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20 minute recipes with easy to find ingredients
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Liquid measures Oven temperatures

Quantity Metric Celsius Farenheit

1 tsp 5 ml 110 °C 225 °F
1 Tblsp 15 ml 120 °C 250 °F
¼ cup 60 ml 140 °C 275 °F
⁄ cup 80 ml 150 °C 300 °F
½ cup 125 ml 160 °C 325 °F
¾ cup 180 ml 180 °C 350 °F
1 cup 250 ml 190 °C 375 °F
200 °C 400 °F
220 °C 425 °F
230 °C 450 °F
 Contents
Introduction   5 Something Healthy 36
Make Breakfast Possible   7 Overnight Oats 37
Reviews volume 1 8 Garden Salad 38
Cleaning Tips 9 Avo Salad 39
Radhaa bil Qadhaa 11 Cucumber Labneh Salad 40
Chicken "Pizza" 41
Something Savoury 14
Sweetcorn Bhajia 15 Something Sweet 42
Patta / Pateria Filling 15 Brioche French Toast 43
Potato Croquettes 16 Malva Pudding 44
Chicken Pie Filling 17 Falooda / Ghas 45
Dagwood 18 6 Min Microwave Cake 46
Tuna Lagan 19 Sweet Syrup Bhajias 47
Brunch Inspiration 20
Pizza Bombs 21 Something for Kids 48
Chicken Tikka Filling 22 Golden Crunchies 49
Masala French Toast 23 Belgium Waffles 50
Rainbow Pancakes 51
Main Meals 24 Rainbow Popcorn 52
Dhall & Rice 25 Shortbread Cookies 53
Chicken Chana Dhall 26 Sweet Treat Inspiration 54
Garlic Roast Chicken 27
Butterless Butter Chicken 28 Something with leftovers 55
Tandoori Butter Chicken 29 Quick Pie 56
Green Chutney Chicken 31 Cake Roll 57
Mutton Akni 32 Gool Goolas 58
Mutton Masala 34 Tuna Potato Cakes 59
Creamy Steak 35
 Contents

Soups 60
Aleem se Haleem 61
Nanima's Soup 62
Butternut Soup 63

Breads & Doughs 64

Homemade Naan 65
Rotis 66
3 Ingredient Dough 67

Drinks 69
Nabeez 70
Sahlep 70
Kheeraj (Rice Pudding) 71
Dalgona Coffee 72

Acknowledgements 73

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without prior written permission of the editor. For any recipe related
queries, kindly contact the person credited.
This version is a FREE soft copy.
 Introduction
In January 2020, who would have thought that we would all be on a stay-
cation, in our homes for 5 weeks, cooking and cleaning all day, without our
helpers. Now that it's a reality, it doesn't sounds hilarious. 

Last year this time, we did not imagine that we would be launching our 2nd
edition of Quick, Simple n Easy Cuisine.

Our 1st edition was launched in February 2020. All profits from the recipe
book go towards the Al Imdaad Foundations project, Make Breakfast
Possible. Over 2000 learners are given a bowl of porridge daily at 37 schools
in South Africa. Our 1st print was sold out within the 1st 10 days of being
launched.

The aim of our recipe books are to provide you with a collection of Quick,
Simple n Easy recipes using ingredients that are easily available in most
homes. Ingredients should not be mysterious in any way. "Quick" meaning
preparation should take on average 20 minutes (excluding marinating,
cooking or baking time). "Simple n Easy" meaning novice and expert cooks
alike should find the recipe melodious and not furious at the tedious
methods.

The selection criteria for recipe submissions was that it should not contain
any fast food brand sauces, nor any branded spices, nor anything dubious
etc. We simply wanted to avoid recipes that were labourious and notorious,
so that you could make something glorious! We are serious when we say,
recipes on this book are really Quick, Simple and Easy.
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This introduction is meant to make you smile. Let your smile be
contagious. Smiling is a form of charity.

The COV-19 pandemic has taught us that life is short and unpredictable.
If someone asks you for your "secret" recipe, don't be malicious and share
a recipe that's fictitious. We do not take our recipes to our graves. Aspire
to inspire before you expire.

If others are curious to know why you are victorious at preparing meals in
minutes - we encourage you to be generous. Share this FREE pdf with
others. Screenshot recipes and post on social media platforms without
doing anything dubious.

To purchase a copy of volume 1, kindly contact us for your nearest agent.

We would love your feedback and suggestions for future editions. All
recipes have been tried and tested by those who submitted them. 

Tag or DM us pictures of recipes you have tried out:

whatsApp +27 81 458 7608
@quicksimpleneasy_cuisine or click HERE

Donate generously to the Al Imdaad Foundation who are providing relief

aid to those affected by COVID-19 globally. Click HERE for their
worldwide banking details.

Umm Yusra Noor M

Burgersfort, Limpopo - South Africa
11th April 2020
 Make Breakfast Possible

As it is often said, a healthy body is a healthy mind and a hungry stomach

is not conducive for the absorption of information. Hungry learners often
struggle to concentrate in class and visit the school nurse daily with head
and stomach aches. Due to pangs of hunger, learners often feel sick
resulting in poor grades and a low pass rate.

In order to address this problem, the Al-Imdaad Foundation, in

consultation with food technologists, dietitians and nutritional experts
have formulated a porridge called “Siyasutha”. This porridge has all the
necessary nutrients and is served to students every morning before the
beginning of classes. This enables them to focus on learning and not
hunger (www.alimdaad.com).

Profits from the sale of volume 1 will go towards the Make Breakfast
Possible project. This book has been compiled by Umm Yusra Noor M, an
independent volunteer who is not employed by Al Imdaad Foundation.
May the Almighty accept all our small efforts and take the Al Imdaad
Foundation to new heights in their quest for uplifting humanity -
Aameen.

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 Feedback
Quick Simple n Easy Cuisine - volume 1

"I just received the recipe book... and I must say,

I am impressed!"

"Buy this recipe book.. You wont regret it. Esp if you're
like me and looking to wing things in a jiffy"

"Every recipe that I've tried was excellent"

"This is the only book that I feel I want to make

everything and I will enjoy making it"

"Recipes are really quick, simple and easy"

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 Cleaning Tips during Lockdown
credit unknown
▪Make your bed and tidy up as soon as you wake up (kids as well) 
▪Establish a routine. Schedule chores for everyone including the kids. 
▪Clean up as you go along. Don't leave things for later.
▪Wash & wear the same clothes. Don't stress if the washing doesn't get
ironed. Fold it as soon as it comes off the washing line & iron as required.
You wont be going out anyway. 
▪Keep a spray bottle with clean green, savlon or dettol & water with a
top cloth for easy wiping of table tops, basins etc 
▪Use minimal dishes in the kitchen. Prepare easy meals. Get the whole
family involved.
▪Wash dishes as they get used & leave to drip dry. Piling them makes
more work for you.
▪Use newspaper for working surfaces before cooking, cutting etc.
▪Pots- while your stove is hot, pour boiling water, bicarb & vinegar in
pots and simmer. It will get rid of grime & make it easier to wash pots.
▪Have snacks, tea time & even meals outside as it eliminates cleaning up
after kids. 
▪Leave left over lemon from cooking or from lemon water in the sink to
keep it fresh & odorless 
▪Keep a bucket with soap & water ready at all time so if kids mess you
can spot clean. 
▪ Use wet wipes for cleaning the toilet
▪Keep detergents in the bathroom with a roll of paper towel... Clean as
u use. Then just mop /sweep on alternate days
▪At night drop domestos/ toilet duck in the toilet & leave overnight 
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Leaving your shoes outside means bringing less dirt inside and then you
don’t have to sweep and mop so often (although with kids  u always have to
sweep)

