Sunday, January 25, 2015

A pot of Akhni


My Daadie used to make the yummiest akhni ever. With melt in your mouth butteriness. 

Here is my mums recipe, which I converted into a lactose free version. 

You will need: 

2 onions finely sliced
3 ( of each) cloves, garlic and cinnamon sticks 
6 potatoes  ( I add sweet potatoes as well) 
8 pieces chicken 
1/3 cup of oil
4 tbsn garlic and ginger 
2 level tspn chillie powder 
1 tspn tumeric 
2 cups rice
4 cups water

In a large pot, let the onions soften in oil with the whole spices. 

Prep the chicken and potatoe while this softens. 

Once onions are tender and have adopted the yellow in the oil, add the spices and g&g. Burn it a little (this is called vagaar). 

Add your potatoe and chicken. Boil for a few minutes. 

Then add your rice with 4 cups of water. Let it cook on low for an hour. 

Serve with yougurt, peas, atchar and beetroot in a jar. 






Thursday, January 01, 2015

Rice crispies

It was yet again another peaceful evening with the house empty and the smell of chicken curry simmering. I had just returned from a walk with my friend Sam, with the sun having set already in the winter time months of July. Alone at home, I turned on the alarm and closed all the windows.   My little kitty, "KFC", falling over her oversized paws tumbled into the kitchen. I switched on a David Icke DVD, to end the silence which seemed to only emphasize the buzzing sound of my mums inherited fridge.  

Twenty minutes into the DVD, I see a flashing light shine through my bedroom window. Naturally, I walk towards it. 

I  see the large eyes of a foreign creature before falling asleep on a white bed, in a white room, with an unfamiliar smelling substance being fed to me through an inhaling mask. 

My alarm goes off promptly at 6 am. KFC has made herself comfortable on my neck in my bed.

Standing in the shower, I reach for my argon oil shampoo only to see three strange diamond shaped scars on my left arm. I know they are scars because after ten minutes of exfoliating it does not seem to remove the assumed marks. 

The rice crispies seemed to lack its usual " crackle and pop".