With a passion for cooking world-wide cuisine, the head chef founded Food Fanatic to give back and share his recipes with the online foodie community.

Malabar prawn curry

Malabar Prawn Curry Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and cooking 20 minutes. This is my wife’s favourite curry. And I must admit as soon as I have the ghee, mustard seeds and curry leaves cooking the smell is heavenly. I buy the biggest tiger prawns I can find (uncooked and in the shell),…

Hummus

Recipe for Hummus

Serves 3-4 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 10 minutes. I find hummus a lot more versatile than just spreading on pitta (not that there is anything wrong with that of course) but try it on my peppers and eggs sandwich recipe and it takes an already great sandwich to a whole new level.…

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Sandwich with Peppers and Eggs

Makes 2 sandwiches / Difficulty – Easy / 10 minutes prep and 50 minutes cooking time. I dreamt up this sandwich after watching an episode of the Sopranos. One of the gang was handing out sandwiches and Uncle Junior looked at one of the other guys sandwiches and said to himself ‘Peppers and eggs! that’s…

Peverada sauce

Rita’s Recipe for Peverada Sauce

Serves around 12 / Difficulty – medium / 20 minutes prep – 1 hour cooking time. Peverada sauce is a strong flavoured meaty sauce originating from Venice that is served with game and goes amazingly well with poultry. This particular recipe was passed to me by my mother in law, who learned it from her…

Jerk Chicken

Jerk Chicken Recipe

Serves 4 (or 2 very hungry people) / Difficulty – medium / 10 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking time. I cook these jerk chicken thighs on the BBQ during the summer or in the oven when the weather won’t allow it. Ingredients 800g chicken thighs   For the marinade 1 medium onion, cubed 2-3…

Caribbean Fried Dumplings

Caribbean Fried Dumplings Recipe

Makes 8 dumplings / Difficulty – easy / 10 minutes prep and 10 minutes cooking time. Ingredients 300g self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 15g of butter 150ml of water About 300ml of oil for frying Method Sieve the flour and salt into a mixing bowl and stir in the salt. Cut the butter into small…

Chilli Con Carne

Chilli Con Carne Recipe

Serves 4 / Difficulty – easy / Prep time 20 minutes and 1 hour cooking time. One of my favourite comfort foods and so easy to make in a big batch for a group of friends. Leaving to cool for a little while after cooking improves the flavour. Like lasagne this dish tastes even better…