Spicy tequila marinade barbecue
top of page
Search
A recipe for a baseline spicy tequila marinade that works brilliantly if you're cooking outdoors over fire or indoors
- Jul 21
- 8 min
Tomato and peanut curry with mustard greens
Another delicious vegan-to-carnivore curry from Southern Africa's Eastern Seaboard, a tomato and peanut curry with mustard greens
- Jun 1
- 6 min
Sweet and sour curry with apple and spinach
Sweet and sour curry with apple and spinach is by default vegan, but its most indulgent versions are lacto-vegggie or include chicken
- May 24
- 9 min
Surf 'n turf with monkey gland sauce
A contemporary take on the Southern African peculiarity that is monkey gland sauce served here with a take on surf 'n turf
- May 10
- 7 min
Chicken curry with mushrooms and mint
This chicken curry with mushrooms and mint is another of the hidden gems of Indian Diasporan cuisine
- Apr 29
- 8 min
Sausage and bacon stew — cowboy chow
Child-friendly, this sausage and bacon stew is truly a fusion dish. Usually made with meat, it's easily adapted to be 100% vegan.
- Apr 21
- 5 min
Sausage with fruit compote, coleslaw and spätzle
An incredibly quick and easy dish, sausage with tangy fruit sauce, is my nod to some of the Baltic flavours I love without in any way...
- Apr 6
- 10 min
Mozambican chicken peri peri curry
chicken peri peri curry from Mozambique, a tasty example of the historic fusion between Portuguese cooking and Indian Diasporan cuisine
- Mar 22
- 10 min
Vegetarian green lentil and tomato curry
a very versatile dish. Its default setting is vegetarian—actually vegan—but its easily combined with chicken or lamb in the final stages
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom
Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom. A near zero-fat dish similar to a chicken korma with vegetarian options.
- Jan 29
- 6 min
Zero-fat prawn and mango curry
This (near) zero-fat prawn and mango curry is surprisingly simple. Another winner based on South African Indian Diasporan cooking
- Jul 31, 2023
- 7 min
Marinaded barbecued monkfish and langoustines
A delicious recipe for marinaded barbecued monkfish and langoustines with a distinctly Japanese influence—based on robatayaki cooking—to...
- Jul 19, 2023
- 9 min
Pumpkin and mushroom curry with eggs
Another South African Indian diasporan dish, this pumpkin and mushroom curry with eggs is easily turned vegan—just leave out the eggs.
- Jul 14, 2023
- 7 min
Lamb curry with coconut, cashews and spinach
A creamy lamb with coconut, cashews and spinach is from South Africa's eastern coast.
- Jun 20, 2023
- 7 min
Chennai lamb and coconut curry
Chennai lamb and coconut curry may take its name from the state capital of Tamil Nadu, but it's is far more South African than Indian
- May 19, 2023
- 9 min
Indian Ocean lamb and fennel curry
Lamb and fennel curry from South Africa's east coast. Typical Parsi cooking, it uses nuts and dried fruit, but doesn't use coconut
- Apr 8, 2023
- 11 min
Surfer tikka masala
A South African version of tikka masala—vegetarian, chicken or beef—rich in the the spices and fruits used in Indian diasporan cooking
- Feb 19, 2023
- 7 min
Harissa, are you better? Are you well, well, well?
A delicious Moroccan dish that combines the smoky, tangy and spicy flavours of harissa whether the veggie or chicken version
- Aug 21, 2022
- 10 min
Barbecue, braai or asado - working at the hot coal face
Barbecue, braai or asado - why outdoor cuisine grilling over hot coals counts
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
Another Indian summer jalfrezi
Jalfrezi is a popular style dish across the Indian Subcontinent. This Indian Ocean version looks to okra as a key ingredient
bottom of page