Shakshuka

Shakshuka is eggs poached in a delicious pepper and tomato sauce. It’s a staple all over the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa and it’s a delicious way to start a lazy weekend! Gluten free, dairy free and easily adapted to vegan by omitting the eggs and using a tin of chickpeas or your other favourite beans – it’s not ...

Mango sticky rice or khao neow mamuan is possibly THE most famous Thai dessert and it’s so delicious. Definitely a favourite of the Greedy Panda – we just had to share it’s creation. Make it as sweet as you want by adjusting the amount of sugar. Make it vegan by substituting the cow milk based components with plant milk, oat ...

We often get asked what the difference is between rice cookers and multi-cookers, the appliances are very different in functions and cook in different ways. Rice cookers Rice cookers, moreso those with fuzzy logic or Induction Heating are specialist appliances which cook rice to perfection. They achieve this by using ‘fuzzy logic’, a computer brain that controls the cooking temperatures ...

bombay potatoes

This is a really easy, delicious side dish that can be whipped up in no time. We leave the skin on the potatoes to give a bit of extra goodness and the potatoes are really lifted by the addition of thinly sliced red onion and fresh tomatoes. By boiling the cut potatoes first with tumeric in the water, the potatoes ...

Indian pilau rice in balti dish served with chicken tikka masala

Pilaf or pilau is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish. The recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat. The technique for cooking achieves rice grains that do not stick together. This pilau rice is a really easy side dish that you can whip up in ...

The dictionary definition of ‘curry’ is a dish, originally from South Asia, consisting of meat or vegetables cooked in a spicy sauce. Although this is technically correct, our understanding of the dish ‘curry’ and the wide range of cuisines this can encompass has broadened so much over the last 40 years. Growing up in the UK in the 1980’s, our first ...

Porridge with amazing toppings can banish the winter blues and keep you full up until lunch. Cooking oat porridge in a rice cooker is easy – you can set the timer before you go to sleep, then in the morning you just need to add some milk and toppings and you are ready to eat. The best thing about porridge ...

Panda fuzzy logic mini rice cooker was added to Yum Asia’s range of rice cookers in September 2018 after the success of our Bamboo Umai Induction Heating and Sakura multi-function fuzzy logic rice cookers. The reason we launched a mini rice cooker was mainly from feedback from customers – although 8 cup rice cookers do cook small amounts of rice ...

Made with chicken and typical South Indian ingredients like coconut milk and curry leaves, this creamy spicy dish tastes best with rice. Serve it for a family meal and portion it up for tasty lunches. This curry can easily be adapted to vegetarian or vegan, just replace the meat with your favourite pulses or add sweet potato. Spinach would also ...

Ginger Cake

Baking without dairy can be a real challenge as replacing butter and milk isn’t as easy as you’d think – plant based/non-dairy milks affect how baked good rise and oils can give flavour to cakes that you don’t want. That said, here’s a fabulous recipe for a lovely sticky, spicy ginger cake which is even better the day after baking. ...