Aunty Waiya's Apple moist and spongy apple cake.

Auntie Waiya is married to my father's youngest brother. She is well known in the family for her delicious cakes and desserts . I got this recipe from my mom, who got it from her about 20 years ago , although my mother has'nt made this cake yet, I tried this recipe about ten years ago. This recipe is virtually flop proof and it is always a hit. Iam not really a big fan of cakes made with fruit, but this cake I love making as well as eating, and Iam sure you will enjoy doing both too........enjoy!!

Ingredients:
1/4 butter/margarine
1 cup sugar
6 eggs
3 cups selfrising flour
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 large tin pie apples
1/2 cup sugar to be spread over apple and cake mixture
Sauce:
Boil large freshcream and one cup of sugar and add some caramel essence. Once sugar dissolves, the sauce is done and you may pour the hot sauce over the cake when it comes out of the oven when done.

Method:
Cream the butter and sugar till creamy and light. Add one egg at a time, add oil and beat it well. Sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture and add about a cup of milk to make a smooth consistancy. Spread apples evenly over the cake mixture and add 1/2 cup of sugar over it.
Bake for 1/2 hour on 180 0/celsius .
When cake is done and comes out of the oven spoon the warm cream over the mixture.
Simply delicious and moist!!

Auntie Farhana Kalla's sweet sojee .

I meet Auntie Farhana every wednesday night at madrassa and she is just one of the luveliest ladies I know, mashallah! We always speaking about cooking and baking and she is always eager to share her great cullinery skills with me . Hence me being a sweet tooth , she brought me on a very cold Wednesday evening, a tupperware with mouthwatering tasty and smooth sojee . Honestly I coilnt wait to get home and indulge in one of my favourite desserts. This is the second sojee recipe on my blog, yes , that is variety is the spice of life..............
Ingredients :
1 cup of ghee
2 cups of semolina or taystee wheat
1 1/2 cup warm milk
1 cup water
10 pieces of elachi
a handfulof sultanas
1 1/2 cups of sugar
3 stick cinnamon
a handful of coconut
4 egg yolks
50g chopped almonds or blanched
nestle cream

Method:
melt the ghee with the cinnamon and elachi , add the semolina/taystee wheat and stir all the time.after about 15 min and when pink in colour over medium heat, add the sultanas, coconut and almonds. Add the milk, water, egg yolks and some egg yellow together in a seperate bowl, then add to the sojee mixture. Stir well and lastly add the sugar and close the lid after about ten minutes. Simmer on low heat for more or less 15 minutes. You may serve with the nestle cream.........vey smooth and delicious , naturally!!


Enjoy .............!

Tasneem's sweet sojee!

A few weeks ago , I was invited to my friend Maryam's place for a ladies little " get together " .When I stepped inside her home , I was pleasantly surprised to see so many familiar faces of friends that I havent seen in a couple of months and some even over a year or two . Even more surprising was to see the table laid with quite a spread (luckily it was a big table ). It had so many mouth watering delicasies. It ranged from everything savoury , sweet and colourful fruit , juices and coffee , donuts , cakes with fresh cream and one of my very sweet tooth favourites.........SOJEE with nestle cream!!! This delicious recipe was shared with me by my friend Tasneem Girie Khan . I have tried this a couple of days ago , and believe me it is really worth making , soft and sweet........yummy,yummy!

Ingredients :
250 grams butter
3-4 cardamon pods slightly crushed
3 stick cinnamon
250 gram semolina
1 cup full cream milk
1/2 cup water mixed with 2 tablespoos condensed milk
pinch of safron
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons nestle cream
a handeful of almonds (optional)
a handful sultanas (optional)
Method;
Melt the butter /ghee with the cardamon and stick cinnamon . Then add the semolina and braise lightly with a fork till pinkish in colour, this may take afew minutes , but dont leave the pot .Once done add your milk and condensmilk/water mixture saffron powder as well as the sugar , put on medium heat .Give a good stir , the heat will absorb the moisture ,you may now add the almonds and sultanas . Lastly you may add the nestle cream and dash of egg yellow, this give it a nice yellowish colour ! let it steam gently , until done..........mmm so truly lekker , enjoy and indulge !!

Moist and rich chocolate cake

This decadent ,very moist chocolate cake is really a rich treat.This is definetelly a 'beginning of the month " cake. Iam a moist,rich choclate cake lover and am sure those who follow my sweet tooth tendencies will agree that this is a winner . I got this recipe from Aneesa Hussan (my new step sister) ,this young lady is also a pro in baking and desserts . My thirteen year old daughter (Sukaynah) tried this recipe a few days ago and with a little guidance it turned out "PERFECT" ,you will find it perfect too.............

