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Category: ASIAN DISHES

SRI LANKAN BEETROOT CURRY AND GREEN BEAN MALLUM

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • November 7, 2020
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  An earthy beetroot curry with unexpected depth of flavour and a super-quick, zingy green bean mallum. Add yoghut, Sheila’s mango chutney,  and poppadoms, and you’re on your way to … Continue Reading →

FRIED CHICKEN WITH SPRING ONION SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 31, 2020
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    Sheila cooked a delicious dish, by Madhur Jaffrey.  Fried chicken thighs with a spring onion sauce. The sauce was delicious, sharp,  with a lovely background of spring onions … Continue Reading →

PICKLED SCALLOPS with WILD GARLIC and CUMIN CAULIFLOWER

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 25, 2020
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This was the first course we did for Cathy and Nigel (do we always pick recipes with long titles). Obviously we couldn’t get hold of wild garlic so I substituted … Continue Reading →

MOROCCAN VEGETABLE POT

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 22, 2020
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This warmly-spiced vegetable stew, sweet with parsnips and carrots and tangy with preserved lemons and dried apricots is the perfect dish for an Autumn evening. The Ingredient list looks a … Continue Reading →

HOT AND SWEET GINGER CHICKEN

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 12, 2020
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  Sticky, messy, and quick, these  are really delicious and tasty: as Diana Henry suggests hands should be encouraged. I just love her recipes, simple but with bags of flavour. … Continue Reading →

UDANG BUMBU ACAR. Prawns in Piquant sauce

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 24, 2020
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This was going to be the “soup course” for Sheila’s birthday Asian tapas meal.  If you love heat, you will love Prawns in Piquant sauce. Piquant translated from French means literally … Continue Reading →

SALAD OLIVIEH

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 17, 2020
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  One of the most popular salads in Iran, Salad Olivieh is believed to have taken its influence from Russia and the salade russe, With Chicken, eggs, and cucumber added. … Continue Reading →

POMEGRANATE MOLASSES CHICKEN WITH BULGAR WHEAT SALAD

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 17, 2020
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This a good one to make for guests. Sweet and sour, different textures, pretty colours, and the succulent chicken thighs. We first cooked  it for Ginette and André. They keep … Continue Reading →

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