A nutritious kebab that is also great on taste! Boiled potatoes, French beans and carrots are mashed in with torn spinach leaves, plenty of coriander ginger and chillies. Shaped into patties, these are deep-fried in hot oil. Eat them hot!
Classic gaucamole made with ripe avacados. The avacados are mashed with a fork and then blended with onions, tomatoes, green chillies and lemon juice. Can be served as a dip with nachos or crudites.
The moment you think of Sizzlers the image that comes to mind is a savoury treat with scrumptious snacks, pasta, noodles or rice, loads of veggies, pungent sauces and perhaps cheese too. Here is something that is totally off the beaten track.
This Carrot Pancake Sizzler is the ultimate treat for the sweet tooth. A moderately hot sizzler plate is loaded with pancakes that are stuffed with carrot halwa and drowned in rabdi. The combination of textures, as well as the complementary flavours of carrot halwa and the milky rabdi, are a real treat to the palate. Surely, a special Occasion deserves a memorable dish like this! A cool and fresh topping that is perfect for serving with crisp and spicy finger foods. With simple, easily-available ingredients, this dip can also be prepared very easily by just blending together all the ingredients. Keep the spring onion and curd dip refrigerated till you are ready to serve, to retain the fresh flavour and cool feel.
Tender asparagus and baby corn topped with a paprika flavoured cheese sauce. It makes an interesting starter to serve with aperitifs.
This is one of my favourite recipes. I store the marinade in the refrigerator to whip up this snack whenever unexpected guests arrive.
Yam and capsicum smeared with cumin flavoured butter and grilled. You can even toss them in a non-stick pan if you are not up to barbequing them.
A rich, gooey, sinful and truly indulgent dessert. Warm, fudgy walnut brownies served with rum marinated fruits, drizzled with chocolate sauce that is streaked with fresh cream. And what is a brownie served without the mandatory scoop of vanilla ice-cream. So dig in and indulge.
This sizzler is laden with a bounty of flavours and spices. A delicately flavoured rice noodle preparation is topped with a smoky, curry flavoured satay, grilled and served with a spicy-sweet peanut sauce and crispy potatoes.
Kebabs are a favourite barbecue food almost anywhere. The spice mixture gives the Mexican flavour.
A treat for mushroom lovers! Cheese, olives and garlic filled mushrooms makes an easy to assemble dish that is perfect for an outdoor party. They also make an innovative side dish to a main course like pasta.
Mushrooms and peas in a delectable barbeque
A touch of the Mediterranean on your barbeque. Basil and garlic complement tomatoes beautifully to create this simple but stunning dish. Select firm and ripe tomatoes for best results.
These melt in the mouth dainty cheese filled spinach parcels are cooked in garlic flavoured butter. Use whole spinach leaves that do not have any cracks because the cheese can ooze out of the leaves during cooking.
A simple and subtle blend of ingredients shaped on a skewer and grilled to create seekh kebabs..... of a vegetarian kind. You can even shape them into tikkis and shallow fry if you like.