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Chana Dal, Indian Chick Pea Curry

Serves 2 Chana Dal means chick peas, and is popular throughout the whole of the Indian subcontinent, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Wherever you go in India you are guaranteed to find Chana Dal on the menu.  India is a country with a large vegetarian population and chana dal is a staple for so many of t...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Malaysian Hainanese Chicken Rice

Serves 4 Hainanese chicken is a traditional Malaysian and Singaporean dish. The chicken is boiled and the rice is then cooked in the chicken broth. This simple dish tastes delicious, the flavors are simple and clean, but the chicken is very tender and chicken broth adds a delicate flavor and smooth texture to the rice...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Singapore Chilli Crab

Serves 1 Chilli crab is one of Singapore most delicious dishes, sweet tender crab in a sweet and sour tomato and chilli sauce.  This meal is full of flavour, lemon grass, fresh ginger and garlic, but the most important ingredient is surprisingly ketchup. Chilli crab is very moreish and wonderful food, the best w...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Pineapple Fried Rice Served In A Pineapple

Serves 2 Pineapple fried rice is a fantastic dish, as well as the pineapple tasting great, serving in the pineapple shell looks pretty spectacular, very kitsch and great fun. Pineapple fried rice can be served as a main or a side dish, and as a side dish it will easily serve four people. This dish is great fun and a ...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Thai Red Curry

Serves 4 Thai curries are amazingly simple and quick to cook; they taste fantastic, the coconut milk makes it creamy, sweet and very aromatic. So much of Thai food involves cooking with pastes. Pastes are normal ground up herbs, chillies, ginger, they contain so many flavours, and a good paste makes everything else si...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Tiramisu

Serves 4 Tiramisu is one of Italy’s most famous desserts, coffee cream and a little splash of alcohol, usually amaretto, make tiramisu a very luxurious dessert full of rich flavours. Tiramisu translates as pick me up and what a wonderful pick me up it is, so if you need a little lift after a hard day’s wor...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Semifreddo With Nougat

Serves 4 Semifreddos are classic Italian deserts. A semifreddo is any type of half frozen Italian dessert, ice cream cake, semi-frozen yoghurt or gelato. This recipe is for a wonderfully delicious creamy amaretto and nougat flavoured semifreddo, but for those of you who aren’t amaretto fans, rum taste great too,...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Coffee Cheesecake

Serves 6 Freshly made coffee fills the air with a wonderful deep rich smell that wafts gently through every room. Coffee is a wonderful start to the day, so for the perfect end to a day, that you deserve I suggest a coffee cheesecake. Coffee adds a touch of sophistication and lots of indulgences to an already delicio...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Pecan Pie

Serves 6 Pecan pie was first created by the French in New Orleans. It is a traditional American recipe cooked for Thanksgiving Day dinner; it is a warm comforting dessert to enjoy with family and friends. This great recipe is perfect for any family occasion it is sweet, gooey, delicious and full of tasty pecan nuts....15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Mint Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Serves 8 Mint choc chip is a childhood favourite, wonderful green minty ice cream filled with chocolate chips. Mint, chocolate and cream goes beautifully, so embrace these delicious flavours and make the most of them in a slightly more grown up way, mint choc chip cheesecake. A very yummy cake that the whole family co...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Raspberry Pavlova

Serves 6-8 Raspberry Pavlova looks beautiful as well as tastes beautiful, and is a really simple dessert with very few ingredients. If you are rushed off your feet with party planning and want a spectacular final course that looks stunning, then look no further, Raspberry Pavlova is perfect.  The red of the raspb...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Strawberry Meringue Roulade

Serves 8  Strawberry meringue roulade is perfect for summer when there are lots of strawberries in season; after all English strawberries taste the best. Crisp meringues with juicy strawberries and cream go perfectly. Meringue roulade is an impressive looking desert, perfect for a relaxed dinner party outside, wi...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Chocolate Fondant

Serves 2 Chocolate fondant is a delicious chocolate dessert; it is heaven for any chocolate lover. The centre is gooey, runny chocolate, surrounded by a soft moist chocolate sponge. So next time the kids are out of the house and you have sometime alone, enjoy a romantic evening with a perfect chocolaty dessert and a g...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Banana Yogurt Pancakes

Serves 4 There are so many varieties of pancakes; most countries have their own traditional pancake. All equally as tasty and I very much advise trying to eat as many types of pancakes as possible. This banana pancake is a good start, for fans of banana bread, this pancake could quite easily become a pancake favourite...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

French Macarons

Makes 50 small macarons French macarons are little dooms of cream filled meringues. Paris’s famous patisserie Ladurees is world renowned because of these delightful little round cakes, Ladurees is the height of sophistication and luxury. Macarons line the windows of patisseries all over Paris, they are stacked i...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Chocolate Eclairs

Makes 12 Fluffy, long, thin pastries filled with fresh cream and topped with a soft delicious chocolate frosting. Eclairs are made from choux pastry, which is also used to make profiteroles and crullers. Éclairs as well as all other cream cakes are perfect with a cup of tea in your garden in the afternoon. Ec...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Honey Glazed Chicken

Serves 2 A quick easy roast dinner perfect for two. If you don’t have much time on your hands and want to cook to impress, honey glazed chicken is simple and delicious, so it is hard to go wrong. The soy sauce and honey soaks into the chicken, keeping it moist and tender while the honey glaze makes the skin cri...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Lemon Chicken

Serves 2 A little squeeze of lemon can turn a meal from alright to amazing. Lemons can enhance all the flavours of a dish as well as add their own tangy flavour. Baked honey and sesame glazed chicken with a tangy sticky lemon sauce is a wonderful dinner for two. No one need know how simple this meal is to make. The s...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Roast Chicken And Ratatouille

Serves 4 Ratatouille is a traditional French dish of roasted vegetables; this beautiful dish is full of fantastic colours it is a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach. Ratatouille has a wonderful sweet, rich, full flavour. A mix of garlic, onions, peppers, courgettes and aubergines roasted in olive oil. The tende...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Special Fried Rice

Serves 4 This Chinese take-away classic is very fast food, even when cooked at home, and great for using up leftovers. If you have any rice from the day before great, fried rice is best when cooked with cold leftover rice straight from the fridge, and feel free to alter the recipe, sliced up left over sausages work we...15:36 Mon 24th May 2010