*Meal prep ideas*

▫wash & cut meat & leave in containers ( e.g. cubed chicken, steak,  strips
etc)
▫grate onions & tomatoes & freeze in ice cubes & use as needed
▫ freeze chopped peppers & cubed mushrooms & used as needed
▫when making pasta sauce, mince, dhals make extra & freeze for another
days meal
▫when making chicken, chicken fillet,  steak, chops marinate an extra
portion for easy cooking on another day. Remember to label your
containers properly. e.g 'marinated chicken-cook with butter'

▪Most importantly let's not forget our *Sunnah* and recite Tasbeeh-e-
Fatima
This would then serve as an ENERGY BOOSTER.

Editors note:
For further meal prep ideas - follow @themealpreprevolution on Instagram

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 Radhaa bil Qadhaa...
Inspiration during Lockdown
Written by S. Hunter - a South African living in Venezuela.
It has been a few months since I've posted on here (Instagram), and that has
predominantly been due to managing my life in Venezuela as well as adapting
to the new journey of pregnancy. To say this year has been one of immense
growth is an understatement.

We are all in lockdown here in Venezuela and have been for some time.
Approximately three weeks or so. But the reality is that this lockdown isn't
much of a shift from our regular lives. And I don't really feel as if much has
been taken away from us. You see, coming to Venezuela over seven years ago,
stemmed from a deep need, a need for deeper meaning a sense of stillness in a
busy world. In South Africa my life was full. So full that I had no time. I spent
hours shopping, curating, creating, talking and meeting people. I miss that so
much. But living in Venezuela has taught me so much. I think many people
living in Quarantine may feel the same. These lessons have led to a deep sense
of identity and a sense of self acceptance and radaa bil qadaa, things that I
would never have learnt on the trajectory that my life was moving at.

At first when we came to Venezuela we tried to replicate our South African

life. We shopped and filled all the holes of family and shopping malls with
shopping and buying things that's seemed oh so important. Then came the
first of many lockdowns, food became scarce. It was a shock. We didn't know
how to cope. We too stockpiled until there was nothing left to do, there was
nothing to stockpile. We didn't have milk or bread or flour or sometimes eggs.
Luxury items were not even a priority. At first, like many in the world we
panicked. We complained, we asked for people to send us stuff from SA and
then we realised that reality had set in, this was now a way of life. Slowly we
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We learnt to make yoghurt, we learnt to make bread, we learnt to find
replacements for everything. But most importantly I learnt how not to waste.
We were so used to finishing things and using things up, but slowly we
understood the ayaah (verses of Qur'aan) that those who waste are the
brothers of Shayaateen (the devil). In those times we found an immense level
of barakah (blessing). It humbled us to understand that barakah was never
meant as alot.

Somehow overnight all the weddings and family gatherings and beautiful
beaches and all the things that we were used to in South Africa were gone. We
had one mall and two smaller shopping centers. We had one park that after a
time also closed down. We would often hear the children sigh, there was
nothing to do. In South Africa you could go paintballing, go Karting, malls
galore and the list goes on and on. I moved to a smaller town and was now
forced to slow down. It almost killed me. I needed busy. I needed people. I
needed to fill the space of my mind. At first we used crafts and hobbys and
cleaning my home and face time. Until slowly when it became a reality, I
finally understood the lesson. The lesson was not the removal of people or
hobbies the focus was to find a stillness that drowns out the world and allows
you to connect in a way that we never have before. It allowed me to learn to
be by myself, sometimes for months on end. To not need to be constantly
entertained and to understand that in that stillness we can find our Rabb
(Creator).

This quarantine might seem like a punishment, but if we can still our senses,
our wants, our needs, our desires we learn to control our nafs (desires) and we
understand why our Prophet (Peace be upon him) loved sitting in the Cave of
Hira. Why he would spend so many hours in a graveyard all alone,
contemplating and understanding that business is this world yet in the
slowing down of our lives we can focus on our real goals and objectives.

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Radha bil qadaa, happiness at the decree of God. Such a large concept. The
last few years have begun my journey and I think we have a lifetime to go. We
sometimes would go to a shop searching for items, filling out trolleys and
elated to find so much of things only to be told by the cashier that there was
no money in the banks so no purchases could be made, other times we had all
the money in the world but no expenses were allowed more than a certain
amount. We laugh at it now. It seems hilarious that life could actually be that
crazy. However imagine having money and all the things you need in front of
you, yet not having the ability to buy it.

We used to shake our head at first and say Venezuela, like many people are
currently blaming the lockdown. Yet after a while I learnt what the people
who live in these dusty jungles have already understood, contentment- that
whatever is to reach you will never miss you. Contentment in the decree of
God.

In South Africa we used to say "maak a plan" . That if you can't find it here a
few calls will get you exactly what you need. In Venezuela I have learnt that
only what the Almighty has decreed for you will come to you. They have a
word here in Venezuela 'tranquilo' people are able to stand in the hot sun for
hours, in bank lines for hours and they do without if they don't have, there is a
sense of calm. There is no need to shout to fight to complain and the amazing
thing is that with that quiet acceptance all the things you need and are
looking for come to you without the sense of urgency or the complete focus
on it.

Your taqdeer has been written out and God will move mountains to bring it
to you, if we just calm down and understand that Radhaa bil qadaa -
happiness with the decree of God is the end goal.
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Something

Savoury

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 Sweetcorn Bhajia
Recipe credit Roshan Abdul Carim

Ingredients
1 tin creamstyle sweetcorn
1 x large egg or 2 small ones
1 tsp salt
1 tsp crushed green chillies
1 bunch chopped dhania
(coriander)
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ cups flour
Method
1. Mix all ingredients to form a batter.
2. Fry spoons full in deep hot oil.
3. Drain on paper towel.
4. Serve with chutney or sauce of your
choice.
5. Best enjoyed immediately.

