This easy Vietnamese chicken curry recipe makes ca ri ga – or more correctly, cà ri gà – a gently spiced Vietnamese curry that’s made with Vietnamese curry powder, a dry spice blend, rather than the ‘wet’ spice pastes made of pounded fresh herbs, roots and spices of Cambodia’s kroeungs and Thailand’s curry pastes. I’ve … Read more
These sourdough starter discard recipes provide plenty of ideas for using leftover sourdough starter or sourdough starter discard you may have, instead of letting it go to waste. There are as many sourdough discard recipes out there as there are recipes for sourdough bread. I’ve been researching sourdough starter recipes and over the next weeks … Read more
Quarantine cooking dishes to make to prolong the time between grocery shopping trips include everything from ragu alla Bolognese, which can be used with pasta and lasagne, to chili con carne that can be stretched to make a good old bowl of chilli, quesadillas and nachos. These are the meals to cook to extend the … Read more
These homemade sausage rolls with smoky eggplant and pork mince is a Cambodian inspired recipe based on the classic Cambodian dish called chha trob for short in Khmer. It consists of char-grilled eggplant with a wonderful smoky flavour and minced pork that’s been stir-fried with fermented soybeans. This homemade sausage rolls with smoky eggplant and … Read more
Sourdough baking is easy, making sourdough bread at home is cheaper than buying sourdough loaves at a bakery, you don’t need expensive equipment or high-level baking skills, contrary to what sourdough detractors say, and sourdough baking is deeply satisfying. Ignore the sourdough backlash. Since the start of the spread of the coronavirus and we all … Read more