Ingredients :
1 cup flour
pinch of salt
250 g butter
1/2 cup sugar
200g dark chocolate
5 eggs
2 tablespoons water
Chocolate cream:
250g chocolate
250ml fresh cream
Syrup :
2 cups of water
2 cups sugar
Method:
Make the syrup mixture first and allow to cool, as follows .Disslove the sugar in water and let it
cool off.
Next step- melt the butter for about 1 minute add dark chocolate and melt for 50 / 60 seconds and then add the sugar ,mix together with a whisk. Add egg one at a time and beat well after each addition, now add the water and beat well. Sift the dry ingredients and add to the rest of the mixture, mix through very well.

Place into a pyrex dish and bake for 180 c for 40-45 minutes. Pour the cooled off syrup over and allow to cool.
For the chocolate cream:Bring cream to boil ,remove from heat and add the chocolate, leave it to stand for few minutes ,allowing chocolate to melt.Gently whisk until the cream and chocolate is well blended together.Pour over the choclate cake and cut into squares.Sprinkle with white grated chocolate . It is now ready to indulge and enjoy!!

Smooth and tasty potatoe and leek soup.

I heard about potatoe and leek soup (or something like that?) from my friend Hakeemah Soeker a few years ago.She was a former airhostess (now living in Bahrain), and I thought this must be something they served on the airlines or Bahraini soup !!??Anyway , it so happened I have a copy of Shanaaz parker's indulgence and there I came across this recipe.The only change a made or rather addition was adding a bunch of spring onions to the recipe,I love the oniony taste ,it certainly adds to the flavour of the soup.The soup is really quick to make and it is creamy and smooth.Here goes ,give it a try it's really not airlines food (my apologies for thinking that,Hakeemah), and if it was , it is simply good.......

Ingredients:
A bunch of leeks -trimmed and sliced
A bunch of spring onion-trimmed and sliced
about 6 medium potatoes-peeled and diced
1 large onion
700ml milk
500ml water
20ml olive oil
5ml nutmeg
10ml salt
5ml crushed black pepper

Method:
Warm oil in a pot,over moderate heat .Add the onion and cook for about 7 minutes till slightly transparent.Add the potatoes, leeks and spring onion.Cover with about 200ml water and the and let it cook for about 10 minutes, now add the rest of the water and milk as well,cook for a further 10 minutes , until veggies tender.Allow to cool off a bit.Liquidise the ingredients in a blender and return to the pot , reheat slowly, add the cream and the rest of the ingredients. Use parsley to garnish .You may serve this with delicious home baked bread or rolls.It's so right for the winter months we are now in..........Enjoy and keep warm!!

Geskroede vermicilli.

Winter is the time of year that plays havoc with my weight and I know it does with other's as well......Why?Simply because one tends to think of desserts and sweet things more often, especially after supper!Geskroede vermicilli is a firm favourite with my family.This is once again a combination of my mom's recipe and Auntie Saabie Siers , so here goes ........oh,try it with vanilla ice cream while it is still hot,simply delicious...........!

Ingredients:
125 g butter/maragarine
5 pieces stick cinnamon
5 cardamon pods
Half a box Sunshine vermicilli
1 and 1/2 cups of water
2 cups of milk
half a tin condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
Sultanas and blanched almonds are optional.(These can be added at the stage when adding milk )

Method:
Place the butter ,stick cinnamon and cardamon in a pot and melt butter.Once butter is melted place the broken pieces of vermicilli in the pot and braise till it is slightly brown.Now add the water and sugar,place stove on medium heat. Keep stirring with a fork and after about 5 minutes add the milk and the condensed milk as well.Put the stove on low heat stirring occasionaly ,after about 15/20 minutes the vermicilli should be done,WALA! This is something everyone will enjoy,especially with the ice cream..........
This recipe can be done quickly when having unexpected guests popping in.You will love this one..........mmmm!!

Gadieja's chocolate brownies.

After having eaten my neice Gadieja's chocolate brownies and I must confess it is the best brownies that I have eaten in a long time!It is yummy,yummy and so easy to make,I promise, it is tasty and realy easy to make.Iam thus compelled to share this delicious chocolate brownie recipe with you.............Enjoy!!

Ingredients:
1/4 butter/margarine
2 eggs
1and 1/3 cup castor sugar
1/4 cup self rising flour (a little more)
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking powder

Method:
Melt butter,then add the eggs and castor sugar,beat well.Now add the rest of the ingredients , you may also add some pecan nuts to this recipe,but it is only optional.Mix all the ingredients very well together.Yes,can you believe it,WALAH!I told you this one is real easy ,quick and tasty.......

