Recipes
Falafel from scratch with the one rule that decides everything: soaked dried chickpeas, never tinned.
Chicken tikka masala from scratch: a yoghurt marinade, chicken with a charred crust, and a tomato sauce with more spice and more heat than butter chicken.
Shakshuka in one pan: tomato sauce with cumin, paprika and harissa, with eggs poached straight in the sauce. Bread alongside is compulsory.
Thailand's most eaten everyday dish: mince stir-fried with holy basil, chilli and fish sauce, served over jasmine rice with a fried egg.
Paella with a crisp base: the right rice, saffron steeped first, and the one rule that decides everything – do not stir the pan.
Butter chicken from scratch: marinated chicken, a tomato sauce with butter and cream, and the step most people skip – kasuri methi.
Make sweet and sour sauce yourself in ten minutes with rice vinegar, ketchup, sugar and soy sauce – it beats the store-bought version hands down. With a sweet and sour chicken variant.
Stir-fried noodles are the fastest Asian dinner there is: noodles, vegetables and a simple sauce in a screaming-hot pan. Ready in fifteen minutes.
Japanese curry is one of the world's easiest comfort dinners: brown meat and vegetables, simmer, and stir in curry blocks. Ready in 40 minutes.
Bulgogi simply means "fire meat" – thinly sliced beef marinated in a sweet and salty...
Mango sticky rice – khao niao mamuang in Thai – is Thailand's most beloved dessert:...
Teriyaki sauce is one of the easiest sauces you can make yourself. Four ingredients, one...