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Tex-Mex chilli bake
Jacket potatoes split and piled with a spicy kidney bean and capsicum chilli, topped with sour cream and served with a crunchy mixed salad. A filling supper for two.
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Surinamese teloh
Fried cassava with salt fish
Teloh is Javanese-Surinamese comfort food, sold from roadside stalls in Commewijne and Wanica and eaten on the run at lunchtime: crisp fried cassava with a spoonful of sautéed salted cod (bakkeljauw) cooked with onion, tomato and garlic, and a fierce sambal on the side. Salt fish must be soaked to draw out the salt, and it is done in the fridge, changing the water. The common mistake is frying raw cassava straight away; it must be boiled first until tender or it stays hard and fibrous in the middle. Chef's tip: let the boiled cassava steam dry and cool before frying, and the outside goes glassy and crisp.
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Channa paneer masala
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Stuffed brinjal curry
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Stuffed okra
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Sev tomato currySweet-sour tomato curry with sev
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Stuffed tindora curryStuffed ivy gourd curry
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Quick pethi puriSmall puffed urad dal puris
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Methi-millet rotlaMillet and fenugreek flatbread
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Sweet jaggery trianglesFried jaggery wholemeal triangles
Sweet, crunchy triangles of wholemeal dough kneaded with jaggery water and deep fried until brown. In Gujarati homes they're eaten with green gram curry or potato curry and mango pickle, a lovely sweet-savoury pairing. They keep well in an airtight tin.
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Makki ki rotiMaize flour flatbread
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OsamanLight spiced green gram broth
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PudaSavoury millet and rice pancakes
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Cheesy vegetable rice
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Chapati
Chapatis are the everyday Indian flatbread: thin rounds of soft wholemeal dough, cooked on a hot tava and then puffed over a wire mesh on the flame. Spread with ghee and serve with any curry or dal. Tip from the book: you can half-cook a stack of rotis ahead and do the final roasting just before serving.
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Tomato rice in coconut milk
A colourful, mildly spiced rice cooked in puréed tomatoes and coconut milk with carrots, peas and french beans. Creamy coconut softens the tang of the tomatoes. Garnish with coriander, tomato slices and coconut, and serve with masala yogurt.
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Paneer biryaniRice and moong dal in coconut milk
A mild, creamy biryani: rice and husked green gram roasted in ghee, then cooked in coconut milk with peas, carrots, potatoes, peanuts and cashews, and finished with soft fried paneer and a fresh coriander yogurt. Serve hot, garnished with more fried cashews and paneer.
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Stuffed kulcha
Kulchas are soft, leavened breads from North India. Here the yogurt and poppy seed dough is filled with soya mince sautéed with garlic and green chilli and mixed with cheddar, baked, then finished on a griddle just before serving. Make plain kulcha by leaving out the filling.
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Brown rice with vegetables
Here the rice is 'brown' because sugar is caramelised in the oil before the rice goes in, which gives it a deep golden colour and a gentle toasty sweetness. It's layered with crisp matchstick vegetables tossed in a sharp, spicy vinegar marinade and ketchup, then baked. A good party dish; serve it with yogurt or raita.
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