant omelette, sometimes with added pork, and usually served with tomato ketchup or oyster sauce and eaten with rice. Eggplant Torta does not look very flashy, indeed it’s rustic and not something […]
A tea cake, doesn’t necessarily have to contain tea – they can be any small cake, cookies or sweets served with tea. However, this Earl Grey Tea Cake certainly does! It is moist from yoghurt and full of zesty citrus flavours from the Bergamot in the tea leaves and the […]
It’s hard to get excited about Cauliflower. Just like cabbage, it has that distinctive sulfuric smell that can be a turn off for some people. Although not very colourful or flowery, both broccoli and cauliflowers are two of the most important flowers in the food world. They contain enzymes and […]
This is the quick and lazy version, but no less delicious of the Ash Reshteh (Persian Herb Bean and Noodle Soup). In Iran, although it is loved throughout the year, this is specially prepared for Sisdeh Bedar(meaning the 13th day from Nowruz which falls on the 2nd of April) and […]