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Smoked brisket is lovely… but not exactly practical for a busy mum with 3 boys.

So this is my Indian-inspired black braised brisket — bold, aromatic and deeply spiced using roasted curry powder, lemongrass and lime leaves.

Pressure cooked till tender, then oven finished for that rich, dark finish.

Deep, slow-cooked flavour without the 12-hour commitment.

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Ingredients

• 1kg brisket from
• Salt
• 1½ tbsp roasted curry powder

• 1 onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp ginger
• 1 green chilli
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 2–3 lime leaves

• 2 tbsp tamarind paste
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 – 1½ cups water
• Oil for searing

Optional:
• 1–2 tsp brown sugar or honey (for balance)

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Instructions
1. Season brisket with salt and roasted curry powder.
2. Sear in a hot pan with oil until browned on all sides. Set aside.
3. Blitz onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli, lemongrass and lime leaves in a food processor.
4. Sauté this mixture until fragrant.
5. Transfer to pressure cooker and add brisket back in.
6. Add tamarind, soy sauce and water.
7. Pressure cook until tender (around 45 minutes — add back in for more time if still tough).
8. Remove brisket and transfer cooking liquid to a wide pan.
9. Boil uncovered until reduced and glossy.
10. Stir in optional brown sugar or honey to balance the sauce.
11. Place brisket in oven tray and spoon reduced sauce over.
12. Roast at 200°C for 10–15 minutes to deepen colour.
13. Rest and slice against the grain.

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Family favourite weeknight steak dinner 🥩
Easy, minimal effort, and the kids genuinely love it.

Weeknight Eye Fillet Steak

Ingredients
– Eye fillet steak (from The Meat Club)
– Salt + black pepper
– Olive oil or butter (for the pan)

Method
1. Season generously with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a pan until properly hot.
3. Add the steak and sear for 2–3 minutes per side.
4. Transfer to the air fryer at 200°C for 6–8 minutes (depending on thickness + your settings).
5. Rest before slicing — medium rare perfection.
6. Serve with salad and chips (and let the kids do the taste test).

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It’s been a while, but sharing my Lamb Curry 🫶

Deep, slow flavours… then finished in the pressure cooker.

Ingredients
– 800 g diced lamb leg, butterflied (from Club)
– 3 tbsp yoghurt
– 1 tbsp garlic paste
– 1 tbsp ginger paste
– 2 medium onions
– Extra garlic & ginger paste
– Green chilli, to taste
– 2 tbsp tomato purée
– Salt, to taste
– Olive oil

Whole spices
Bay leaves, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick, green cardamom

Ground spices
Turmeric, cumin powder, coriander powder, chilli powder (to taste)

Method
Marinate lamb with yoghurt, garlic & ginger.
Heat olive oil, bloom whole spices.
Add onions, chilli, extra garlic & ginger. Cook until deeply caramelised.
Add tomato purée + salt, cook till oil separates.
Add ground spices, then lamb. Coat well.
Transfer to pressure cooker, add water to just cover.
Cook till tender.
Finish with fried curry leaves.

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Thinking about work life balance and how often it turns into guilt for women in their 40s. We spoke about this on The Forties Formula with Amanda Lim and Jasmin Dhillon with Amy Kunrojpanya. Coach Amanda Lim

If you’re eating well, training consistently, trying to manage stress — and still wondering why your body feels heavier, flatter, more inflamed, or just… harder to manage — this is for you.

Most women I work with aren’t beginners.
They’re disciplined. High-functioning. Used to getting results when they put the work in.

So when effort stops matching outcomes, it can feel confusing — and quietly frustrating.

You start questioning yourself.
Wondering if you need to be stricter.
Or push harder.
Or try one more plan.

But for many women in their 40s, this isn’t a discipline problem at all.
It’s a capacity issue.

The body is already using a lot of its resources to cope — with stress, hormonal shifts, gut issues, poor recovery — which means there’s very little left for change.

That doesn’t mean your body is failing you.
It means it’s adapting.

And once you understand what’s actually driving that response, things start to make sense — and that’s when progress becomes possible again.

If this feels uncomfortably familiar and you want to explore what’s going on underneath the surface, DM me SHIFT and let’s arrange a chat.

Because Christmas snacks don’t need to be beige!

SAVE this recipe for your next Christmas party and follow .with.jasmin for more recipes, tips & how to thrive in your 40s.

Ingredients
• Pre cut Camembert wedges (I used )
• Runny honey
• Fresh parsley, finely chopped
• Pecans, crushed
• Pomegranate seeds

Method
1. Take a Camembert wedge and slice it in half so it forms a small triangle.
2. Dip the cut face lightly into honey.
3. Press gently into a plate of parsley, pecans and pomegranate so it sticks.
4. Stand it upright and use a toothpick if you need support.
5. Chill for a few minutes so it firms up before serving.

A lighter, prettier festive bite that skips the usual sugary Christmas snacks and keeps everything feeling a bit fresher.

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Because the Christmas should feel joyful… not like another job on your list. 🎄

This is one of the most heartbreaking conversations we’ve ever had.

Imagine saying goodbye to your child for the weekend… and never seeing them again.

In this week’s episode of The Forties Formula, we speak with Daylin Limonte, a Singapore-based mother whose seven-year-old son, Caleb, was taken by his father and never returned.

It’s a story of love, loss, and the unimaginable strength it takes to keep fighting when the system doesn’t help.

Please help us spread awareness.
Visit www.helpfindcaleb.com to learn more and share Caleb’s story.

Please share this post — your share could help a mother find her son.

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Have you ever smiled through something that actually hurt?

That kind of quiet holding-it-together that looks strong from the outside… but feels like you’re cracking on the inside.

In this week’s episode of The Forties Formula, we sat down with Sha-en Yeo, Singapore’s first happiness scientist, to talk about the hidden forces that make so many women in their 40s feel disconnected — perfectionism, over-productivity, and pretending we’re fine.

Because sometimes it’s not burnout, or hormones, or bad luck.
Sometimes it’s the mask we wear every day just to keep going.

It’s raw, it’s honest, and it might just remind you that you’re not the only one feeling this way.

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There’s a quiet pressure many of us grew up with — be good, be agreeable, be small.

Don’t take up too much space.
Don’t make anyone uncomfortable.
Don’t make waves.

But what happens when you realise that shrinking yourself is costing you your happiness, your health, and your sense of who you really are?

This week on The Forties Formula, we sat down with Cheryl Tay— Singaporean athlete and body image advocate — to talk about what it really means to live visibly in a culture that prefers women to stay quiet.

We get into:
• Growing up in Asian households where “failure isn’t an option”
• Coming out in a country that still doesn’t quite know what to do with it
• When chasing “skinny” turns into losing yourself
• The danger in holding everything in to keep the peace
• And how to rebuild confidence + identity in your 30s, 40s and beyond

This one is honest. Emotional. And needed.

If you’ve ever felt like you’ve been hiding parts of yourself to keep others comfortable — this conversation is for you.