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Spicy Toasts
Spicy Toasts
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Here’s a delicious and easy spicy toast recipe for breakfast. Spicy toast is an interesting easy recipe made with just a few ingredients. This simple and easy-to-make toast recipe would be loved by adults and kids alike. Packed with the goodness of milk, cheese and eggs, this is an ideal breakfast to kick-start your day.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
6 large eggs
1 cup milk
2 green chillies, finely chopped
1 tablespoon freshly chopped dhanya
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon white pepper
8 slices white bread
Method:
Break the eggs into a bowl and whisk. Pour in the milk and whisk. Add the rest of the ingredients.
Cut the bread diagonally and soak one at a in the egg mixture. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
Fry the slices of bread until they are golden brown, about 2 minutes each side.
Drain of any excess oil and serve immediately with freshly cut tomatoes.
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Basic Cupcakes
Some colourful decorated cupcakes. I made these using my basic cupcake recipe which I’ll share again with you all.
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Makes 24
Ingredients:
225g soft butter/margarine
1 cup caster sugar
4 extra large eggs
2 cups self-raising flour
Method:
Line 2 muffin trays with 24 cupcake cases.
Add all the ingredients in a large bowl and, using an electric hand whisk, beat together until just smooth. The mixture will be fairly stiff. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases.
Bake the cupcakes in a pre-heated oven at 170°C for 15-20 minutes or until well risen, golden brown and firm to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Buttercream Frosting:
175g soft butter
350g icing sugar
Food colouring
A variety of edible sugar flower shapes, cake decorating sprinkles, etc…
Method: Whisk the butter until smooth and creamy. Sift in the icing sugar and mix until combined Add a drop of milk if the mixture is too stiff. When the cupcakes are cold, spread or pipe a little frosting on top of each cupcake, then decorate to your choice.
Cook’s Tips:
For best results use all ingredients at room temperature. Here’s more tips to bake the perfect cupcake
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla essence for extra flavour.
This recipe makes approximately 24 cupcakes. Here’s my recipe for 100 cupcakes.
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Tuna Salad
Salwaa’s Tuna Salad
I remember my mother making this salad often in summer at lunch time. Instead of tuna she would use tin salmon as well. Absolutely delicious as a light lunch of a hot summers day. Perfect to pack in your picnic box too for those lazy days out.
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Ingredients:
1 tin tuna, drained
1 finely chopped onion
1 – 2 finely chopped green chillies
1/2 each finely chopped mixed peppers (robot peppers / bell peppers)
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Mayonnaise
Feta cheese
4 boiled eggs
Method:
Mix the above ingredients, excluding the hard boiled eggs, in a large serve bowl.
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Mix with a generous amount of mayonnaise, according to your taste.
Garnish with small blocks of feta cheese and hard boiled egg cut in quarters.
Serve with crusty bread, crisps and a fresh garden salad.
Variation: Boil 1/2 packet of pasta of choice as per packet instruction and mix together for a tuna pasta salad.
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Sponge Flan
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
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It is summertime and we are blessed with the best and juiciest fruit. Naturally sweet and full of flavour, fruit makes the perfect addition to cakes and desserts.
Ingredients:
3 large eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
4 Tbsp milk, boiled and cooled down
3 Tbsp cooking oil
1 cup cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
Butter and extra flour for greasing the tins
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
Grease 2 small or 1 large flan tin with butter and sprinkle flour over the butter for easy removal of the flan,
In a dry and clean mixing bowl beat the eggs white till stiff.
In a separate mixing bowl mix together the egg yolks and sugar.
Mix until creamy and the sugar has dissolved.
Add the oil to the milk and stir into the egg mixture.
Sift in the flour and baking powder, mix well.
Fold in the egg whites.
Divide into the 2 small greased flan tins or 1 large flan tin.
Bake for 10 minutes in the pre-heated oven.
Cool slightly in the tin before removing.
Leave to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before decorating.
Fill with thick home made custard, whipped cream or caramel. Top with fresh fruit.
Serve immediately.
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Chocolate Chip Banana Loaf
Chocolate Chip Banana Loaf
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
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Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas
2 large eggs
1/2 cup softened butter
1 tbsp milk
Pinch of salt
1 tsp fine cinnamon
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup cake flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and grease a loaf tin with oil.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with the eggs.
