Hungry for Halaal

The week after Eid my house was in the grip of that most dreaded of winter ills, the heinous villain that has you miserable for days and home from work,...

There is nothing quite as delicious as the smoky taste of that favourite Indian rice dish Akhni, cooked over an open flame. A favourite for Sunday lunch, janaza’s (funerals) and...

Did you get your Oppieberg Certificate for making it to the half way mark of Ramadaan? Friday night marked half way through Ramadaan. For most of the Malay community in...

On Sunday I did a cooking insert on the Indian Culture show Mela on SABC3. I met Zakeeya Patel who is just awesomely down to earth. She even fixed my...

When I was growing up, during Ramadaan in Cravenby, one of the only 2 Indian suburbs in Cape Town which was predominantly Muslim you would find as dusk descends, young...

When the weather turns a shady grey and rain begins to fall, it usually calls for comfort food and for me thats generally a soup of sorts. This week I...

Stellenbosch has a larger Muslim community than one would think, so it’s really quite surprising that fully halaal dining has not taken hold in this town yet. Central town still...

Last year I shared a post about a family get together centered around our traditional Kokni food. Khazura, is an old school traditional fried biscuit made with Semolina. It garnered...