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Sunshine on a Plate showcases the food of Mauritius in Shelina's unique home cooking. With family-friendly, time-saving recipes & beautiful photography.
A Dessert of Chocolate, Ginger & Lime
This is my take on a deconstructed key lime pie, well at least in terms of flavour! Push the boat with this impressive chocolate dessert. The are lots of components, but they’re all straightforward.
Almond & Cinnamon Cake
This deliciously moist cake is gluten and lactose free!
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Baked Ricotta Cake with Cherry & Star Anise Compote
This delicious dessert is gluten-free!
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Chai Tiramisu with Vanilla & Rum
This dessert is perfect after the Thai Pork & Lime Stir Fry .
Chestnut Tagliatelle with Wild Mushroom Sauce & White Truffle
This is literally my favourite pasta dish, pasta funghi, a staple in the Vinci-Permalloo household!
Tip: Soak the porcini for about 2 hours before preparing the dish to enhance the flavour of the mushrooms.
Equipment: For this recipe you will need a pasta machine.
Chicken and Vermicelli Bhaja
These cute little bhajis are perfect for parties and use rice noodles and chicken as a good alternative to onion.
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Chilli Cakes
These deliciously spicy gateau piment are best served hot and are perfect with a crisp beer like Pheonix. If you can’t get hold of this beer then it would work equally well with something like Asahi. Bon Appetit!
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Cinnamon Doughnuts
These take a bit of time but making your own doughnuts at home is do satisfying, serve warm with some ice cream on the side
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Condiments
Simple condiments to transform any main dish
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Exotic Fruit Tartlets with Cardamon Creme Pattiserie
These beautiful tarts look like something from a French patisserie, but use cardamom and tropical fruit for an exotic twist.
For this recipe, you’ll need 12 individual tart tins
Ginger Key Lime Pie
Sweet, sharp and aromatic, a delicious dessert to have after a heavily spiced meal
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Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings
What’s not to love - by far my favourite aperitivo snack with cold beer !
Jerk Seasoning (Fish & Meat)
This is such a versatile seasoning and can be made in advance and kept in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
King Prawn Rougaille (Spicy Creole Sauce)
This is a typical ‘Mauritian Creole’ sauce using plum tomatoes, garlic, thyme and chilli, completely compliments the delicate flavours of the prawns.
Lime Posset
This recipe is very refreshing and zesty, it’s so easy to make and perfect for a dinner party as you can make it the day before
Lime Posset
This recipe is very refreshing and zesty, it’s so easy to make and perfect for a dinner party as you can make it the day before.
Lobster Curry
This delicately spiced curry is a delicious way to serve lobster.
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Lychee Panna Cotta with Passion Fruit Jelly
The sweetness of the lychees mixed with the tropical tartness of the pomegranate makes you dream of tropical islands…
Mango & Chilli Chutney
Perfect for alfresco dining as part of a cheeseboard or tapas selection.
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Mauritian Octopus Salad
This is colourful salad bursting with flavours: sweet and sour, salty and aromatic. Truly a more-ish and vibrant dish.
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Mauritian Red Lentil Soup
This is the ultimate comfort food! Perfect for rainy days…You can cook up big batches of these and keep in the fridge so you can pick on it during the week.
Pepper Pot Soup
This dish is usually made using offcuts of beef, usually beef shin, and other meats can be used, but I think at this time of the year, we can’t get enough flavour from the wonderful root vegetables in season, so I tend not to use meat in this recipe.
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Persian Kebabs
These are so aromatic and heady with citrus flavour from the sumac, you can make these ahead of time and BBQ when your friends arrive
Potato and Coriander Baja
A spicy and delicious ‘gajak’ which is so simple to put together. The chick pea flour makes this dish completely gluten free
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Prawn and Mango Ceviche
The perfect al fresco starter, easy but impressive particularly for dinner parties
Red Snapper with Rougaille and Spinach Cakes
This delicately spiced red snapper dish is smart enough for a dinner party.
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Saffron and Cumin Rice
This a lovely accompaniment to the ‘King Prawn Rougaille’. A subtly spiced and warming rice dish.
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Son-in-law Eggs
A simple but impressive egg dish which you can serve as a starter or with rice as part of a main
Speculaas
Try baking these cinnamon and ginger spiced biscuits. Traditionally these are eaten at the Dutch festival “Sinterklaas” on 5th December.
Spiced Mango Mojito
This is a delicious cocktail using my favourite fruit! The alfonso mango…I guarantee it will impress your guests at a party, serve with gajaks - mauritius starters
Spiced Monkfish
This delicately spiced dish is low fat and filling, perfect for a healthy dinner party.
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Spicy Aubergine Fritters
I love aubergines, particularly the finger aubergines which tend to be sweeter in flavour - you can find these in specialist Asian supermarkets
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Sticky Rice with Mango, Papaya and Lime
These sweet amuse-bouche are perfect in-between courses, or at the of end a Thai meal. This was completely inspired by my wonderful trip to Thailand.
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Sumac Salmon with Coriander Tabouleh
Try this elegant middle-eastern influenced recipe for an amuse bouche of tabbouleh topped with spiced salmon. This recipe was inspired by Ana, my friend Athar’s mum who is from Iraq, a beautiful woman who cooks incredible Middle Eastern food.
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Thai pork and lime stir fry recipe
A gluten and lactose free stir fry, chock-a-block with pork, galangal, lemongrass, fresh herbs, and snake beans.
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White Chocolate & Cardamom Cookies
This is a Mauritian inspired recipe. These cookies are deliciously sweet as they use Billington’s sugar.