A Compilation of Favourite Chutneys

These are my personal, tried and tested recipes,  that I always turn too. Great with any dishes, but more especially with  savouries. A must try👍

Mebos Chutney

(makes 1 bottle) 

3 Mebos Rounds (Chopped into chunks)
3/4 cup Vinegar
3/4 cup Water
2-3 Dried Red Chillies
~Boil the above ingredients until mebos n chillies are soft
~cool slightly then liquidize
~strain using a seive ,to remove most of the pulpy residue
1/4 Cup Apricot Jam (Heat in Microwave until runny) ~Add jam to above strained liquid,in a pot,place back on stove on low
~Add salt to taste (1tsp-level)
for Vagaar/tempering
~heat little oil, add in Mustard seeds, Tal(optional),and sprig of Curry leaves
~add this to the chutney in pot, cover with lid immediately,n switch off stove
~allow to cool properly before decanting into your jar.
~Ready to ENJOY!!! 

(This is a very yummy, sweet-sour,chutney for savouries- Marriam Sayed)

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Green Dhania Chutney

(Author: Foodeva Marsay/Marriam Sayed)

2 bunches Fresh Dhania/Coriander
1/4 cup lemon juice/Vinegar
2 green chillies OR more if you prefer hot
1 teaspoon whole Jeera/Cumin seeds
1 Tablespoon crushed Garlic
2 teaspoon desiccated coconut
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/4 onion sliced
~blend all ingredients in a liquidizer until smooth consistency reached
~bottle and refrigerate ,serve with savouries ENJOY!

(Foodeva Marsay/Marriam Sayed)

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Easy Peasy Red Chutney

(Author: Foodeva Marsay/Marriam Sayed)
1 tomato
3-4 red dried chillies
1 cup tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 sprig Curry Leaves
1/2(half) teaspoon methi powder

Method:
~Soak the dry chillies in boiling water for 10 mins
~boil tomato on stove for ±5mins or until skin starts to peel away
~peel off skin from tomato and liquidize
~now add the dried chillies and liquidize well
~add in tomato sauce,sugar n salt n blend well
~make a vagaar of the mustard seeds,curry leaves n methi powder and add the blended sauce to the pot
~allow one boil and remove from stove
~cool, bottle and refrigerate
~ENJOY with savouries

 (Foodeva Marsay/Marriam Sayed)

Decorative Way to Serve Good Old Custard and Jelly

How to Set Jelly at an Angle

~Fill glass about half way up with prepared jelly.
~Use muffin tins to angle glass and support delicate glasses with kitchen towels, also helps with balancing it in the tins.
~Once is jelly set, Ensure custard is cooled well, before pouring into glass, else the jelly would begin to "melt",
~or if like me you in a hurry, use the store bought Boxed Custards😋.
~Keep Chilled and deco as desired.
💕 Enjoy (Foodeva Marsay)💕

Short-Crust Pastry Pie

There is always a first time for everything right?, just ask Fathima Mahomed. She had for the very 1st time ever, attempted to make a Short Crust Pastry. And by the look of her images sent in, I say she has mastered the skill of making The Perfect, Short-Crust Pastry👌⭐️

Well Done Fathima, and Thank You for sharing your recipe💕👍. 

Hoping you all give this recipe a try, the pastry is Light and Crispy, and looking forward to all your feedbacks on this and other recipes from the blog, you have tried out.😉

Shortcrust Pastry
(Kindly Shared on by Fathima Mahomed)

200g Flour
100g Self Rising Flour
Pinch of Salt
150g Cold Butter , Cut into cubes
6 Tblsp(or more) Ice Cold Water

Method:
~Cut up the cold butter in the flour, using a knife.
~Make a dough with Ice Cold Water
~Do Not over knead.
~Place short crust Pastry dough,covered, into fridge, for 1 Hour.
~after 1 hour, remove pastry from fridge, and divide into half.
~roll out 1 half for the base of the pie, press into an oven proof dish
~Add Filling of choice (find Steak filling recipe attached)
~roll out the other half of the pastry, to cover the pie dish.
~Brush the pastry top with milk and poke holes on top to all steam to escape.
~Bake at 180 Degrees Celsius, for ±40mins or until golden brown.
ENJOY (Fathima Mahomed)

Easy Steak Filling(Fathima Mahomed)

*Cut Rump Steak into small cubes
*Marinate with :
>Ginger/garlic . 
>Cumin, coriander, turmeric powder 
>salt red chillies 
>Worcester sauce, Black pepper 
>mustard sauce and tomatoe sauce
*Cook steaks until soft.
*Cool and use as filling for Short Crust Pastry Pie.(Fathima Mahomed)

PEPPER STEAK - Steak Dish

"WHAT TO COOK TODAY????"
No more stressing,  why not give this steak dish a try, its easy to follow and spices may be altered to what is available where you live. Also very versatile, as the protein in the recipe, may also be substituted to maybe chicken.

