It is now Spring and I have a healthy batch of chilli seedlings well on the way. I’ve been extremely busy over the last few weeks moving home as well as starting a new job so i’ve neglecting my chilli plants a bit recently. After my plants germinated back in the first week of April…
Dear Readers, As many of our regular readers have noticed our site has undergone somewhat of a transormation in recent weeks. We’ve migrated the site onto a new content management system (which was a very painful process!) which should make maintaining the site much easier going forward, allowing us to spend more time on creating…
Ok so this recipe doesn’t sound too glamorous but give it a try, it tastes amazing. It is based on a traditional recipe from the South of Italy. Be sure not to forget the Parmesan and olive oil at the end as these two elements really make this soup special. [ad name=”square”] Spic Pea &…
Once you have raised your chillie plants from seeds and nurtured their move outside to take advantage of the spring sunshine there is nothing more annoying than seeing your future crop decimated by slugs or snails. In just 3 or 4 nights slugs or snails can do a huge amount of damage to chilli plants…
We quite often get asked by readers for advice about about growing bell peppers from seed. While most of the advice on this site is dedicated to growing hot peppers, we also grow our fair share of sweet peppers. Bell peppers are not only easy to grow but are great to cook with – both…
This Thai recipe for spicy tofu sums up Thai food. Simple, clean tasting and incredibly easy to prepare. The tofu although tasteless itself acts like a sponge soaking up all of the other flavours and providing a healthy alternative to red meats. If you’d prefer this recipe would work equally well if you substituted the…
Ingredients Pork cut into little strips 2 cloves of garlic 1 chili pepper 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon oyster sause Green beans (or Chinese long beans if you have them) Thai basil Method In terms of quantities it’s pretty simple: take equal measures of meat and green beans (in terms…
Ingredients 1500-1800 grams chicken drumsticks with bone a generous slosh kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soya sauce – don’t use any other kind!) 8 lime leaves 1 stalk lemon grass, cut into 3 and bashed to release flavour juice of 2 limes soya oil to fry vetsin (monosodium glutamate powder – optional) Spice mixture: 10 red…
Sambal is a dish common in Indonesia that takes many guises of sauces and dips. The simplest and perhaps most common is sambal ulek, which is just chillies and salt with perhaps a dash of lime pounded together. There are many other kinds of sambal like sambal pecel (with peanut), sambal terasi (with shrimp paste),…
