Recipe Tips

When baking a cake, the cake is ready when it's golden-brown and coming away from the edge of the...

Use a heavy-bottomed saucepan when making custards and sauces. Avoid the use of aluminium because...

When making coffee-flavoured drinks, add a little bit of coffee at a time too much coffee...

Handle the pie dough as little as possible – if the dough has cracks try to patch them up instead...

Don't leave sugar to melt for too long as this can cause it to burn and ruins the taste...

When frying avurudu treats such as kokis and kavum, once you remove it from the oil – place on blott...

When making sweets that use semolina (rulang) or almond meal – cook it over a low flame and contin...