Patta / Pateria Filling

Recipe credit Hassina Kathrada

Ingredients Method
2 onions, chopped 1. Sauté onions in oil or ghee.
¼ tsp jeero (cumin) 2. Add jeero and garlic. Braise well.
1 tsp garlic
3. Add chopped patta roll. Mix well until
1 patta roll, chopped
mushy.
¼ cup vinegar 
¼ cup sugar  4. Add vinegar, sugar, green chillies, salt and
green chilies sweetcorn.
salt to taste  5. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
¼ cup creamstyle sweetcorn  6. Add in fresh cream and dhania.
¾ cup fresh cream  7. Fill pastry cups, pies or spring rolls.
fresh dhania (coriander),
chopped
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Potato and Cheese Croquettes
Recipe & picture credit Maseeha Salejee
IG @bitesofyummy_

Ingredients Method
5 potatoes 1. Boil potatoes with turmeric.
¼ tsp turmeric 2. Mash potatoes and add remainder of
1 tsp salt
ingredients excluding cheese.
1 tsp fresh green chillies
3. Flatten potato mixture in your palm and
1 tsp crushed jeero (cumin)
2 Tblsp mayonnaise add the block of cheese.
1 tsp crushed garlic 4. Roll into a ball or ovals.
fresh dhania (coriander), 5. Freeze until firm then dip in egg and
chopped bread or cornflake crumbs (I prefer to
cheese cubes double coat so it doesn’t burst at all when
frying).
6. Fry in shallow oil over medium heat and
serve

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 Chicken Pie Filling
Recipe & picture credit Reezwanah Seedat
Ingredients
1 kg chicken fillets (6 pieces),
cubed
1 onion, finely chopped
4 Tblsp oil or ghee
1 Tblsp ginger garlic
1 tsp green chillies, crushed
2 tsp chilli powder
salt to taste
pinch of turmeric
½ tsp ground jeero (cumin)
4 -5 Tblsp tomato puree
½ cup chilli sauce
dhania (coriander), chopped
Coloured sesame seeds:
1 cup sesame seeds
4 - 5 different food colourings
IG @treetz_by_reez
Method
1. Sauté onions in oil or ghee until golden.
2. Add cubed chicken, salt, turmeric, green
and red masala. Allow to cook for few
minutes.
3. Add in the rest of the ingredients
excluding the chilli sauce. Do not dry or
over cook the chicken.
4. Once chicken is cooked, add chilli sauce
and dhania. Sauces and spices can be
adjusted to suit you.
Coloured sesame seeds
1. Seperate sesame seeds in 4 or 5 different
bowls.
2. Colour each batch a different colour.
3. Place the different coloured seeds in rows
on a baking tray lined with wax paper.
4. Bake on 110 degrees for a few minutes.
5. Leave to dry completely. Store in an
airtight container
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 Dagwood
Recipe & picture credit Sara Essop
IG @southafricahalaal

Ingredients Method
3 slices bread, buttered 1. In a non-stick frying pan, fry burger
1 burger patty patty, polony and egg (turnover-style).
1 slice polony
Use the same pan for everything.
1 egg
2. Fry the chips separately.
1 potato, sliced into chips 
grated cheese 3. Place 1 slice of bread on the frying pan.
tomato sauce Top it with polony, egg, some chips and
mustard sauce grated cheese.  Add tomato sauce and
lettuce mustard sauce. Top with another slice.
4. Flip the sandwich over. 
5. On the slice of bread facing upward, place
a piece of lettuce, the burger patty, some
chips, grated cheese, tomato and mustard
sauce. Top with the third slice of bread.
6. Flip the whole sandwich over and serve
once golden brown.

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 Tuna Lagan
Recipe & picture credit Lutfiyya Monga

Ingredients Method
2 slices bread 1. Braise together bread and milk like a
1 cup milk porridge with butter.
2 Tblsp butter or ghee
2. Squeeze all water out from grated onion.
1 tin tuna, drained
3. Mix all ingredients together.
1 onion, grated
1 cup cheese 4. Bake at 180°C for 25 mins in a greased
salt and pepper to taste oven proof casserole.
green chillies to taste
handful dhania (coriander),
chopped
3 eggs

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 Brunch Inspiration

Tuna, corn, avo & cheese Omelette Pizza

IG: @hunger_games_foodie IG: @binge_blogger

Shakshouka / Masala eggs Fried sandwiches

Overnight Oats Brioche French Toast

IG: @modestmunchies 20 IG: @anisagrams
 Pizza Bombs
Recipe & picture credit Maseehah Bodiat
IG: @maseehah_bodiat
Ingredients Method
¾ cup flour 1. Mix the flour, baking powder, garlic, salt
1 tsp baking powder and pepper.
½ tsp crushed garlic
2. Add in the milk and egg.
salt and pepper to taste
3. Mix well.
¾ cup milk
1 egg, beaten 4. Add in the cheese, polony and green or
½ cup cheese red pepper.
½ cup polony, chopped 5. Mix well and leave for 10 minutes.
¼ cup finely chopped green or 6. Put spoonsful into a greased muffin pan.
red pepper 7. Insert a cube of cheese into each pizza
mixed dried herbs
bomb.
8. Sprinkle dry parsley.
9. Bake at 170°C until done.
10. Serve with chutney or sauce of your
choice.

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 Chicken Tikka Filling
Recipe & picture credit Reezwanah Seedat
IG @treetz_by_reez
Ingredients Method
3 chicken fillets, cubed 1. Add all ingredients excluding dhania to a
¼ cup oil pot and cook on medium heat until done.
2 tsp chilli powder
2. Add more sauce if desired once done.
1 tsp dhana jeero (corainder cumin
3. Filling can be used for pies, pizzas, subs,
powder)
squeeze of lemon pides etc.
salt to taste
½ tsp ginger garlic
½ cup tikka sauce or any chilli sauce
dhania (coriander), chopped

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 Masala French Toast
Recipe & picture credit Zoya Pathan
IG @the_kitchen_girl
Ingredients Method
3 eggs 1. Heat a non-stick pan with little oil on
1 ½ tsp maziena (½ tsp per egg) medium heat.
6 Tblsp milk (2 Tblsp per egg)
2. Dip each slice of bread into the egg
¾ tsp baking powder (¼ tsp
mixture and coat well.
per egg)
green chilli paste to taste 3. Add the coated bread to the pan and cook
salt to taste until golden and puffed on both sides.
½ tsp dhana jeero (coriander 4. Serve hot with sauce.
cumin powder)
¼ tsp turmeric powder
3 Tblsp fresh dhania
(coriander), chopped
½ tsp garam masala (mixed
spice)
1 tsp garlic paste

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Main

Meals

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 Dhall and Rice
Original recipe credit Jameela Sayed IG: @cookingandbakingcreations
Amended by and picture credit Umm Yusra IG: @quicksimpleneasy_cuisine
Ingredients Method
1 cup pea dhall, washed 1. Boil the washed dhall in 1 litre water,
1 tsp salt scoop out the scum that collects on top.
½ tsp turmeric powder
2. Add all the ingredients to the dhall.
1 tsp crushed red chillies
3. Simmer on medium heat until dhall is
½ tsp sugar
cooked and mushy.
Tempering 4. Add more water if needed.
2 Tbls ghee 5. When the dhall is thickened and almost
1 tsp whole jeero (cumin) smooth, blend with a stick blender.
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 whole dried red chilli
Tempering
1 Tbls fried onions or 1 small
onion 1. Heat the ghee in a saucepan, add the
mustard and jeero seeds and allow to
chopped dhania (coriander) splatter.
chopped shallot (spring onion) 2. Add the dried chilli and onions.
3. Fry for a few seconds.
4. Pour over dhal and stir well.
5. Garnish with dhania and shallot.