Add the butter, milk and sugar and mix with a wooden spoon until the sugar has dissolved. Add salt and cinnamon. Sift in the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda.
Mix until combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into prepared tin.
Put in the middle shelf of the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean and the loaf is nicely browned.
Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes and then remove the loaf and cool completely on a cooling rack.
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Green Bean and Lamb Stew
Salwaa’s Green Beans Stew
A simple yet tasty recipe for green beans stew or bredie as we know it in Cape Town. Easy to make, a great idea for a healthy and nutritious meal. Here I used trimmed fine beans. Best of all 3 heaped tablespoons green beans equals one of your 5 a day.
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Ingredients:
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
600g lamb pieces
1 large onion, chopped
1½ tsp salt
2 – 3 green chillies, chopped
1 Tbsp spoon sugar, optional
3 cloves
3 all spice
1kg green beans, sliced diagonally
3 large potatoes, quartered
Green Bean Stew served with basmati rice and atchar
Method:
Wash and drain the meat. Heat the oil in a large pot and braise the onions until deep golden brown.
Add the lamb pieces and garlic and cook until nearly tender about 40 minutes adding water as necessary.
Add the salt, chillies, cloves, allspice and green beans as well as the potatoes.
Cook until the potatoes are soft and tender adding water for thinner gravy.
Serve with boiled rice and atchar. Serves 6
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Always braise meat until very dark in colour, carefully watching it, so that it doesn’t burn to get a nice dark colour stew.
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Chicken and Corn Quiche
Chicken and Corn Quiche – Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
With Ramadaan fast approaching I thought I’d share with you my quick and easy quiche recipe. Mini quiches can be made in advance and stored for up to 3 months in the freezer. My mini quiche recipe is a brilliant and tasty way of using left over cooked chicken. Use polony, fish or shredded meat as an alternative.
Mini Quiche
Makes one large quiche or 24 mini quiches
Ingredients:
3 extra large eggs
2 deboned chicken breast, cooked and diced
1 small onion
100g grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup sweet corn
500g puff pastry
Salt and pepper to taste
100ml fresh cream
A sprinkle of dried herbs
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Method:
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
Lightly grease a baking tin/Pyrex with butter
In a bowl, mix the eggs, chicken pieces, onion, corn, cheese, cream, salt and pepper with a fork until mixed together well.
Roll the pastry to fit your Pyrex. Line your dish with the pastry, cutting the excess pieces off or line your muffin tin or foil cases with pastry using a cookie cutter or glass to fit.
Spoon the chicken mixture on top of the pastry. Top with extra cheese, optional. Sprinkle the dried herbs on top. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
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Dried Fish and Cabbage
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
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As we discovered on our recent trip to Portugal, Bacalhau (salted cod fish), is the most popular ingredient in Portuguese cooking. Traditionally there are more than 365 different dishes, one for each day of the year.
Salted Cod – Bacalhau
This reminded me of the dried snoek and cabbage bredie my grandmother and aunty used to make. So naturally we bought a small piece of salted cod which is similar to hake as we know it.
So today I share my grandmother’s recipe with you. What are your memories of this dish?
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Ingredients:
1 medium cabbage
300g saltfish
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
2 green chillies, or according to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into half
Salt, if needed
Salted Cod – Bacalhau
Method:
Soak the salt fish in water for about 30 minutes to remove excess salt.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the onions and garlic, sauté until golden brown.
In the meantime slice or shred the cabbage finely.
When the onion is nice and golden, add the cabbage, potatoes, chillies and pepper.
Stir and cook until the potatoes is almost soft. Add drops of water if needed.
The cabbage must be a deep golden brown.
Strain the fish in a colander, pick or cut the fish into small pieces.
Add the fish to the cabbage, stir gently to combine.
Simmer a further 10 minutes.
Taste for salt and add according to you taste buds.
Serve with white rice, homemade blatjang or lemon atchar.
Here’s my complete recipe:
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Ingredients:
1 medium cabbage
300g saltfish
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
2 green chillies, or according to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into half
Salt, if needed
Method:
Soak the salt fish in water for about 30 minutes to remove excess salt.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the onions and garlic, sauté until golden brown.
In the meantime slice or shred the cabbage finely.
