Notes about Recipes in this book

• Eggplant pickle

  • Ganga108 on April 12, 2021

    Yum! Dry pickle covered with mustard seeds. Eat as tapas or appetiser (with bread) or with main. The recipe also appears her book Stir.

• Spiced tomato chilli pickle

  • Ganga108 on February 27, 2022

    This is actually an Indian Tomato Kasundi recipe, slightly altered from the original, but with the name changed. At least it is attributed to Charmaine Solomon here, but it also appears in her book Stir where it is not attributed.

• Chilli jam

  • Ganga108 on April 12, 2021

    Fantastic. One of my favourite Chilli Jams/Pastes ever. The same recipe appears in Stir. Keep on lowest heat. Can take a lot less time than stated, probably depends on stove heat level. A beautiful, dark jam, hot as the proverbial! I wonder would it cook in the slow cooker? Can probably freeze but it keeps forever.

  • Ganga108 on November 09, 2024

    Recipe requires 14 hours cooking time.

  • Ganga108 on May 11, 2025

    It has been a while since I made this. I am using a slow cooker this time. Some recommendations: The recipe is for restaurant quantities of this paste (2+ litres) - I halve it and still give some away, so modify the amount to suit your family and gifting requirements. Use the combination of chillies in the recipe. I made with all small Thai chillies one year and it was super super hot. It worked fine when I cooked it in the slow cooker (Instant Pot function) but it took longer than 12 hours and for the additional 2 I used the saute function on low. It does need enough heat so that the oil "roasts" the chillies etc over time. It has great flavours though. The challenge with using the stove is keeping it slow enough to take a number of hours. With a half recipe, this always took less than 12 hours for the first stage. I'd like to do a comparison of tastes with both methods, ..... one day.

• Seared tuna with spinach and roasted capsicum caper salad

  • Ganga108 on February 27, 2022

    Made the Spinach and Roasted Capsicum and Caper Salad. Nice!

• Smoked eggplant and coriander salad

  • Ganga108 on February 27, 2022

    Excellent. How good it is on toast too! I like finely chopped tomato and capsicum stirred through.

• Spiced rock lobster and saffron soup with egg noodles, lobster savoury custard and saffron rouille

  • RosieB on November 22, 2014

    OMG- what else can I say about this soup. It was time consuming to make with a number of separate elements but worth every minute. I omitted the fresh egg noddles which did not affect the dish.

• Chilli salt beancurd with steamed vegetables and blackbean sauce

  • Ganga108 on April 13, 2021

    Absolutely delicious - she has a very similar recipe in Stir.

• Pepper crackers

  • Ganga108 on February 27, 2022

    I love these, they are so goo. I generally increase the salt and pepper a little. I have been known to add microplaned lemon zest as well. If your pepper is too course you might need to grind it until very fine.

• Spiced quinces

  • Ganga108 on January 13, 2022

    This is a recipe that we use each year, modifying the flavourings to suit each year's preferences. It produces a deep red, highly flavoured poached/baked quince. We use the liquid for jams, jellies and syrups, and the fruit in a variety of ways.