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 Chicken Chana Dal
Recipe & picture credit Anisa
IG @anisagrams
Ingredients Method
1 ¼ cup chana (gram) dhal, soaked 1. Soak chana dhal for a few hours or you
3 Tblsp oil can, par boil. 
2 onions, chopped
2. In a preheated pot pour in oil, add the
cinnamon sticks
whole spices and chopped onions.
whole black pepper
1 tsp jeero (cumin) seeds 3. Cook onions until golden.
1 chicken cut into pieces 4. Add chicken and ginger garlic paste. Mix
2 tomatoes and cover with pot lid. Allow to cook
6 Tblsp chopped tomatoes until chicken is cooked through.
1 Tblsp ginger garlic paste 5. Slit a cross at the bottom of the tomatoes.
1 Tblsp dhania (coriander) powder
Blanch the tomatoes in hot water until
1 tsp jeero (cumin) powder
1 tsp turmeric powder the skin can easily be removed. 
1 tsp chilli powder 6. Chop the tomatoes and add to the
salt chicken, also add in the tin tomatoes,
fresh dhania (coriander), chopped spices and salt to taste. 
7. Add chana dhal and enough water to
cover the chana and chicken. Stir gently. 
8. Cover and cook on low to medium heat
for 20 minutes, checking and stirring
occasionally. 
9. When water has reduced and the oil
comes through to the top you are ready to
serve. Garnish with chopped coriander.
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 Garlic Roast Chicken
Recipe & picture credit Jameela Sayed
IG: @cookingandbakingcreations

Ingredients
1 kg chicken (leg quarters)
1 Tblsp ginger garlic paste
1 Tblsp lemon juice
1 heaped tsp salt
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp crushed dhana (coriander 3. Bake in a preheated oven 180°C, bottom
seeds)
1 tsp crushed jeero (cumin)
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp saumf (fennel) seeds
Method
1. Marinate the chicken with all the
ingredients (excluding garlic butter) for a
few hours.
2. Set the chicken on an oven tray lined with
foil.
shelf for 35 minutes.
4. Change oven setting to grill, brush
chicken with garlic butter and grill for a
few minutes.

Garlic butter 5. Enjoy with puris.

60 g butter
1 Tbsp freshly chopped garlic
1 tsp lemon juice
finely chopped dhania
(coriander)
Garlic butter
1. Melt the butter in a pan
2. Add the garlic and saute for a few
minutes
3. Add lemon juice and dhania and bring to
a boil.

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 Butterless Butter Chicken
Recipe credit Fawzia Khamissa Jagot
Picture credit Humeira Khamissa Khatri IG: humeira_khamissa_khatri

Ingredients Method
1 kg chicken fillets, each fillet 1. Heat coconut oil in flat pot.
cut into 4 or 5 cubes  2. Add ginger-garlic and garlic. Allow to
2 Tblsp solid coconut oil 
sizzle.
1 Tblsp ginger-garlic 
3. Add chicken pieces.
1 tsp garlic 
1 Tblsp chilli powder  4. Add chilli powder and toss gently.
1-1 ½ cups tomato puree  5. Add puree and cook on medium to high
1 ½ cups coconut cream  heat.
fresh dhania (coriander), 6. When braised, add coconut cream.
chopped 7. Bring to a boil then allow to cook on low
2 whole green chillies   
for a few minutes.

Vagaar (Tempering) 8. Add dhania and green chillies.

1 Tblsp coconut oil 9. Fry vagaar ingredients in coconut oil.
few sprigs curry leaves  10. Add to pot.
1 tsp mustard seeds  11. Cover pot and toss to infuse all the spices.
1 tsp jeero (cumin) 12. Heat through and switch off. 
13. Serve with either roti, naan, pitas or jeero
rice.

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 Tandoori Butter Chicken
Original recipe credit Shazia Adam IG:@allthingsnice_by_s
Adapted by and picture credit Noorshad Mia

Ingredients Step 4
1 kg chicken fillets, washed & 4 tsp tomato paste
cubed 2 tsp red masala paste
1 tsp chilli powder
Step 1 1 tsp turmeric
2 tsp crushed garlic 1 tsp dhana jeero (coriander cumin powder)
2 small cubes ginger
2 green chillies Step 5
pinch saffron 1 cup fresh cream
juice of 1 lemon
fresh dhania (coriander) for garnishing
Step 2
1 cup yoghurt See next page for method
4 tsp dhana jeero (coriander
cumin powder)
2 tsp chilli powder
¾ tsp cinnamon powder
salt to taste

Step 3
4 Tblsp butter or ghee
peppercorns
whole elachi (cardomom)
cloves
star anise
2 whole green chillies, slit
1 tsp ginger garlic masala or paste
1 onion, chopped 29
 Tandoori Butter Chicken
(continued)
Detailed Method:
1. Combine step 1 & 2 to form a marinade.
2. Marinate chicken for 1 hour (if possible).
3. Soak wooden skewers in water for 15 minutes to prevent from burning.
4. Thread chicken cubes through skewers.
5. Put oven on grill setting and grill skewed chicken for +- 20 minutes,
turning every 5 minutes to get even cooking.
6. Remove chicken from oven and set aside.
7. In a pot add ingredients from step 3 and braise until onion are browned.
8. Add in ingredients from step 4 and braise for a few minutes.
9. Add fresh cream and cook for a further few minutes.
10. Add in grilled chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.
11. Garnish with freshly chopped dhania and serve with roghni naan.

