To celebrate the release of my novel Shifting Reality, which features Indonesians (and Indonesian cooking) in space, here is your very own recipe for gado gado. This recipe is a favourite passed to me through the huge Indonesian cook-ins we used to have in our family. The quantities are very…
Ingredients: Two single chicken fillets, cut into chunky cubes One clove garlic One teaspoon curry powder oil 3-4 tablespoons yoghurt handful of roasted & salted cashew nuts Put a little bit of oil in the bottom of a microwave-safe dish with a lid. Chop or crush garlic and add to…
Since I have better things to do than stand in the kitchen, my favourite recipes are all ones that require a minimum of effort. When I was at Sydney Uni, my PhD supervisor lived on campus and he and his wife used to invite all students to his house on…
I have to admit to a partiality to recipes that involve putting something in the oven and forgetting about it for at least an hour. Here is another such recipe. This recipe came from my brother, who adapted it from a recipe in a Jamie Oliver book. Ingredients: For the…
This recipe has become a favourite of ours because it’s so quick and easy to make. Ingredients: 500g chicken fillets (two medium-sized halves) two tablespoons of green curry paste can of coconut cream (the lite variety works best because it doesn’t separate) sprinkle of vegetable oil large clove of garlic…
I’ve been thinking for a while that I should add a recipe category to this blog. Because us writers are all busy people, and we don’t like spending long times in the kitchen making fiddly things. We want receipes that taste great and don’t require a lot of effort and…
