Aioli with Herbs

Use this versatile sauce as a dip for raw vegetables, or as an accompaniment to grilled fish. Replace the herbs with a finely chopped chilli to make a hot spicy…

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White Wine Marinade

Use for fresh salmon steaks, rainbow trout, plaice or whiting, prawns or chicken.

Chapatis

A chapati is an unleavened Indian bread, traditionally served with curries. In India ghee is used for making the dough and for serving. The nearest equivalent to this is clarified…

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Tamarind Sauce

This sweet-sour sauce from southern India is often served with Pakoras. If raw sugar is unobtainable, use soft brown sugar or molasses or dark treacle instead.

Sambal #1

This sambal is usually served with fish or vegetable curries.

Hummus

Hummus is the Arabic and Hebrew word for chick pea. In Israel, it usually refers to a chick pea paste, popular as an appetizer throughout the Middle East. Homemade hummus…

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Tarator

This appetizer, also known as cacik (pronounced CHA-chik), is popular in the Sephardic communities of the Balkans. It is extremely simple to make, and is delicious in summer when cucumbers…

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Herring Spread with Sour Cream

These herrings can be made with yogurt instead of sour cream if you want a lower-calorie version. Fresh herbs, such as parsley, chervil, or cor-iander, can also be added to…

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Pulau With Cashew Nuts

This dish is filling enough to constitute a light meal on its own (with, perhaps, some poppadums), or it makes a filling accompaniment to meat or fish.

Sambols

Sambols are traditional accompaniments of curry serve 1 or all of them. They are often served in small dishes. For serving 10-12 people, double the quantities of ingredients are used…

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