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 Green Chutney Chicken
Recipe & picture credit Zurayda
IG @whip_it_up_with_zee
Ingredients
1 kg chicken fillets, cubed or
1 whole chicken with slits on the
fleshy parts
2 cups yoghurt
2 Tblsp crushed garlic
salt to taste
2 whole green chilles
½ bunch fresh dhania (coriander)
handful fresh curry leaves
few fresh mint leaves
2 tsp jeero (cumin) powder
2 drops green gel colouring
75 g butter
2 tsp maziena (corn flour) mixed
in a little cold water
Method
1. Pour half the yoghurt into a blender and
add garlic, green chillies, mint, curry
leaves, dhania, salt, jeero, green colouring.
2. Blitz until herbs are fine.
3. Pour in the balance of the yogurt and
blend with a spoon, ensuring that you
have a green colour.
4. Marinate your chicken for an hour
(preferably) or marinate for 15 minutes.
5. Layer in a pot and cut the butter over the
chicken.
6. Cook on a medium heat until done.
7. Lastly add your maziena mixture and give
it a quick stir to thicken the sauce.
8. Serve with puri or roti.
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 Mutton Akni
Recipe & picture credit Marriam Sayed
IG @foodeva_marsay
Ingredients Method
1 Tblsp whole jeero (cumin) 1. Dry roast the whole jeero in a pan, until
⁄ cup oil darker brown and ‘smoking’
1 Tblsp ghee (optional) 2. Heat oil or ghee in a large pot and fry
2 onions, thinly sliced onions on high heat. When the onions are
1 kg lamb or mutton pieces,
just turning a golden brown, add in the
cleaned, washed, drained
roasted jeero to the onions.
2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
3. Allow the onions and jeero to fry a little
1-2 pieces cinnamon sticks more, until onions are a dark brown colour
½ tsp elachi (cardamom) powder (almost burnt).
½ cup yoghurt 4. Add in the ginger and garlic marinated
½ tsp turmeric meat pieces to the pot. Stir well. Lower heat
2 tsp chillie powder setting to medium. Allow meat to braise in
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder it’s own juices, until water is almost
1 tsp dhana jeero (coriander evaporated (+/- 5 minutes). The meat pieces
cumin powder) will become brown in colour.
1 tsp garam masala (mixed spice)
5. Move the pot off the heat and add all spices
1 tsp salt (+ additional 1-2
and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir through well and
teaspoon for rice)
put the pot back onto heat source, and
1 large tomato, grated allow to come to a simmer.
1 Tblsp tomato paste 6. Add tomato, tomato paste and water. Let
¼ cup water the meat cook on medium heat, for 10-15
2 ½ cups rice (wash and soak in minutes, or until meat is just becoming
hot water until needed) tender.
2-3 potatoes, cut in quarters
pinch of sugar 32
 or until meat is just becoming tender.
7. Drain excess water from the soaked rice. Add
the rice, potatoes and +/-1-2 teaspoon salt.
Add 1 teaspoon salt, then taste as the cooking
process continues
8. Fill the pot with 2 cups or more water, just
enough to cover the rice and potatoes. Allow
the Akhni to gently cook on low heat, approx.
40-50 minutes. Keep checking to see if more
water is needed, allowing potatoes and meat
to cook through well.  Add in 2 tablespoon
chopped mint and coriander leaves, just
before the dish is done.    
9. Serve hot, with a side of tomato sambals,
salads and dhania and mint yoghurt.

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 Mutton Masala
Recipe & picture credit Zoya Pathan
IG @the_kitchen_girl
Ingredients
500 g leg mutton pieces
I Tblsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp turmeric
green chilli paste to taste
salt to taste
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 medium tomato, liquidised
1 Tblsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp turmeric
salt to taste
chilli powder
1 tsp dhana (coriander) powder
½ tsp jeero (cumin) powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp whole jeero (cumin)
I Tblsp fresh dhania (coriander), and the mixture resembles a paste like
chopped
Method
1. Cook the mutton with ginger garlic,
turmeric, green chillies and salt using
minimal amount of water.
2. Remove any excess water once mutton is
cooked and keep aside for later.
3. Heat some oil in a pan. Add onion and fry
until golden brown.
4. Add whole jeero and ginger garlic paste.
5. Saute until the raw smell diminishes.
6. Add in all your spices now and fry for a
minute on medium heat.
7. Once you get a fragrant aroma, add in
tomato and allow to fry until the oil splits
consistency.
8. Add in cooked mutton pieces.
9. Mix well and saute until the masala paste
has coated the meat.
10. Add the water from your boiled meat and
cook to your preferred gravy consistency.
11. Add the chopped dhania and allow to
cook on low heat for 15 minutes.
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 Creamy Steak
Recipe & picture credit Zurayda
IG @whip_it_up_with_zee
Ingredients Method
1 kg fillet steak 1. Marinate steak with all the ingredients for
2 Tblsp crushed garlic an hour or longer if you can.
½ tsp green chilli paste or crushed
2. Heat ghee and add the steak pieces.
green chillies
3. Cook until steak is soft, adding water to
2 Tblsp tomato sauce
2 Tblsp chilli sauce cook the steak about one cup water in
Juice of half a lemon total (do not add all at once).
1 tsp chilli powder 4. Heat fresh cream on the stove add a
½ tsp coarse red chillies teaspoon of chopped dhania and garlic
1 tsp mustard powder (optional) sauce or garlic.
salt to taste
5. Pour over cooked steak just before

¼ cup ghee serving.

+- 1 cup water 6. Serve with creamy vegetables.
½ cup fresh cream
1 Tblsp garlic sauce or 1 tsp Tip: The key to cooking steak, cook it on
crushed garlic medium heat adding a little water in
fresh dhania, chopped
intervals.

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Something

Healthy

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 Overnight Oats
Recipe & picture credit Faaiza Osman, Australia
IG @modest_munchies

Ingredients Method
1 cup oats
1 ¼ cup milk of your choice
4 dates
2 Tblsp chopped almonds
honey or peanut butter (optional)
1. In a bowl add your oats, almonds, dates
and milk.
2. Set aside in the fridge for a few hours or
overnight.
3. Alternatively you could mix the milk and
oats and top with the almonds and dates
(as in the picture below).
4. Sweeten with honey and add peanut
butter.

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 Garden Salad
Recipe & picture credit Khadija Joosab

Ingredients Method
4 leaf salad  1. Layer fruit and vegetables in a serving
mini Rosa tomatoes  bowl.
carrot cucumber 
2. Fry topping ingredients in oil for 30
green peppers
seconds.
red onions 
strawberries  3. Mix dressing ingredients and pour over
pineapple  salad.

Topping 
sesame seeds 
almonds 
pecans 
cashews 
¼ tsp crushed red chillies 
salt  

Dressing
1 ½ cup mayonnaise 
1 ¼ tsp garlic 
1 ½ tsp chilli powder 
½ tsp salt 
½ tsp mixed herbs
½ tsp parsley 
½ tsp white pepper or black 
¼ cup sugar 
1 Tblsp honey 
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2 Tblsp oil
 Avo Salad
Recipe & picture credit Ayesha Randeree IG: @recipes_by_ayesha

Ingredients Method
1 -  2 cups greek yoghurt 1. Blitz all ingredients except the avocado
garlic until smooth.
green chillies
2. Pour yoghurt mixture over the cubed avo.
salt and pepper
3. Toss well to coat avo.
lemon juice
a few drops green colouring 4. Place in serving bowl.
fresh dhania (coriander), chopped 5. Garnish with dhania and pomegranate
2 avocados, peeled and cubed seeds

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Cucumber Labneh Salad
Recipe & picture credit Ayesha Randeree IG: @recipes_by_ayesha

Ingredients Method
2 cups labneh or greek yoghurt 1. Mix together all ingredients excluding
salt to taste cucumber.
½ tsp crushed black pepper
2. Place onto a serving plate.
2 Tblsp lemon juice
3. Top with baby cucumber shavings.
1 - 2  Tblsp finely chopped dill
(optional) 4. Garnish with more chopped dill.
1 Tblsp mint leaves chopped 5. Serve chilled.
cucumber shavings
Labneh
Labneh 1. Line a fine strainer with muslin cloth and
yoghurt
place a bowl under strainer.
salt (optional)
2. Pour yoghurt in the bowl (optional to add
salt).
3. Place in fridge overnight or longer.
4. Discard liquid.
5. Empty labneh into bowl and add topping
of your choice.

