Chachi's Kitchen

Ismaili Recipes - This blog contains our family recipes; mainly it is Ismaili (Khoja) cuisine, our family lived in Uganda for 3 generations so we have a marked East African(Swahili, Lugandi) Influence in our cooking AND in our language!! (Kutchi / Cutchi / Gujarati. In recent years with new additions to the family our cooking includes, English, Pakistani, Italian and Irish influences.

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Sunday, 30 September 2007

Sunday Thai Lunch

Recipes to follow soon!

Saturday, 29 September 2007

Gur Gajar athanu / Hot and Sweet Carrot Pickle

Ingredients 4 kg carrots; cut into baton style sticks 6 tablespn salt 1 cup split/hulled mustard seeds 1/2 cup c...

Friday, 28 September 2007

Menu for my Birthday Lunch

The whole family is getting together for my birthday on Sunday. My sister Pari suggested that the theme for my Bday be Thai, as Ben, my neph...

Tuesday, 25 September 2007

Kobi jo Shaak / Spicy Cabbage

The earthy flavour and the wonderful rustic aroma of mustard seeds popped in hot oil is unforgettable, quite unlike mustard powder or paste ...

Sunday, 23 September 2007

Muthiya /Coconutty Lamb and Vegetable Stew with Dumplings

Today Chachi made Muthiya for Khane. Muthiya is quite labour intensive and I was not able to get the step by step photos, but I watched c...

Saturday, 22 September 2007

Matoke and Bijanjaalo / Green Bananas/ Plantains and Beans

This month Jhiva for Ingredients is bananas. Hosted by Mandira and Ashwin of Ahaar Having been born in Uganda, East Africa, matoke (green b...

Wednesday, 19 September 2007

Spicy Beetroot Soup

I could not resist a bunch of beetroots in Sainsburys on Saturday. They ended up being a light supper for us on Saturday Evening (......a s...

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