Hot and Sour Prawn Soup (Tom Yum)

Note Serves: 2-3 people Ingredients 2-5 shrimp,peeled 1½ cup chicken stock 5 slices galangal ginger 1 stalk lemongrass, cut in 1' lengths 2-3 kaffir lime leaves, torn 1 stalk coriander root 3-5 mushrooms, cut 1 cherry tomato, quartered 2 stalks coriander leaves 1 stalk Saw coriander leaves 1-3 bird’s eye chili peppers Seasoning 1 Tbsp fishsauce 1 lime, juice 1 Tbsp tamarind paste 2 Tbsp thai chili paste 3-4 Tbsp coconut milk Prep In a pot, add chicken stock and bring to boil....

April 9, 2023

Pad Thai Fried Rice Noodles

Note Serves: 1-2 people Ingredients 60g rice noodles, soaked and soft 2-3 shrimp, peeled 1 tsp shrimp, dried 1 egg 1 Tbsp shallot, minced 2 Tbsp vegetable oil 1-2 stalks Chinese chives, cut into 1' lengths ½ cup raw bean sprouts 1 Tbsp roasted peanuts 1 Tbsp pickled white radish, minced ¼ cup firm tofu, diced 1 lime, quartered - on the side ¼ cup water/chicken stock 1 pinch of red chili powder, dried and ground - on the side Seasoning Sauce (mixed together) 1 Tbsp fish sauce 1 Tbsp palm sugar 1 Tbsp chili sauce 1 Tbsp tamarind paster 1 tsp tomato sauce 1 pinch chili powder Prep In a wok, heat the oil....

April 9, 2023

Stir-fried chicken with cashews

Note Serves: 1-2 people Ingredients 50 g chicken, sliced 1 Tbsp cashews, fried 1-2 garlic cloves, chopped 3-5 mushrooms, quartered 1 baby corn, sliced ¼ large onion, diced ¼ bell pepper 1 stalk spring onion, cut in 1" lengths 3-4 dried red spur chilies, sliced in 1" lengths, fried Seasoning 1 tsp soy sauce 1 tsp sugar 1 Tbsp oyster sauce 2 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 Tbsp chili paste ¼ cup chicken broth Prep Add vegetable oil to wok, add garlic, fry until fragrant....

April 9, 2023

Cashew Butter Ginger Cookies

Many cookies use coconut oil. I really try to avoid coconut as a base as I feel it introduces a strong coconut taste - which can be fine - but I really don’t like coconut everywere. You need to put coconut in the name if it tastes so strongly of coconut. Ingredients 2½ cups of all purpose flour 2 tsp baking soda ½ salt 200g smooth cashew butter 50g nut milk 2 tbsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground cloves ¼ tsp ground pepper pinch of cayenne 250g brown sugar ¼ cup molasses 2 tbsp fresh ginger 1 large egg + 1 large yolk 100g granulated sugar (optional) Prep Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together....

December 7, 2020

Low Carb Pumpkin Tahini Muffins

Ingredients 1 cup pumpkin puree ¼ cup ghee or softened butter or coconut oil 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp garam masala 5 large eggs ⅓ cup coconut flour ⅓ cup ground flax seeds Tahini Swirl 2 tbsp tahini 1 tbsp toasted seasme oil salt Prep Preheat oven to 175C. Line a cup cake/muffin tray. Combine the muffin ingredients. Disribute the muffin batter into the tray. Combine the tahini swirl ingredients....

December 6, 2020