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 Chicken "Pizza"
Recipe & picture credit Rehana Parak IG: @cookingqueens3

Ingredients Method
chicken fillet, thinly sliced 1. Spice fillet with spice of choice and fry.
red, green and yellow peppers, 2. Saute onions, peppers and mushrooms, set
cubed
aside.
onions, cubed
3. Set fried fillet on baking tray and spread
mushrooms, cubed (optional)
tomato sauce mayonnaise.
sweet chilli sauce 4. Mix together tomato and sweet chilli
mayonnaise sauce. Spread on the fried fillet, then put
cheese the onion mixture on top and spread
origanum cheese.
5. Sprinkle with origanum on top and bake
until cheese melts.

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Something

Sweet

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Brioche French Toast
Recipe credit Anisa IG: @anisagrams

Ingredients Method
Brioche loaf or thick bread 1. Combine eggs, milk, cinnamon, sugar.
slices 2. Soak your slice of bread on both sides.
3 eggs, beaten 3. Melt butter in a frying pan.
3 Tblsp sugar 4. Fry the bread on each side for about 1
½ tsp cinnamon spice minute or until golden.
½ cup milk
2 Tblsp butter Caramelised Bananas
Caramelised bananas 1. In another frying pan, melt butter and
3 bananas sprinkle over sugar.
3 Tblsp butter 2. Slice bananas into thick slices and cook
3 Tblsp sugar until golden and caramelized.
strawberries
hazelnut or chocolate spread To serve - top the french toast with
melted caramelised banana, slices of strawberries,
whipped cream drizzle over melted chocolate and serve with
a dollop of whipped cream.

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 Malva Pudding
Recipe & picture credit Maariyah Noor IG: @maariyahscuisine

Ingredients Method
1 egg 1. Whisk together all ingredients.
1 cup milk 2. Bake at 180°C for 25 - 30 minutes.
1 cup sugar
3. Boil all sauce ingredients on medium
1 tsp baking powder
heat.
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 Tblsp jam 4. Pour over hot malva pudding.
1 tsp vinegar 5. Serve with custard.
1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla essence

Sauce
3 Tblsp butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup milk
½ cup water
½ tsp vanilla essence

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 Falooda / Ghas
Recipe & picture credit Fatima Wadee and her mum
IG @fatima_wadee
Ingredients Method
2 cups full cream milk 1. Bring all ingredients to a boil while
1 ½ tsp China grass powder whisking well to avoid lumps.
¼ cup cold milk
2. Once boiling transfer to bowls and
½ cup sugar
refrigerate.
¼ tsp elachi (cardomom) powder
3. Decorate as desired.

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6 Min Microwave Cake
Recipe credit unknown
Picture credit Aneesa Mansoor IG @aniseeds

Ingredients Method
1 cup flour 1. Sift flour, baking powder, cocoa, sugar
3 Tblsp cocoa and salt.
3 tsp baking powder
2. Whisk eggs. Make a well in center of dry
1 cup sugar
ingredients and pour in the eggs and mix.
pinch of salt
2 eggs 3. Mix together boiling water and oil.
1 cup boiling water 4. Pour over ingredients and use an egg
¼ cup oil whisk to whisk lightly till smooth.
5. Grease a microwavable dish.
6. Pour mixture in. microwave on high for 6
minutes.
7. Allow to stand in microwave for 1 minute
then turn out onto plate.
8. Decorate with chocolate ganache.

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 Sweet Syrup Bhajias
Recipe & picture credit Shenny B, Zimbabwe
IG: @the_spice_tailor

Ingredients Method
2 cups flour 1. Place your flour in a bowl which has a lid.
2 ½ Tblsp ghee, melted 2. In a mug add ghee, yoghurt and hot
3 Tblsp yoghurt
water.
1 cup hot water (or more
3. Mix well.
depending on your flour)
2 tsp baking powder 4. Using your hands mix the liquids into the
flour and it will be a sticky, thick batter.
Syrup 5. Cover and leave aside.
2 cups sugar 6. Before frying place a small bowl with
1 cup water water to dip your fingers in so it's easy to
½ tsp elachi (cardomom)
make your bhajia.
7. Heat oil in a deep pot on medium to high
heat.
8. Add baking powder to dough and mix.
Using wet hands or a spoon, drop small
balls of the mixture into the oil.
9. Fry until golden brown.
10. Dip in syrup.
Syrup
1. Boil until sugar dissolves and is slightly
sticky.

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For Kids

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 Golden Crunchies
Recipe credit Bibi Ayesha Kadwa IG: bbak_sunnyside_classics_recipe
Picture credit Sumaya Habib IG: @sumz_habib
Ingredients Method
1 cup flour 1. Combine flour, coconut, oats and sugar.
1 cup coconut  2. Rub butter into above ingredients.
1 cup oats
3. Mix water, golden syrup and bicarbonate
¾ cup castor sugar or brown
of soda. Add to mixture and mix until
125 g butter
2 Tblsp boiling water  well combined.
1 Tblsp golden syrup 4. Spread on greased baking tray and bake at
1 tsp bicarbonate soda 160°C until golden.
handful of nuts, crushed 5. Remove from oven and slice in squares.
6. Switch off and return biscuits to oven and
leave to get crisp.
7. Decorate with melted chocolate and 100s
and 1000s.

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 Belgium Waffles
Recipe & picture credit Ruqayya Essack
IG: the_outsourced_chef
Ingredients Method
¾ cup flour 1. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
¼ cup maziena (corn flour) 2. Combine all wet ingredients in another
½ tsp baking powder
bowl.
¼ tsp bicarb
3. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture
1 Tblsp sugar
½ tsp salt and whisk until just mixed.
1 cup milk 4. Set batter aside for 10 - 15 minutes.
⁄ cup oil 5. Heat the oven to 150°C (this step can be
1 large egg skipped if you eating the waffles
1 tsp vanilla essence immediately). 
6. Pour the batter onto the heated waffle
iron (ours takes about 1/2 cup) and cook
until the waffle is crisp and golden brown.
7. Immediately set the cooked waffle
directly on the oven rack to keep it warm
and crisp - try not to stack them.
8. Repeat with the remaining batter.
9. Serve with butter, syrup and berries.
10. To crisp or reheat waffles, it may be
popped in a toaster for a short while.

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 Rainbow Pancakes
Recipe & picture credit Maseehah Bodiat
IG @maseehah_bodiat
Ingredients Method
2 cups flour 1. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
1 ½ Tblsp sugar 2. Mix wet ingredients.
¼ tsp salt
3. Combine the dry and wet ingredients
1 tsp baking powder 
together.
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence  4. Batter should be more on the runny side -
2 Tblsp oil  if not keep adding milk little by little. 
½ cup milk 5. Pour a few spoons of batter into 4 dishes
and color each one a different colour
using food coloring. 
6. Heat a non stick pan and drizzle 1
tablespoon of each color.
7. Let it cook slightly then pour over the
original batter and allow to cook
completely.
8. Flip over and cook the other side.
9. Decorate as desired and serve with
whipped cream or ice cream.

