Sometimes all you have in your house are frozen and canned vegetables, and sometimes I like to pretend we’re in a zombie apocalypse and cook as if all we have are frozen vegetables. This is a curry my mum used to cook all the time. It’s full of goodness and flavour and super easy to…
Sweet and Spicy Eggplant
The other night Mr Firehouse and I were having leftover Chinese take-away for dinner. As carefree as I often am with what Mr C eats, I thought it too early to introduce him to MSG. So I cooked a simple vegetarian stirfry with some home-made plum sauce that I knew he liked. You see,…
Moroccan Meatballs with Egg and Tomato
In my humble opinion, nobody does cooking shows quite like the British. Paula Deen, butter and all, has nothing on Nigella. The Pioneer Woman’s frontier is pretty amazing but doesn’t quite have the appeal of River Cottage or Hugh and his curly locks. And really, can anyone compare to Jamie Oliver (the correct answer is…
Almond & Black Tea Cake
In retrospect, Nuwan and I were very unprepared for moving to America. We thought of all the big things like the accents and driving on the other side of the road. But, we totally forgot that we were moving to a country that has a coffee shop around every corner. Tea is something that…
No-knead bread
A few years ago now, hubby and I decided to visit our good friend Matthew in Paris. It was an epic trip but the highlight for me was the bread. Is there anything better than French bread straight out of the hot oven of the local Boulangerie? I think not. I remember sleeping in till…
Maalu Paan
A few interesting factoids about growing up Sri Lankan in Australia. You learn to eat chilli before you can walk You learn to love really hot, really sweet tea in all kinds of weather Mc Donalds is not approapirate road-trip food, Maalu Paan or any other form of “short-eat” is. We grew up going away…
Leek and Beetroot Tart
We’re doing Vegetarian again and I’ve committed to using the last of our farmer’s market haul in the bottom of the fridge. We’ve been left with beetroot and leeks which thankfully go well together. This is actually a really simple recipe, but I made it complicated for myself by making my own “rough puff pastry”….
Kiri (Milk) Toffee
On occasion, at unreasonable times during the night (FYI 9pm is unreasonable when you have a baby) I get the urge to cook or bake. When I was pregnant I would make caramel popcorn at 10pm and then refuse to go to bed till it was all finished. Then I’d complain all night about feeling…
Masala Vadai
I’ve posted a similar recipe before; Dhal Wade, this is just an update on the recipe and some more detailed photos of the “how to” process. I’ve also decided that there is no agreed upon spelling for “Vadai” and have decided to go with a different spelling today. Yield: This quantity made about 60 medium sizes…
akkis kitchen 