butter chicken
I remember vividly when and how I fell in love with Butter Chicken. The month was May, the year 2011 the place a small, ramshackle restaurant in New Delhi, India. I had been in Delhi studying since early March of that year and had months to go before heading back home to Cape Town to finish off my degree. Most of the food I had been exposed to in the city until then had not been to my liking, mainly because I did not at the time have much of a palette for hot and spicy food. One day when my friend and I went out as we often did to get out of the campus, I decided to try out Butter Chicken, which I was assured was the dish with the least heat on the menu. I was immediately hooked. For me it was the creamy texture and how the spices were tempered with yoghurt and tomatoes that made this meal a winner. Fast-forward to 2021, I’ve been enjoying this meal for a decade. The recipe below is my take on this delicious meal and I hope you can use it to switch up your chicken meals once in a while.
Scones, Scones, Scones
This is my recipe for yumminess produced in under an hour. These scones are perfect for a weekend or weekday morning. All you need to do is set your alarm an hour early to make sure that you stay in your family’s good books for an entire week! My scones are light, fluffy and golden. The sugar content ensures that they are sweet enough to enjoy on their own and not too sweet that you can’t add jam and cream. I really like adding ½ a teaspoon of cinnamon for that added bit flavour. You can also add a teaspoon of nutmeg for that additional flavour pop. Go on, give this recipe a try and let me know how popular you become in your home.
Parmesan and Thyme Bread
You all probably know by now that I have a thing for homemade bread. For me it’s a labour of love for my family because we all don’t really enjoy the preservative-heavy store-bought stuff. So on some mornings I treat my family to whatever bread recipe I feel like trying out. We usually enjoy the bread for breakfast with bacon and eggs or just with butter and jam, and then later on again as part of our dinner meal. I always try to prepare a dinner that’ll fit with the bread because it doesn’t stay fresh for very long, and we try very hard not to have to throw the bread away. So for example on a cool Autumn or Winter day I’ll make tripe or soup for dinner, which both go very well with homemade bread. Or in Summer I’ll make creamy mussels with a sauce that’s perfect for dipping the bread into. Re-use, re-use, re-use! That’s the message for today. I hope your family will enjoy this recipe as much as mine does.
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