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 Rainbow Popcorn
Recipe & picture credit S Motala

Ingredients Method
½ cup popcorn seeds, popped  1. Simmer sugar and water until combined
into a thin syrup.
1 cup sugar
2. Add colour of choice and pour quickly
½ cup water
over popped popcorn.
food colouring
3. Toss and place in oven tray to become
crisp on 100 °C for 10 minutes.

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Shortbread Cookies
Recipe credit Aicha IG @eat.a.cloud

Ingredients Method
250 g butter (room 1. Whisk the butter, sugar and flavouring
temperature)  together well.
150 g castor sugar 2. Add flour a little at a time until you can
400 g flour  form a dough.
2 tsp vanilla essence or any other 3. Chill this for around 30 minutes.
flavouring (optional) 4. Roll and cut as preferred. You can also
use straight away but the chilling process
Royal icing helps reduce the cookies from expanding
2 egg whites in the oven.
500 g icing sugar 5. Bake at 150 °C for fan assisted oven  for
vanilla essence or other flavour 10-12 minutes.
colouring of your choice Royal icing
1. Whisk egg whites, icing sugar and vanilla
extract or other flavour until the
mixture resembles a soft peak. 
2. Colour the icing as needed.

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 Sweet Treat Inspiration

Ice cream sandwiches IG:@zakeracasoojee

Strawerries & Cream

IG: @hunger_games_foodie
Cake, Custard & Dessert Cream

BelgiumWaffles
IG: @the_outsourced_chef

Candied Naartjies
IG: @missveiled01

Koeksisters
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with

leftovers

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Quick Pie
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Picture credit IG @quicksimpleneasy_cuisine
Ingredients Method
2 cups cake flour 1. Sift flour and baking powder.
2 tsp baking powder 2. Add salt.
¼ tsp salt
3. Cut butter into small pieces and add to
125 g butter
flour mixture.
+- 1/8 cup milk
+- 1/8 cup warm water 4. Rub in butter to form breadcrumbs.
5. Mix milk and water.
filling of your choice 6. Add slowly to above until a soft dough is
mash potato formed.
cheese 7. Add more liquid if necessary.Roll out on
sauce of your choice
floured surface.
1 egg
8. Divide dough into 4 equal portions and
roll into a circle or roti.
9. Place 1 roti in a large foil casing or on a
flat baking tray.
10. Add filling, mash potato, cheese and
sauce.
11. Close with another roti and seal edges
with a fork.
12. Poke holes with a fork.
13. Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle dried
herbs or sesame seeds.
14. Bake at 180°C until golden.
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Cake Roll
Ex
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te
a
col
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ch Recipe & picture credit Obaidiyah Khan
IG @binge_blogger
Ingredients Method
3 x 80g slabs milk chocolate 1. Break biscuits and add to crumbled cake.
3 cups chocolate cake, crumbled 2. Melt 2 slabs chocolate and add to above.
5 biscuits of your choice (singular)
3. Mix ingredients together.
4 Tblsp milk
4. Add milk to bind mixture.
5. Roll into a cling and refrigerate for 4
hours or overnight.
6. Remove from fridge, melt 1 slab chocolate
and spread on the cake roll.
7. Top with nuts or coconut.
8. Cut into slices and serve. Slices can be cut
into bigger portions.

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rice Gool goolas
hi Recipe credit Roshan Abdul Carim
w

Ingredients Method
1 cup flour 1. Sift dry ingredients and add rice.
2 tsp baking powder 2. Whisk wet ingredients and sugar.
1 Tblsp maizena (corn flour) 3. Add to dry ingredients.
pinch of salt 4. Drop spoonsful in hot oil.
½ cup cooked rice 5. Roll in castor sugar and cinnamon while
still warm.
1 egg
⁄ cup milk
4 Tblsp sugar
1 Tblsp oil

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lad Tuna Potato Cakes
p o Recipe and picture credit Mariam Jakoet IG:@cooked.inc

Ingredients
1 cup potato salad, mashed up
1 tin tuna, drained
½ cup grated cheese
½ cup defrosted corn
1 ½ Tblsp flour
1 egg
1 Tblsp dhania (coriander),
chopped
1 green chilli, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Method
1. Mix all ingredients.
2. Shape into little patties (makes 9 patties)
3. Let it rest for 20 minutes in the fridge.
4. Shallow fry on medium heat.
5. Drain on kitchen towel and serve with a
dipping sauce.

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Soups

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 Aleem se Haleem
Recipe credit Dilshad Parker IG: @hungryforhalaal
Picture credit Aneesa Mansoor IG: @aniseeds

Ingredients
¼ cup masoor (red lentils)
¼ cup pea dhal
½ cup barley
¼ cup chana dhall (gram dhall)
1 large onion
2 Tblsp ghee
whole jeero (cumin)
elachi (cardomom)
cinnamon stick
cloves
2 whole green chillies
2 tsp salt
1 Tblsp garlic/ginger
1 Tblsp dhana/jeero (coriander 6. Add the ground dhalls.
cumin powder)
1 Tblsp chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
600g chicken cut into cubes
Method
1. Soak the dhalls overnight and cook until
tender.
2. Liquidise in a food processor or with a
stick blender.
3. Braise onion in ghee with whole spices and 
green chillies until golden brown.
4. Add the meat coated in spices, braise until
golden brown.
5. Fill pot with water and cook meat until it
starts breaking into small pieces (takes a
few hours).
7. Fill the pot with boiling water and cook all
together stirring continuously.
8. When done add vagaar (sliced onions,
jeero, 2 dry red chillies fried in ghee)
9. Add gharam masala and a handful of fried
onion.
10. Add chopped fresh dhania.
11. Serve with sliced lemon.

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 Nanimas Soup
Recipe credit Shamshad Osman, Australia

Ingredients Method
1-2 Tblsp ghee 1. Heat ghee and add slivered garlic, fry until light
2-3 cloves of garlic (sliced) brown.
1 small - medium onion,
2. Add cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon - fry
diced 
until fragrant
2 large tomatoes (cut in
halves) or 1 level Tblsp paste 3. Add in all chopped vegetables including onion,
¾ cup carrots, diced whole potato and tomatoes.
¾ cup green beans, finely 4. Allow to braise for 5-10 minutes then add salt
sliced 5. Add stock or water to completely immerse all
¾ cup cauliflower, finely vegetables.
chopped
6. Bring to the boil then allow to simmer gently
¼ cup green pepper, diced
½ cup peas (optional) for at least 1 hour.
1 large potato, finely diced  7. Remove whole potato and tomato halves
1 large potato, peeled (remove tomato skins) - mash up smooth and
2 cloves  return to pot.
5-6 peppercorns  8. Continue to boil gently for another 30 minutes.
1 small cinnamon stick 
9. Adjust seasoning and serve.
2 cm piece fresh ginger
salt to taste
TIP: If the soup looks pale, add a teaspoon of
tomato paste to it. You can add pasta or rice to
make it heartier if you prefer.

