Type: A little bit of funk

September 13, 2022

Butternut crunch pie with pickled chillies

This is a very festive pie. Adding sugar to the filo might seem counter-intuitive here, but it really helps caramelise the pastry…

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Couscous kosheri with daqa

This dish is very much inspired by kosheri, the Egyptian staple of rice, pasta and lentils, but we swap out the rice…

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Sambal tofu with cashews and ginger pickle

Chilli lovers unite: this dish packs a serious kick, thanks to the sambal and a good dose of Chaya, who uses chilli…

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Anchovy butter crostini with pink mooli

This fluorescent pink mooli reminds us of the pink turnips you’d get at a Middle Eastern kebab shop, to eat alongside shawarma…

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Spicy cabbage stir-fry with aleppo-salted cabbage

There are two types of cabbage here, one simply stir-fried and the other salted and marinated in an Aleppo chilli paste that…

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Sweetcorn dutch baby with salsa roja and curtido

This dish takes its inspiration from a traditional Salvadoran meal of pupusas (griddled masa harina flatbreads), curtido (a lightly fermented cabbage condiment)…

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One-pot chickpeas with carrots, dates and marinated feta

Our last OTK book, Shelf Love, dedicated a whole chapter to one-pot cooking, but it doesn’t stop there: we are constantly on…

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Creamed spinach with paprika pine nuts and cured yolks

There are two types of steakhouse goers: those who go for the steak, and those who show up for the sides. Needless…

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Spicy rotisserie chicken bake with blue cheese dressing

This dish came to life after a discussion we had at the OTK, when dreaming up ideas of what to make with…

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