Discovering the grapefruit

2 grapefruits

150 gm sugar

½ tbsp cinnamon

Preheat a broiler. Cut each grapefruit in half crosswise. Place on a baking tray. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the mix evenly over all four halves. Place under the broiler, about four inches from the heat source and broil until sugar is uniformly brown. This will take approximately 2-4 minutes. Serve immediately.

1 grapefruit, peeled

2 salmon filets, 220 gm each

Coarse sea salt

Freshly ground pepper

2 spring onions

1 ripe avocado

2 handfuls of lettuce mix

1 handful of cress mix

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

5 tbsp olive oil

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Peel the avocado and slice it, cut grapefruit into segments. Season skinless salmon filet with salt and pepper. Place on a baking dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil and bake approximately for 10-12 minutes. Divide into four portions. Top each with avocado and grapefruit segments, lettuce mix and cress.

Whisk lemon juice and olive oil, season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over salad, garnish with finely chopped spring onion.

1 tbsp grape fruit juice

Segments of a quarter grapefruit

4 cups of puffed rice

4-5 litres of water

1½ tbsp oil

½ tsp mustard seeds

(optional)

½ tsp cumin seeds

1½ tsp urad dal, chana dal

1 tbsp peanuts

1 sprig curry leaves

3 slit green

chillies

2 dry red

chillies

1 onion large, finely chopped

¼ turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Fresh coriander for garnishing

1 whole grape fruit, cut into rough pieces

15 gm brown sugar

120 gm water

120 ml ice cubes

Blend together all of the above ingredients in a blender. Strain and serve immediately.