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 Butternut Soup
Recipe and picture credit Fussiest Foodie
IG: @fussiest_foodie

Ingredients Method
1 butternut 1. Steam or boil butternut with cinnamon stick
1 cinnamon stick until soft.
½ cup water
2. Add water and liquidize.
½ onion, very finely
3. Sauté onion in butter until soft and add to your
chopped
2 Tblsp butter butternut.
½ cup milk 4. Puree again if you would like your soup
1 cup fresh cream smooth.
1 tsp sugar 5. Add milk, fresh cream, sugar and adequate
salt and pepper to taste seasoning.
nutmeg
6. Bring to a boil. If it thickens too much, add
1-2 green chillies
feta cubes more milk.
7. Garnish with feta and serve.

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Breads &

Doughs

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 Homemade Naan
Recipe & picture credit Shazeats IG: @shazeats

Ingredients Method
1 cup warm water 1. Combine the dough ingredients in a mixer
10 g instant yeast and blend for a few mins until a soft dough
(green packet) has been formed.
1 tsp sugar 2. Place dough in a greased bowl. Cover and let
1 tsp salt
rise in a warm place until doubled.
3 Tbsp olive oil
3. Preheat a tawah or a pan to medium heat.
¼ cup plain yogurt
2 ½ - 3 cups flour 4. Divide dough into 15 pieces.
Garnish: 5. On a floured surface, roll out each piece into
2 Tbsp melted ghee an oblong shape.
dhania (coriander), chopped 6. On a tawah or pan grill Naan on one side then
green chillies, sliced place on a tray.
7. Brush the top with melted ghee and then place
under a hot grill so that the naan rises up
cooks fully.
8. Optional: top naan with ghee, coriander and
chili before popping under grill.
9. Serve with curry or kebab of choice.

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 Rotis
Recipe & picture credit Aneesa Mansoor IG: @aniseeds

Ingredients Method
2 cups flour 1. Combine flour and salt into mixing bowl.
½ tsp salt 2. Add oil and mix until it forms breadcrumbs.
3 Tblsp oil
3. Pour in boiling water which has just reaching
+- 1 cup boiling water
boiling point. The amount of water required
depends on the humidity. It's always best to add
a little at a time.
4. Mix until well combined using a spoon.
5. Once it forms a ball, place onto a clean, floured
surface and knead very well for about 5 - 7
minutes until smooth. The kneading process is
important as you should be able to poke the
dough with your finger without it sticking to it.
6. Roll out into a rectangle shape and make
indentations using your fingertips.
7. Smear with ghee and sprinkle liberally with
flour.
8. Roll into a Swiss roll and slice 10 even slices.
9. Shape into bun shapes and roll out thinly on a
floured surface. Heat up non-stick frying pan
and fry using ghee until golden brown spots
form on both sides.

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 3 Ingredient Dough
Recipes and picture credits Maryam Vanker IG:@just_plated
and Sumayya Patel Akoojee IG:@sumi_akoojee

Ingredients Method
2½ cups self-raising flour 1. Combine all ingredients to form a soft dough.
or 2. Allow to rest for 10 - 15 minutes.
2½ cups flour and 2½ tsp
3. Roll out and form.
baking powder
Variations
1 cup yoghurt or fresh
cream Garlic naan - Pan fry it
¾ tsp salt Pizza bases - Bake it for 10 minutes then add
topping
Variations: Baguette - Top with cheese while raw and bake it
for 20 minutes
Manakeesh
Aloo paratha - Fill it while raw then pan fry it as
mozzarella
zaatar spice for garlic naan
olive oil Breadsticks - Brush with egg and bake it
Dhaiwaras - Deep fry and dip in syrup.
Focaccia Manakeesh - Roll the dough out like you would
crushed garlic for pizza. Sprinkle mozzarella, zaatar spice and a
sliced olives
drizzle of olive oil and bake for 25 minutes
Italian seasoning or sea
Focaccia - Grease a pan and spread the dough -
salt
herbs use a pan where the dough can fit into it. Make
rosemary dents with your fingers. Sprinkle fresh crushed
olive oil garlic, sliced olives, Italian seasoning or sea salt,
herbs, rosemary and olive oil. Bake for 25 minutes
and drizzled olive oil thereafter.
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Manakeesh Foccacia

Pizza

Baguette

Bread sticks

Garlic naan

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Drinks

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 Nabeez / Nabidh
Sunnah drink

Ingredients Method 
100 g dates OR raisins (Do not 1. Soak dates or raisins in water for a few
use both) hours or overnight.
1 litre water 2. Drink the water and eat the dates or
raisins.
3. Alternatively, add the dates and water to
your smoothie.
4. Nabeez should be consumed within 12
hours of soaking time.

Sahlep (Turkish drink)

Picture credit Umm Yusra IG @quicksimpleneasy_cuisine

Ingredients
1 cup milk
1 Tblsp maziena (corn flour)
sugar or condensed milk to taste
¼ tsp custard powder (optional)
generous sprinkle of cinnamon
powder
Method 
1. Mix milk, maziena and custard powder.
2. Boil for 5 - 10 minutes until desired
consistency is reached.
3. Sweeten as desired and sprinkle cinnamon
powder.
4. Serve warm.

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 Kheeraj (Rice Pudding)
Recipe & picture credit Shabs Vindhani IG: @hunger_games_foodie

Ingredients Method
1 Tblsp ghee 1. Melt ghee in pot.
1 cup rice 2. Add in milk and rice and cook on medium
1 litre milk
heat until rice mushy. Use a stick blender if
1 tin condensed milk
you prefer a smoother consistency.
½ tin dessert cream
1 tsp elachi powder 3. Lower heat and add cream, condensed milk
almonds, saffron, pistachio to and elachi powder.
garnish 4. If thick, add milk to your preference.
5. Garnish with nuts and saffron
6. Serve hot or cold with puris.

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 Dalgona Coffee
Recipe and picture credit Marriam Sayed IG: @foodeva_marsay

Ingredients
3 Tblsp coffee or milo
3 Tblsp sugar
3 Tblsp hot water
1 ½ cups milk
hot chocolate (optional)
ice cubes (optional)
Method
1. Dissolve the coffee, sugar and water in a
deep bowl, large enough to be used during
whipping.
2. Boil milk and keep aside.
3. Using a hand-held beater, beat the
dissolved coffee mixture, until toffee
coloured, airy and thickened. (May take
about 3-8 minutes)
4. Pour the hot milk into mugs, and top
with the toffee coloured coffee cream. 
5. Dust with a little hot chocolate and serve
immediately.
6. Cold Dalgona Coffee: Use cold milk
instead of hot milk and add a few ice
cubes. Makes for a great iced coffee. 

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