Put into pyrex dish and bake for 25minutes on 180 c.You may decorate with melted Qadbury's chocolate and serve while still warm with cream and ice cream.MMMM..........I Love it,it's the sweet tooth in me!!!

Mother's day tasty potatoe pudding!

After my husband treated me with a delicious lunch ,we came home and now was very much lus for something rich and creamy.......My thoughts were either sojee or potatoe pudding with stewed dried fruit. This recipe is a combination of two recipes from Auntie Sabie Siers and the boeka treats ,so I do my own thing ,add a littlle here and take away a little there .Mmmm the potatoe pudding was more appealing to me and the rest of the family too , so here goes......
Ingredients:
1kg potatoes, boiled till very soft
200g margarine
1 and 3/4 cups of sugar
1 cup selfraising flour ,mixed with 1 cup milk to form a smooth paste
4 cups milk
3 tablespoons custard,mixed with some of the milk to form a paste
6 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence and 1 tsp almond essence
1/2 tsp salt

Method:
After potatoes are softly boiled and water drained from it add the sugar an butter while still hot.Mix it thoroughly ,then in a seperate bowel you add the 6 eggs,salt and the essences and mix it all together.Add the self rising flour mixture that is smooth as well as the custard mixture to the ingredients.Mix it till smooth (you may beat it on medium speed), lastly add the 3 cups of milk to the rest of the mixture.Beat for about 2 minutes on medium speed till smooth.

Bake in the oven on 180 c for about 50 minutes in the middle rack of the oven.
Serve with stewed dried fruit.

This recipe is delicious and smooth,will definetelly be enjoyed by all especially the sweet tooths!!
Algamdulilaah had a beautiful mommies day,shukran to my beautiful family........!!!

Spinach rice

This is a different style of making my usual boiling of rice.The rice in fried in a pot or a wok can be used as well.I got this recipe from my good friend Soliega Yagya,she too experiencing bad IBS pains ,tries using different recipes (occasionally),I have tried this a couple of times and i love it,cause Iam a spinach fan too......It is delicious with grilled fish and veggies.Takes about 40 minutes to make,give it a go!!!

Ingredients:

1arge onion

crushed black pepper

1 tsp salt

800ml water

a bunch of fresh spinach

olive oil

2 cups basmati rice

Method:

Use a large pan or wok and braise the onions in some olive oil until soft and transparent.Rinse of basmati rice well and add it to the onion mixture,put the stove on medium heat and stir well for about 10 minutes,now you add the spinach and rest of the ingredients as well as the water.Stir the rice occasionally over low heat for about 10 to 15 minutes.You may close the lid will it is simmering ,slowly.Just befor dishing the rice drizzle some more olive oil on top of it .Yummy,yummy with that fresh grilled hake or snoek...........Iam sure you will enjoy it!

IBS......

So after many ,many months of not blogging,it took having met some friends and family over about 6 months to encourage me to start blogging some of my favourite recipes aagain.now where exactly does Irritable bowel syndrome come in to blogging??!!Well having suffered from this for about 6 months now ,seeing a good number of doctors,natural healers and reflexologists,I decided to take the matter in my own hands about a week ago.I decided toc chanfge my cooking and adding more veggies into my meal,daily.So for the past week Ive added a few more recipies including more veggies into my meal.will keep you posted about my results within a month or so....here goes a tasty meal I made last night called stir fried rice and vegetables,Iam sure you will enjoy too..
Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice
2 pieces stick cinammon, allspice and cardamon
Boil rice with the above and adding about 3 tablespoons of olive oil.Boil for about 20 minutes, strain and keep aside.
Braise 1 large onion in olive oil,adding fresh ginger and garlic to it.When slightly brown add 2 tomatoes and braise for a further 5 minutes .Now add about 5-6 chicken fillets cut up into small pieces,cook for about ten minutes,adding fresh crushed pepper corns,1 tsp paprika,a fresh green chilli , juice of a half a lemon,some soya sauce and a teaspoon of danya/jeero powder.After adding the spices cook for about 2 minutes then add a cut up into long stripes, a yellow pepper,red pepper, fresh danya and a cup of corn and a cup of green peas.After mixing it through you can now add the boiled rice add a dash of olive oil and let it simmer for about 15 mintes on low/medium heat.It can be served with a fresh salad and fried sweet potatoes in a dash of butter,olive oil,origanum and crushed black pepper,you a may add some salt to taste as well.......

This will make quite a bit as it was sufficient for my family (ie 5 kids and my hubby too),should last for 2 meals if you a smaller family............Lekker tangy too!!!Enjoy!