Blog – Ayarah

23 hours ago

Happy Hot-cross Buns 🐣
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Here’s my ultimate Easter hot cross bun recipe🤤 These taste way better than the store bought and lots of fun to make 👌 Also no nasty preservatives or sugars
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Ingredients

1 packet of dry yeast 7g
2 tablespoons of coconut sugar
1½ cups of nut milk lukewarm
4 cups of plain flour
2 teaspoons of ground mixed spice
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
3/4 cup of goji berries

Glaze Ingredients
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
Toppings
1/4 cup of melted vegan chocolate
a small handful of fresh raspberries
2 tablespoons of flaked almonds

Method

1. Place the yeast, sugar and the nut milk in a large bowl and set aside in a warm place for 15 minutes
2. The mixture will start to foam, indicating that the yeast is active and working
3. Add the flour, mixed spice, cinnamon and goji berries to the yeast mixture and mix until a sticky dough forms
4. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for around 5 minutes or until elastic and smooth
5. Then place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a clean, damp cloth and set aside in a warm place for 45 minutes or until doubled in size. This is an essential step. If your dough isn’t rising it’s an indication that the area isn’t warm enough
6. Divide the dough into 10 to 12 pieces and roll into balls. Arrange the dough balls in a flat baking tin lined with non-stick baking paper. Cover with a damp cloth and set aside in a warm place for 15 minutes until risen and double the size again
8. Preheat oven to 180 degrees
9. Glaze the tops of the buns with a little maple syrup before adding them to the oven. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden and springy to touch.
10. Once cooked remove from oven and drizzle with warm chocolate, sprinkle with nuts and raspberries

Makes 10 to12
Enjoy
Full recipe and pics on website 💖 ... See MoreSee Less

4 days ago

Monday Mushroom Spag!
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With garlic toasty croutons 🤤
This is one of our house hold favourites! These little meaty mushroom balls are the bomb 💣
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To make this awesome dish you’ll need the following ⬇️
1 x Jamie Oliver red sauce ( tomato & olive)
1/2 a cup of water
1/4 cup of nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
2 cloves of garlic diced fine
1 teaspoon of chill powder ( optional)
2 tablespoons of small capers
Fresh parsley
2 whole zucchini spiralized
Mushroom balls - see Ayarah website for recipe
Croutons: chop up a few pieces of day old bread into cubes. Then lightly fry in vegan butter and garlic until crispy
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Method
Place a large fry pan on medium heat with a little oil
Lightly fry garlic, capers, spices. Add in red sauce, nutritional yeast and water
Cook for another 3 to 4 mins
Then stir through zucchini add fresh herbs , mushroom balls and croutons
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1 week ago

Easy peasy muesli bars
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Whipped up these little gems today for my hubby working at home😋
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Also great to make with the kids too! They can get their hands in all the mix
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Ingredients
3 cups of quick oats or rolled (quick give a softer chewy texture)
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
1 ripe banana 🍌
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds, flaked almonds, goji berries, sunflower seeds and hempseed
1 cup of water
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Method:
Add all ingredients into a large bowl. Using your hands mash the banana and mix well. Then add the water and mix into a dough like texture. Now press into a large rectangle baking pan
Bake 160 for 25 mins
Cool, cut and serve 😋
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1 week ago

Ayarah Updates
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Thank you to those few who personally reached out and messaged me🙏🏼
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Firstly, I’d like to help clear some things up☺️ Ayarah is not closing down, we are temporarily closed.. until COVID19 passes and businesses can re-open. Everyone who had already purchased classes will have 12 months once and when we reopen🤸🏻‍♂️
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I am not currently doing online for a few reasons. It takes weeks to put together high quality content, I’d prefer to create more recipes with pics vs videos.. and I don’t have the right equipment
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Also, there are millions without jobs and I will be continuing to provide FREE recipes and basic videos, as I have always done.
This is NOT the time to try and profit off a terrible situation 😔
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So, here’s another FREE super easy yummy turmeric tom yum soup 🍜 😊
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2 cups of water
1/2 a cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons of red curry paste
1 cube of vegetable stock
1 tablespoon vegan fish sauce
2 teaspoons of turmeric
1 teaspoon tamarind paste
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
250g of fried medium texture tofu
Bunch of fresh chopped coriander to liking
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Method
🌿Start by frying the tofu, cube tofu into small pieces- heat peanut oil in a deep frypan. Once hot, dust the tofu in cornstarch and fry 3 to 5 mins until crispy. (Don’t let them sit in cornstarch they will go sticky, only dust before adding to oil)
🌿Set to side until ready to use
🌿For the curry, start by adding 1 tablespoon of coconut oil to a saucepan and cook off the curry paste, fish sauce, tamarind and turmeric for 5 mins or until oil starts to separate from paste.
🌿 Add in the vegetable cube, water, coconut milk and simmer for 20 mins to infuse flavours
🌿Finally add in mushrooms, herbs and stir through before serving with tofu on top and fresh chilies ... See MoreSee Less

2 weeks ago

Malay red curry 🍛
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Well.... What a huge week😬 There are some massive changes going around the globe!
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To be honest the last week has been horrible for me😞 Coming to terms with Ayarah being closed for probably the rest of the year at best... Is heartbreaking and very depressing.
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I know many have suggested some online courses. But to be honest with everyone losing their jobs like me. I simply feel people will not be spending on luxury items like cooking classes.
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The facts are Ayarah can’t receive funds from the government, because I don’t pay myself a wage. I also cannot claim any loss of assets, as they must come from items purchased post March. So like many of us we simply will have zero income until this is over🥺
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All in all. it’s extremely frustrating 😩 and depressing. So, this is taking me a little longer than I’d like to bounce out.
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What’s more frustrating... is seeing many people still going out and about like nothing has changed. The only way to start recovering from this Pandemic, is to start staying home and ONLY going out for essential items.
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Don’t be the reason someone’s loved one dies. Stay Home, Stay Clean 🙏🏼
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Thank you to everyone’s patience and understanding in these difficult times. ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Well... The day has come where Western Australia has now enforced lock down for all non essential businesses
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I am completely gutted like millions of other around the globe
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Ayarah is keeping it positive though! and will be beginning all new online cooking classes to keep everyone healthy from the inside🌿 Over the next few weeks I will be putting together both LIVE and prerecorded videos for everyone to enjoy and keep that vegan cooking mojo going🤗
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Let’s keep it positive guys and remember plants RULE - no nasty viruses came from plants ever😜
Ahimsa
Raya
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3 weeks ago

👌😂😂 Sorry...
humans are silly 🙈 ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Another wonderful Thai Fusion Class🌿
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Huge thank you again to all our wonderful
Ayarah guests🤗
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It’s so important now than ever to keep joining our supporting little guys like me. We simply cannot survive months on end without income. In efforts to keep Ayarah flowing I will be setting up some online courses and videos for you all 💖 These are for those who are not comfortable in public spaces.
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Remember Ayarah is small and not a public area. We are extremely clean and safe 🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏻‍♂️
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MAY is now Closed to to WA laws and restrictions put in place 🙁
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3 weeks ago

Fresh baked banana and maple cake 🍰
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I LOVE this recipe! It always works out perfect 👌 You can find this one on my website along with another 100 odd
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Happy Weekend Everyone
Stay safe 🙏🏼 ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

Quarantine with my pups 🐺
Teaching them new games 🥰 ... See MoreSee Less

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