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Coffee Cake
Love coffee? Then you will love this soft and moist coffee cake . Relax and enjoy a slice of coffee cake with your favourite mug of coffee. Makes 1 x 20cm round cake.
Coffee Cake
Coffee Cake
Ingredients:
3/4 cup caster sugar
150g butter
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cup self raising flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons hot water
2 tablespoons instant coffee
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For the icing:
225g icing sugar
100g butter
1 1/2 tablespoons instant coffee
1 tablespoon hot water
Method:
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius, and grease two equally sized sandwich tine. Add the sugar and the butter to a bowl and whisk until very fluffy and a pale cream.
Whisk the eggs in a mug with a fork and then add them gradually to the mixture with 1 tablespoon of flour each time. Make sure you don’t use all the flour.
Add the rest of the flour and the baking powder to the mixture and fold it in gently.
Dissolve the coffee in the boiling water and add to the mixture still folding. Divide into the sandwich tins and cook for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile cream the butter and the icing sugar until light and fluffy. Dissolve the coffee in boiling water, making sure you don’t add too much water or the icing will be runny and add it to the butter and icing sugar. Whisk and leave in the fridge until the cake is done.
Once the cakes are done and cooled completely sandwich together with half of the icing. Spread the remaining icing on top of the cake. Decorate with cherries, walnuts, grated chocolate, etc.
Curry Night
My family loves curry, so for a treat I made 3 types of curry. I made deboned lamb curry, dhal and vegetable curry to cater for my vegetarian daughter. Served with roti and white rice. I we also had shop bought poppadoms, onion & tomato sambal and dhai with it.
Trio of Curry
Lamb Curry
Ingredients:
Serves 4
500g lamb pieces (deboned)
2 large onions, peeled and chopped
1 large tomato, chopped
4 cloves fresh garlic, finely chopped
About 5cm fresh ginger, finely chopped
1½ teaspoons ground jeera/cumin
1½ teaspoonground koljana/coriander
3 stick cinnamons
5 cardamom seeds
1 teaspoon chillie powder
1 teaspoon tumeric
2 green chillies, chopped (you can add more chillies if you like it hot)
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
2 tablespoons cooking oil
4 medium potatoes, halved
Chopped green dhanya for garnish
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Method:
Wash and drain meat. Heat oil in a large pot add the cinnamon and cardamom. Cook for 1 minute. Add the chopped onions braise until light brown and the onions are translucent, 5-10 minutes. Add spices and salt. Simmer for 10 minutes until spices are well blended. Add meat and cook over low heat until meat are cooked, about 30 – 40 minutes, adding water if necessary. Add tomato and cook a further 10 minutes. Add chopped potatoes and enough water and cook until potatoes are tender, adding more water if a thinner gravy is desired. Garnish with chopped dhanya. Serve wth Roti or braised rice. Serve with atchar or onion & tomato sambal.
Lamb Curry
Tarka dhal is a very popular Indian and Pakistani dish.1 cup red lentils (dhal)
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tsp crushed garlic
½ tsp turmeric
2 green chilies, chopped
1½ tsp saltFor the tarka
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 medium onion, chopped
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp onion seeds / powder
½ tsp chili powder
1 medium tomato, choppedFor the garnish
1 tbsp chopped fresh dhanya
1 green chilli, chopped
1 tbsp chopped fresh mint
Soak the dhal in cold water to cover for half an hour. Rinse until the water runs clear. Transfer the soaked dhal to a deep saucepan. Add 2 ½ cups water, grated ginger, garlic, turmeric, salt and chopped chillies. Boil for 20 minutes or until soft and the has the consistency of creamy soup. Add more water if needed. Keep warm.
Heat the oil in a heavy pan. Add the chopped onion with the mustard and onion seeds, red chilli and tomato and fry for 4 – 5 minutes over medium heat.
Spoon the cooked into a serving dish and pour the tarka over. Stir lightly. Garnish with fresh dhanya, green chillies and mint. Serve immediately with boiled rice.
Tarka Dhal
You can use any fresh vegetables in season for this recipe.Ingredients
2 Tbsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin/jeera seeds
½ tsp coriander/koljana seeds
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
1 tsp crushed garlic
½ tsp crushed ginger
1 – 2 green chillies
3 curry leaves
1 Tbsp roasted masala
½ tsp turmeric/ borrie
1 tsp salt
¼ – ½ tsp chilli powder
1 tsp salt or to taste
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1 small cauliflower, broken into florets ( or half cauliflower and half broccoli)
1 small courgette, sliced
1 large carrot, sliced
1 large potato, peeled and chopped
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Method:
Heat the oil in a large, heavy pot. Fry all the seeds for 1 to 2 minutes until they began to splutter. Add the onion and curry leaves and fry for 5 minutes.
Add the rest of the spices, mix and fry for another 5 minutes adding water if necessary.
Then add all the vegetables and 1 cup of water. Cook over medium high for a few minutes before turning the heat to low. Simmer until the vegetables are tender. Serve with flat bread, roti and garnished with curry leaves. Serves 4
Mix Vegetable Curry
Boiled White Rice
Poppadoms
Curry Night
Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights - Salwaa Smith 
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