Friday, January 3, 2020

Ending 2019 And Starting Anew On A Cooking Note...


What better way to end a year and to start a new one than cooking for and eating with loved ones ❤... There is no sincerer love than the love of food. And sharing that 💞 forward.

Starting with India's most globally popular curry- Butter Chicken 🤤🤤🔥!

Cause you need butta' and whipped cream in butter chicken...

The night before NYE... Eating well and working out goes hand in hand. What better than to cook up nourishing comfort South Asian faves with some hard working folks after a sweat-inducing grapple and roll jiujitsu session 🥋💥?

@kingjiujitsu At Chu's Martial Arts

It was an intimate social cook and eat venue, as we whipped up Indian faves with butter chicken, wilted spinach raita, a chopped salad, basmati rice and fresh bought plain and onion roti, samosas and fish patties.


What a delicious soul-comfort South Asian spread!


Guaranteed good times with this dynamic bunch- I don't know what our bellies were more full from- 
Food or Laughter?? 🤣🤣🤣. #jellyinmybelly #laughtertherapy

With @kingjiujitsu (Prof Greg), Kofi, Sasha, Ivan and Ana


Caught the eyes of my friends at the Martial Arts studio when I posted about my Indian cooking class with seniors 😁. Mild and spicy versions of butter chicken served with basmati rice countered with a cooling wilted spinach raita... thank you to recipes by my friend, renown cookbook author and leading authority on Indian cooking Smita Chandra! See her step-by-step Butter Chicken recipe.

At St.Stephen's Community Centre for Seniors

Made it a complete meal experience with Indian counter-bought fresh fried veggie samosas served with coconut sambal and springy roti. Finished off with Chai tea and butter cake! What an incredible cook & learn comfort lunch on that cool wintry day!


"There is something almost addictive about the rich, creamy, mildly spiced tomato sauce, studded with succulent morsels of roasted chicken." -- Smita Chandra. We all agreed it was "Aromatic, rich and velvety" ...


Perfect fluffy basmati rice finished with cubes of butta'.


What a way to end the year doing what I love best- sharing it forward with my love for cooking and eating with AmaZing people 💕! First with friends, then hosting family on NYE.

DIY Trio Cocktail Seafood Platter

Guacamole 🥑 in tortilla cups topped with sweet crunchy pomegranate seeds!


Pom studded guacamole bites anyone?

Cold appie spread courtesy of me.

DIY Kim Bap courtesy of my sister.

Then starting the New Year with a blueberry pancakes brunch for the sleepover bunch cause this auntie promised!


I was a super tired auntie but so worth it seeing the smiles on these Happy Campers!


Cuz buzz!


So today I open up this pretty papaya, and I find a seed germinating within. As a person who strongly believes in symbols and hidden messages, I immediately conjure up what this budding seed is trying to tell me- is it growth? Potential? Resurgence? Birth? More thoughts on this, for the new year and projects in the works on my next post. 


Have a brilliant start to 2020 my friends 🤗!


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