Ingredients: Oil - 2 tbsp onion - 1 (finely chopped) Curry powder - 1-2 tbsp Peanut butter - 3 tbsp Tomato paste - 2 tbsp Chicken stock or broth - 1 1/4th cups Small strip of lemon rind Salt and pepper Spaghetti - 350 gms Method: Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and fry until soft. Stir in the curry powder, peanut butter, tomato paste, stock, lemon rind and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water until just tender. Drain well and return to the saucepan. Remove ..read more

 Ingredients: Shrimps - 1 cup (chopped) Eggs - 2 (slightly beaten with a pinch of salt) Bone stock - 1 litre Soy sauce - 1 tsp Spring onions - 2 (finely sliced) MSG - 1/4 tsp Salt and pepper to taste Method: Boil together all the ingredients except eggs in a saucepan for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add a little water if necessary. Pour the egg mixture over the soup and stir very gently so that the egg forms into strings. Serve with chilli sauce ..read more

 Ingredients: Watercress - 4 stems Green onion - 1 (diced) Fresh dill sprigs - 3 Garlic cloves - 2 (smashed and chopped) Chives - 1 tbsp (chopped) Mayonnaise - 250 ml Port wine - 3 tbsp Sour cream - 75 ml Juice of one lemon Salt and pepper Tabasco sauce- few drops Dash paprika Method: Place watercress, onion, dill, garlic and chives in food processor; blend one minute. Add remaining ingredients and continue blending 30 seconds or until smooth. Correct seasoning and serve with grilled fish ..read more

 Ingredients: Shucked oysters - 500 ml Seasoned flour - 1 cup Eggs -2 (beaten) Light cream - 50 ml Crushed soda crackers - 500 ml Peanut oil - 75 ml Salt and pepper Lemon juice Method: Dredge oysters in flour. Mix eggs with cream; dip oysters in liquid. Coat with cracker crumbs. Heat oil in deep skillet. When hot, add half of oysters and cook 4 minutes over high heat. Turn oysters over once. Using slotted spoon remove cooked oysters and drain on paper towels. Add remaining oysters to hot oil and repeat. Serve with lemon juice and if desired with tartare sauce as well ..read more

 Ingredients: Curd - 1 cup Tomatoes - 2 (big) Green chillies - 2 Fresh coconut - 1 tsp (grated) Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp (chopped) Salt to taste Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Oil - 2 tsp Method: Finely chop tomatoes. Grind green chillies, coconut and few mustard seeds to make fine paste by adding little water. Beat the curd with salt. add ground paste and mix well. Heat the oil in pan; add mustard and allow it to crackle. Then add tomatoes and fry for 2 minutes. Let it cool. Add tomatoes to the curd and garnish with chopped coriander leaves ..read more

 Ingredients: Bananas -4 Butter - 40 gms Rum - 50 ml Brown sugar - 100 gms Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp Method: Peel and cut the bananas lengthwise, into four strips. Dust with brown sugar and saute in a saucepan with the melted butter. When golden brown, pour in the rum and flambe. Serve them by putting four slices of banana in each plate, pour some rum on top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream ..read more

Ingredients: Olive oil - 2 tsp Leek - 1 (washed and chopped) Garlic clove - 1 (peeled and crushed) Dried oregano - 2 tsp Green beans - 75 gms (trimmed and cut into bite size pieces) Cannellini beans - 400 gms can (drained and rinsed)  Small pasta shapes - 75 gms Vegetable stock - 1 litre Cherry tomatoes - 8 Salt and freshly ground pepper Freshly shredded basil - 3 tbsp Method: Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the leek, garlic and oregano and cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the green beans and the cannellini beans. Add pasta and vegetable stock. Bring the s ..read more

Ingredients: Digestive biscuits - 200 gms Melted butter - 25 gms Honey - 150 gms Eggs - 3 Lemon juice- 3 tbsp Pinch of salt Cream - 225 ml Vanilla essence Method: Crush biscuits with a rolling pin.  Mix butter, 50 gms honey and biscuit crumbs by tossing with a fork. Turn into a buttered 8" pie plate and press well into bottom and sides. Chill for 20 minutes. Separate eggs, combine yolks, 50 gms honey and lemon juice. Cook over low heat, stirring all the time until thickened. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Whisk egg whites with salt until stiff, gradually adding remaining honey and ..read more

Ingredients: Freshly boiled potatoes - 500 gms Butter - 25 gms Beaten egg - 1 Hot milk Pinch of grated nutmeg Salt and pepper Egg or melted butter for brushing Method: Sieve hot potatoes or mash thoroughly. Beat in butter, add egg and nutmeg and beat again. Add enough hot milk to make mixture as soft as thick cream. Season to taste. Place in fireproof dish, raising potatoes to point at top to form a castle. brush with beaten egg or melted butter, and bake in hot oven (475 F) until brown.  ..read more

 Ingredients: Eggs - 5 Butter - 25 gms Salt and freshly ground pepper Mushrooms - 100 gms Onions - 50 gms tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp Mixed herbs - 1/2 tsp Method: Make the filling first -  Dice the mushrooms and onions and fry in butter. Add ketchup and seasoning and cook until mixture is firm. For omelettes separate eggs, and whisk whites until firm but not stiff. Then mix 2 tablespoons of water with the yolks and fold in the egg white gently. Pour one third into the pan and fry until lightly browned. Put filling in one half and fold over. Cook the other 2 omelettes the same way. Ser ..read more