Thank You For Sharing On Ayesha

Pepper Steak (Ayesha Twam)

1kg of steak cut into cubes or strips
1tsp ginger garlic salt pepper
1tsp paprika
1tsp chili powder
1 tsp tikka paste
4 tbsp chili sauce
4tbsp bbq spice
2 tsp steak n chop spice marinate n keep aside 4 15min then cook in lil oil n margarine!
Saute Onion rings n 3 coloured pepers in butter n drop over steak  (Ayesha Twam)

DID YOU KNOW

Don't let those niggly little ailments stop you now...Next time you suffer from any of the listed ailments, why not turn to good old TEA 👍

Green Masala

Yet another awesome share. A Recipe shared by Aunty Zarina, teaching us younger ladies, how to go about preparing Green Masala. This can be used in various dishes that need Green Chillies, Or Red Chillies. This type of Masala is almost always found in an Indian/Muslim Home,  stored away in containers, in the deep freezers. JUST LIKE GRANNY USED TOO😊

💕SPECIAL THANKS To you Aunty Zee💕

Green Masala (Zarina Assan)

Take 2 cup green chillies and 
1 cup galic 
~grind in food processor .
~when nicely ground, put in Ά̲̣ dish 
~add 2 tablespoon oil 
~1tablespoon salt..
~2 tablespoon vinegar..
Now freezer ready.
*optional- can add Tumeric powder when grinding.
** Use in Samoosa Mince and Kabaabs (Zarina Assan)

Coconut, Oats and Chia seed Muesli Bars

This Cookie recipe, shared by Zahira, is jammed full of wholesome goodness. Muesli, Nuts, seeds....you know you just want to get a batch going😉. A very easy to follow recipe, I Hope you do give it a try,  and I'm looking forward to your comments/feedbacks below.  Do send through a pic if you decide to whip up a batch.
💕 Happy Baking💕

Coconut, Oats and Chia seed Muesli Bars
(Kindly Shared on by Zahira Salejee)
1/3 cup coconut oil
2/3 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup Natural almonds
1/4 cup black chia seeds
1/2 cup finely chopped dates
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 180
Place oil honey and sugar in a pan over low heat. Stir till melted. Place into a large bowl and add in rest of ingredients. Mix to combine. Spoon into a lightly greased 20x30cm slice pan lined with non stick baking paper. Bake for 25mins or until golden. Leave to cool completely before slicing.

My notes:
I added a combination of cashew, almonds and hazelnuts and used 2tblsp less sugar.
I also added a combination of chia seeds (2tblsp) and flax seed (2tblsp)- (Zahira Salejee)

Bon appetit

Mutton and Veg Stew

We are so blessed to have among our awesome Lovelies, some truely marvelous Women, who have spent many years, labouring away in their kitchens, with Love Of Course, that we can now benefit from them in many aspects of life, most ever willing to part with their family recipes. This post features a Recipe by Aunty Rashida Akoonjee , who took the time to write out her recipe and share on with us.

Thank You Aunty Rashida
💕 MS💕

Mutton n Veg Stew (Rashida Akoonjee)

500g mutton cube and wash 
2 tsp ginger garlic
2 tsp salt 
2 tsp crushed chillies
2 tsp chillie powder 
2 tsp dhana jeeroo 
3 tomatoes liquidized 
4 Tbls tomatoe puree 
Lemon juice 
1/2 cup maas 