When the onion is nice and golden, add the cabbage, potatoes, chillies and pepper.
Stir and cook until the potatoes is almost soft. Add drops of water if needed.
The cabbage must be a deep golden brown.
Strain the fish in a colander, pick or cut the fish into small pieces.
Add the fish to the cabbage, stir gently to combine.
Simmer a further 10 minutes.
Taste for salt and add according to you taste buds.
Serve with white rice, homemade blatjang or lemon atchar.
Cook’s Note:
Use dried snoek or 2 tins tuna
I used a “spitskop” cabbage
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Dried Fish and Cabbage
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
From My Kitchen To Yours – keeping our heritage alive since 2011!
As we discovered on our recent trip to Portugal, Bacalhau (salted cod fish), is the most popular ingredient in Portuguese cooking. Traditionally there are more than 365 different dishes, one for each day of the year.
Salted Cod – Bacalhau
This reminded me of the dried snoek and cabbage bredie my grandmother and aunty used to make. So naturally we bought a small piece of salted cod which is similar to hake as we know it.
So today I share my grandmother’s recipe with you. What are your memories of this dish?
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Ingredients:
1 medium cabbage
300g saltfish
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
2 green chillies, or according to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into half
Salt, if needed
Salted Cod – Bacalhau
Method:
Soak the salt fish in water for about 30 minutes to remove excess salt.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the onions and garlic, sauté until golden brown.
In the meantime slice or shred the cabbage finely.
When the onion is nice and golden, add the cabbage, potatoes, chillies and pepper.
Stir and cook until the potatoes is almost soft. Add drops of water if needed.
The cabbage must be a deep golden brown.
Strain the fish in a colander, pick or cut the fish into small pieces.
Add the fish to the cabbage, stir gently to combine.
Simmer a further 10 minutes.
Taste for salt and add according to you taste buds.
Serve with white rice, homemade blatjang or lemon atchar.
Here’s my complete recipe:
Salwaa’s Dried Fish & Cabbage
Ingredients:
1 medium cabbage
300g saltfish
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
2 Tbsp cooking oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
2 green chillies, or according to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into half
Salt, if needed
Method:
Soak the salt fish in water for about 30 minutes to remove excess salt.
Heat the oil in a large pot. Add the onions and garlic, sauté until golden brown.
In the meantime slice or shred the cabbage finely.
When the onion is nice and golden, add the cabbage, potatoes, chillies and pepper.
Stir and cook until the potatoes is almost soft. Add drops of water if needed.
The cabbage must be a deep golden brown.
Strain the fish in a colander, pick or cut the fish into small pieces.
Add the fish to the cabbage, stir gently to combine.
Simmer a further 10 minutes.
Taste for salt and add according to you taste buds.
Serve with white rice, homemade blatjang or lemon atchar.
Cook’s Note:
Use dried snoek or 2 tins tuna
I used a “spitskop” cabbage
Koesister Pre-Mix
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Chocolate Fridge Tart
No-Bake Chocolate Fridge Tart
Salwaa Smith – Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights
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An elegant chocolate tart. The bright red of the strawberries and the green of the pistachios goes beautifully with the dark chocolate. This incredibly easy, no-bake chocolate tart is made with a simple Oreo crust and rich chocolate ganache filling made with both milk and dark chocolates.
Ingredients:
2½ packets chocolate cookies (Oreo or similar)
100g butter, melted
350g milk chocolate
150g dark chocolate
300ml fresh cream / double cream
Strawberries for garnishing
Crushed pistachios, optional
Method:
Finely crush the biscuits and mix it with the melted butter.
Line a 20cm non-stick fluted loose bottom tart tin with the biscuit mixture. Use a spoon and your fingers to get an even layer into the bottom and edges of the tin. Freeze whilst preparing the filing.
Using a small pot heat the cream over low to medium. Break the chocolate into small pieces. Add the pieces of chocolate to the warm cream and stir till the chocolate has melted. Pour the chocolate mixture onto the biscuit base. Top with strawberries and crushed pistachios. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight before serving.
Cook’s Notes:
It’s best to use a dark chocolate which contains 50-90% cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and sugar. For best results make the tart a day in advance. This chocolate tart will keep, covered well, for up to 4-5 days in the fridge, but I guarantee it wont last that long!
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