RECIPES

INGREDIENTS 800 gm chicken thigh cubed 2 onions finely chopped 1 tomato, pureed 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 tbsp butter, ghee, or oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2cm ginger, grated 1 tbsp Salivate! Butter Chicken Spice Blend 1 cup milk 3 tbsp pureed cashew paste (soak and grind cashew nuts) 1-2 tsp...
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You could be asking is there a difference between Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken? They’re both tomato and cream-based sauces and they look almost identical but they are different. Butter Chicken has cashews and milk and Tikka Masala, yoghurt and lemon - amongst other things. Both are incredibly tasty and that’s why...
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I have always loved the hot and spicy curries my father used to cook for us but as I have ventured into curries of a different kind, korma is fast becoming a favourite. I am in heaven over the mixture of spices, nuts and yoghurt and love it using meat and as...
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INGREDIENTS 1.5kg lamb roast - ask you butcher to de-bone it for you if you like 2 tablespoons of Salivate! Spice Blend 3 - 4 cloves garlic finely chopped 1 lemon 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil salt & pepper to taste 12 skewers if you wish small bunch of parsley chopped...
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Niter Kibbeh a spice-infused clarified butter that is widely used in Ethiopian cooking. If you are Vegan just substitute the butter for Coconut or Olive Oil. INGREDIENTS 450gm unsalted butter, cubed 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion 3 tbsp minced fresh garlic 2 tbsp minced fresh ginger 1 2-inch cinnamon stick 1 tsp...
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Image: Heston Blumenthal So what exactly is Ras el Hanout? Literally translated as “head of shop,” the Arabic phrase Ras el Hanout really means “top shelf.” Legend has it this Moroccan spice blend was created by North African spice dealers who would mix together the best of what they had on offer,...
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  INGREDIENTS 4 cm piece ginger, peeled, roughly chopped 6 garlic cloves, peeled 95 g (⅓ cup) natural yoghurt 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 small green chillies, finely chopped ⅓ cup roughly chopped coriander leaves, plus extra, to serve ⅓ cup roughly chopped mint leaves, plus extra, to serve 1.4 kg whole...
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So how did this Sri Lankan Curry Blend come into my world - and now yours? A customer contacted me and said she and her husband had eaten an incredible curry while in Sri Lanka. She then bought a packet of the spice blend before she finished her holiday, came home, cooked...
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Ah paella, the quintessential Spanish dish loved and eaten all over the country. When I first moved to Spain we ate paella every week and I fell in love with it. My friends and I would lie out on sun-beds looking over the sparkling Mediterranean sea, drink chilled wine and wait for...
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