-Mix all together in meat n set aside 
-Green beans Double Beans Carrots peas baby cabbage n some gudra cut carrots n beans wash all veg
-In a flat pot add some oil n ghee slice 1 big onion lil jeeroo n 3 pcs taj wen it turns pink in color add marinated meat braise well 5 to 10min add veg on top but do nt mix leave on low heat to cook 
-Cut cabbage into halfs n steep in boiling salted water on stove fr 5 min drain out water take care not to break up cabbage cut n fry potatoes leave aside 
-Now check from side of pot to see if meat n veg are cooked, heat must be slow n don't add water
-when meat is cooked layer the potatoes n cabbage on top let it cook on low till moisture is evaporated
-top with a few green chillies 

Personal Notes
"It's hard to give accurate measurements cause I'm so used to using ℳᵧ own judgement guess I'm from da old school of cooking "-(Aunty Rashida)

                  **   Glossary**

*Dhana (Dhania)/(Coriander)
*Jeeroo (Cumin)
*Maas (fermented milk product)/ Curd - may be substituted with Plain Youghrt.
*"Gudra/Gadra Beans ( Borlotti beans)

Kitchen Tip - Clean-Up of Dropped Eggs

Aamli Chillies

For those wondering..."What is Aamli", here is a brief breakdown of it and can be found at your local supermarkets or Indian/Asian grocers.

The tamarind tree produces edible, pod-likefruit which are used extensively in cuisines around the world. The Tamarind fruit is best described as having a Sweet And Sour taste.

This recipe with pic, was shared by Sajida Jogiat,  makes your tastebuds salivate, even if you not a chillie lover like me. Give this recipe a try the next time you want to add a kick to your normal everyday dishes, Aamli Chillies may be Used as a Relish/Pickle

Aamli Chillies 
(Recipe kindly Shared by Sajida Jogiat)
~Fry any big chillies,round or long ones in a little oil on low heat.
~When chillies change colour add. ~Ground garlic,
~crushed jeera (Cumin)
~Dhania/Jeera Powder and braise again till aroma of spices come out.
~Then add aamli juice, little sugar and salt to taste an boil till semi-dry.
~Enjoy!!!

**Notes**
~Aamli Juice Is made by Steeping The Tamarind Pulp in water.
~Spice Glossary from recipe
~Jeera (Cumin)
~Dhania (Coriander)
~Aamli (Tamarind Pulp)

EASY MILK TART

So I Decided to post one of our very early posts from way back when we started the group, this is an easy Dessert Recipe, Milk Tart OR MelkTert, as it's commonly known as here in South Africa. There are many different recipes out there, lots that actually make a sweet pastry base from scratch, and then there are recipes like these , kindly shared on by Dilshaad Gaffoor, that easily adapts the recipe using a biscuit base.

Easy Milk Tart
Crust: 

1 packet of Tennis Biscuits, crushed
125 g Butter, melted 

Filling: 

500 ml (2 cups) Milk 
Piece of Cinnamon Stick
Dash of elachi powder. 60–100 ml White Sugar, depending on personal taste
2 Eggs
45 ml (3 tbsp) Cornflour
45 ml (3 tbsp) Flour
3 ml ( ½ tsp) Vanilla Essence
30 ml (2 tbsp) Butter
Cinnamon and Sugar, for sprinkling 

Method
Crust 

Combine the crushed Tennis biscuits and melted butter, and press into a pie dish. 

Filling 

Heat the milk with the piece of stick cinnamon to just under boiling point. 

Meanwhile, lightly beat the eggs with the sugar, then add the cornflour and flour. 

Pour the hot milk onto this mixture, stirring rapidly. Return the mixture to the heat and cook, stirring until the mixture becomes thick. Thorough stirring is important to prevent the mixture from catching on the bottom of the pan and to prevent lumps. 

Off the heat, add the vanilla essence and the butter. Stir well until the butter is melted. 

Pour the mixture into the prepared tart crust. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

PERSONAL NOTE:
*I cheated and just piled the mixture onto Marie biscuits , could also use individual tennis biscuits*(Dilshaad)

Welcome Lovelies

Hi to all you Lovelies!!!

I am so glad to finally get this Blog off the Ground, more like out of my mind😋, and get it all down onto an official blog site...WooHoo!!!🎉

What to expect on this blog, is a collection of  Recipes, DIY, Did You Know, Inspirational posts... Anything and Everything that may help inspire YOU. 

Afterall.... SHARING IS CARING (our motto😉)

So here's hoping you all ENJOY this blog, and Please do keep sharing our posts, to help us build an even larger sisterhood.

💕MS💕