Recipes

Easy to make, mostly healthy recipes, often using inexpensive local ingredients. Drawing from my Indian background, my keenness to eat more healthily and what my family says is tasty! Many of the recipes here also have accompanying videos with them too.

Lemon and Courgette Cake DoinDubai Monica Kapila with lemon ricotta and pomegranate seeds

LEMON and COURGETTE CAKE great way to disguise courgette

This lemon and courgette cake is so easy and quick to make AND a great way to disguise courgettes! One of my favourite courgette recipes. It’s VERSATILE too as you can mix up the types of flour you have in your store cupboard or to suit your dietary preferences. Whilst using up all those excess courgettes If you’re observing Ramadan then this cake is a super option to have for iftar or suhoor. Just 3 EASY STEPS that require: weighing the ingredients, mixing the ingredients and then baking. Made even easier using a THERMOMIX but you can use a food

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Quick Christmas cake DoinDubai Monica Kapila ingredients

QUICK CHRISTMAS CAKE – no flour no sugar easy and tasty

This quick Christmas cake without flour or sugar is super easy to make, really tasty and works well for little Christmas bites! See picture further down. Much better than eating large portions after all those heavy main courses. It’s super easy to freeze in little squares for when you want something sweet with your afternoon cuppa. Read on for this recipe. If anyone’s following the paleo diet, this is a paleo cake too. NOT Keto though due to the all the fruit content. Ingredients for Quick Christmas Cake FRUIT PART 100 g of dates without seeds and 600 g of

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JAPANESE SESAME DRESSING easy, tasty, versatile recipe

You’ve probably tried this Japanese sesame dressing while dining out at Japanese restaurants. It’s called JAPANESE GOMA DRESSING easy, tasty, versatile recipe.  Try this sesame goma dressing on salad INGREDIENTS NEEDED About 3 to 4 tsp of roasted sesame powder – see how to make below 2 tsp soya sauce 1 or 2 tsp sesame oil 1 tbsp grapeseed oil 1 tsp brown sugar or bit less if you like water and lemon juice to your taste and consistency chill oil optional to your taste 1 tsp chopped garlic  1 tsp chopped onion If you want a deeper colour to your

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Air Fried Lotus Root Crisps DoinDubai Monica Kapila

AIR FRIED LOTUS ROOT CRISPS fresh tasty vegetarian and vegan snack easy to spice up

You’ve probably eaten these as part of a South East Asian meal. They’re often served as a starter and very addictive! Better than deep fried potato crisps! Try these easy to make fresh Air Fried Lotus Root Crisps at your next dinner party and impress your friends! Ingredients for the easy air fried lotus root crisps 1. fresh lotus root thinly sliced⁠ – we got our lotus root from WeMart the big Chinese supermarket in Deira Check the link for details on that. Or you could go to 1004 Gourmet in The Greens. We bought the ingredients for our rice

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ENERGY BALLS DOINDUBAI MONICA KAPILA fennel and sesame seeds

ENERGY BALLS RECIPE perfect nutrient dense sweet snack

Get your Energy as naturally as possible with this simple Energy Balls Recipe UPDATED APRIL 2022 perfect Ramadan Recipe The original energy balls recipe is great but here’s another version WITHOUT the very calorific peanut butter AND without all the caffeine in the cocoa. I’ve also used a delicious coating of sesame seeds and fennel seeds making this version of energy balls a perfect after dinner sweet fix. NEW FAVORITE ENERGY BALLS RECIPE GOES LIKE THIS 100 g of UNSALTED nuts – your choice I like cashews, almonds and pistachios all mixed 5 dates and 5 PRUNES no pips 1 tablespoon avocado

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