Hello everyone!
Hope you all well and doing lekker! This week I wanna turn my focus to something somewhat different.
Today I focus on the socials and the app that is taking the world by storm, TikTok or as I the hear the older generation call it – tikkie tokkie lol.
I am there for all the cooking videos. I love watching people cook away with the camera rolling and making lekker kos.
I find the simplest of huis kos recipes catches my attention and I know everyone has their favourite TikTok foodie but today I want to chat about one of my favourites Isma-eel Syce.
He is 25 years young, vibrant energetic and although he is in the Health and Fitness industry by being a certified personal trainer by profession, but cooking and creating foodie content on TikTok is his passion.
He is super kwaai in front of the camera and his excitement and love for cooking is really evident in his videos.
@ismaeel_syce the perfect garlic 'cheese' sandwich 🤫 #chefsyce ♬ original sound - Isma-eel Syce 🇿![CDATA[]]>🇦
He makes simple lekker huiskos and he usually uses simple ingredients and alles werk en kom so mooi te saam! I love how he re-labelled cheese… Kaashiefa instead of kaas and when you watch his videos, he just gives new meaning to making local lekker!
“My goal is to make people’s day and to show that cooking is for everyone. If I can cook, the rest of the universe can cook,” says Syce.
@is For more Syce recipes, give Isma-eel Syce a follow on TikTok and Instagram @ismaeel_syce and trust me, after watching his videos you will be sure to give him an 11 out of 10!
@i For more recipes or baking and cooking inspiration, visit my website www.sprinklesandspice.co.za or visit my social media platforms on Instagram or Facebook @sprinklesandspicect or Sprinkles and Spice by Farzana Kumandan.
Love, Your Cooksister
Mug cake
Ingredients
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp milk (room temperature)
2 tbsp flour
¼ tsp baking powder
Method
Add in the butter and heat in microwave for 20 seconds in a large cup.
Add in the cocoa, sugar, milk (room temperature), flour and baking powder.
Stir all the ingredients with a fork until smooth.
Put in the microwave for 1min-1min 15sec.
Add topping of choice.
Butter chicken for two
Ingredients
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
2 chillies
1 tsp ginger
2 tbsp butter
2 chicken breasts
1 tomato
1 tbsp butter chicken spice
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tsp salt
½ cup milk
½ fresh cream
¼ bunch danya
Method
Blend or chop the onions, garlic, chillies & ginger very fine (to make a thick, smooth gravy).
Add the butter in a small pot on medium heat.
Once the pot is heated, add the onion mixture and stir thoroughly until golden brown.
Add in your chopped up chicken cubes & grated tomato immediately thereafter (stir thoroughly).
Add in all of the spices with tomato paste & stir.
Add in the milk & fresh cream (milk will balance out the creaminess).
Let it simmer and continue to stir until desired smooth texture of the gravy.
Lastly, add your danya, stir & serve with roti or rice.
Mince Pizza
Ingredients
1 onion,
Green, yellow & red pepper
2 chillies
2 cloves garlic
300 Mince
Mrs Balls Chutney
1 tsp salt
Black pepper to taste
Peri Peri spice to taste
Tomato sauce as needed.
Cheese as needed.
Oregano to sprinkle
Pizza bases
Method
Chop the onion, peppers, chillies & garlic finely.
Add the mixture in a pot, on a medium heat with some oil and let it braise for about 2-3 minutes.
Add in the mince with your chutney, salt, peppers & Peri Peri spice (cook & stir thoroughly).
Spread the base of your pizza with tomato sauce & add the mince mixture from the pan.
* Sprinkle cheese with some oregano & put in the oven for about 15-20 minutes 200°C.
Mince Pizza
Ingredients
1 onion,
Green, yellow & red pepper
2 chillies
2 cloves garlic
300 Mince
Mrs Balls Chutney
1 tsp salt
Black pepper to taste
Peri Peri spice to taste
Tomato sauce as needed.
Cheese as needed.
Oregano to sprinkle
Pizza bases
Method
Chop the onion, peppers, chillies & garlic finely.
Add the mixture in a pot, on a medium heat with some oil and let it braise for about 2-3 minutes.
Add in the mince with your chutney, salt, peppers & Peri Peri spice (cook & stir thoroughly).
Spread the base of your pizza with tomato sauce & add the mince mixture from the pan.
* Sprinkle cheese with some oregano & put in the oven for about 15-20 minutes 200°C.
Vienna smoortjie
Ingredients
12 Vienna’s
1 tomato
1 tbsp oil
2 onions
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp salt
Method
Chop the viennas in round pieces & grate the tomato.
Add oil to a pot on a medium heat, with your finely chopped onion, chilli, garlic and sugar.
Stir thoroughly & add your grated tomato with salt & tomato paste.
Cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat and mix well in-between.
Add chopped Vienna’s & mix well. Cook for about 5-7 minutes and serve while hot.
Stuffed spinach chicken
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts
1 tbsp chicken spice
1 tsp Peri Peri spice
1 tsp oil
1 tbsp mayonnaise
2 chillies
1 ½ garlic cloves
Salt to taste
1 tsp pepper
½ pack spinach
1 cup of cheese
Method
Butterfly the chicken breast (do not cut all the way through).
Season chicken breast & rub it with oil.
In a bowl, add the mayonnaise, garlic, chillies salt & pepper (mix well).
Add the cheese to the mixture and stuff the chicken breasts.
Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes 250°C.
Syce Burger
Ingredients
1 burger roll
2 slices of tomato
¼ onion
Worcestershire sauce
2 beef burger patties
Cheese
2 eggs
Mayonnaise
Chutney
Method
Butter & slice buns.
Toast in pan until crisp.
Add onion with some Worcestershire sauce & a pinch of salt and braise for about 2-3 minutes on a high heat (mix well).
Fry the patties & add cheese on the patty, once patties are completely fried.
Fry your eggs the way you like it.
Mix mayonnaise, chutney & build your burger.
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