East: 120 Easy and Delicious Asian-inspired Vegetarian and Vegan recipes

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I found that I could travel to Asia without travelling very far at all. I spoke to a friend, Ben, who is from Borneo, where Sarawak laksa is prized. I begged Wichet Khongphoon, the owner-chef of the Thai restaurant Supawan in central London, to show me how to make a tom kha gai soup; and Shuko Oda, the Japanese chef, to teach me how to make her walnut miso. I accosted home cooks on social media who had innocently posted photos of their breakfast, to ask them more about what they ate and how they made it. The recipes veer from the incredibly simple, such as stir-fried potato slithers with chillies to the more elaborate, such as dry-braised fish with pork in spicy sauce. Clear chapters cover cold food, poultry, fish dishes and street food. The vegetable chapter includes a recipe for fish-fragrant aubergine that is so simple and yet so good that it would convert anyone to Sichuan food. Concise sections detail most common ingredients and different cooking methods. You're left aching to visit the region, just to learn more. Thomasina Miers 8 THE CLASSIC ITALIAN COOKBOOK Marcella Hazan Next, place the cabbage, carrots, spring onions and herbs into another bowl and mix with your hands. Make the sauce by putting the lime juice, sugar, soy sauce, chillies and garlic into a jug or small bowl and mixing well. Pour two-thirds of this sauce over the veg and mix again using your hands. Pour the remaining third into a little serving bowl.

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Ghayour has also recently released a new book, Simply, in which she details some of her favourite recipes that combine both the spectacular flavour profile of Middle Eastern food and the simplicity of a great weeknight dinner. Our panel of judges: Raymond Blanc, Bill Buford, Rachel Cooke, Monty Don, Fuchsia Dunlop, Fergus Henderson, Mark Hix, Simon Hopkinson, Atul Kochar, Prue Leith, Thomasina Miers, Tom Parker-Bowles, Jay Rayner, David Thompson and the OFM team 10 GREAT DISHES OF THE WORLD Robert Carrier And I converted to tofu. Until a couple of years ago, I was a tofu-denier. The dish that changed my mind was chilli tofu, shared with my father at his favourite bolthole, a canteen called Tangoe in Leicester. The tofu was crisp and chewy, giving way to a soft and creamy sponginess, and doused in a sweet, fiery sauce. This is living, I remember thinking – until we got to the last piece. Surely it’s the daughter who should have it, I said, but he decided it was the father’s right. We are still on speaking terms. This pilaff tells you everything you need to know about Olney. People favour risottos now, but before there was risotto, there was pilaff: buttery rice mixed with onions, garlic and tomatoes that have first been fried in olive oil. If the tomatoes are good and fresh, the oil sufficiently grassy, and the onions just so, this is the food of the gods. Olney was a hugely accomplished and knowledgeable cook, but his mantra was simplicity and, in this sense, he was ahead of the times. When The French Menu was first published in 1970, its determinedly seasonal approach was considered revolutionary. Four years later, he published Simple French Food, and his reputation was sealed.The Classic Italian Cookbook was published in 1973 in America, where Hazan taught cookery in her New York apartment. Then, in 1980, it was adapted for a British audience by Anna del Conte, at which point she won herself a whole lot of new fans, plus an Andre Simon Award. It is a very good book indeed: comprehensive, straightforward, with recipes that really work. If you want to know how to make proper risotto, minestrone, or lasagne, this is where to look. But it includes other delicious things, too: pot-roasted squab, stewed rabbit, braised oxtail. As Hazan notes, the Italians like to describe such dishes as "un bocone da cardinale", or a "morsel for a cardinal". We don't know too many cardinals, but we know what she means: this is gloriously tasty food, to be cooked for those you really love. Rachel Cooke 7 THAI FOOD David Thompson I sailed across the Palk Strait to Sri Lanka, where lunch means a selection of curries each made from one main ingredient – beetroot, aubergine, pumpkin, cashew – served alongside a coconut dal (parippu). I travelled east to Thailand, and on to Japan, where the katsu curry bears little resemblance to anything I’ve eaten anywhere else. This book does a great job of combining traditional recipes with contemporary approaches, marrying the two together in a wonderful harmony of delicious food. To make the chilli soy sauce, place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then immediately take off the heat. Ayurveda (or the Science of Life) was the inspiration behind my Mayfair pop-up café, East by West, which was the first Ayurvedic eatery in Central London.The 5,000-year-old holistic healing system was tipped in the Sunday Times list of what's hot for 2017.

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The great Jane Grigson, the Observer's food writer from 1968 until her death in 1990, was also the author of many wonderful cookbooks. It's perhaps debatable which is the best of these, but the one for which she will always be most celebrated is English Food. As the critic Fay Maschler put it: "She restored pride to the subject of English food and gave evidence that there is a valid regional quality still extant in this somewhat beleaguered cuisine." Wonton wrappers can be found in Chinese or large supermarkets; the sauce is mainly made out of store-cupboard ingredients. This is a great cookbook for Egyptian food specifically, allowing you to learn about rich Egyptian culture while also eating some of the best food you’ve ever tasted. A sugar high of the finest quality, laced with spices like cardamom and cinnamon, citrus flavours, and nuts. From classics like halva and kanafah to fresh and contemporary offerings like honey sorbet and cardamon cake.Take the cake out of the oven and leave to rest for exactly one minute, then place a sheet of baking paper over the top, followed by a large chopping board. Using oven gloves, turn the cake over and gently remove the tray. Carefully peel off the now top piece of baking paper and replace with a new sheet just slightly larger than the cake. First, make the wonton filling. Place the peanuts in a food processor and blitz. Roughly chop the celery, then place in the food processor with the peanuts. Pulse until the pieces resemble coarse mince. Heat the rapeseed oil in a pan and, when hot, add the celery and peanut mixture. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes over a medium heat, stirring frequently to remove as much water as possible, then add the garlic and soy sauce and cook for a further 5 minutes. Take off the heat and leave to one side to cool.

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Using the firmest tofu I could find and frying with a good amount of rapeseed oil on a high flame gave me the most perfect result I could have wished for, and the pad thai sauce! A satisfying combination of 6 tbsp of peanut butter with syrup (I used agave instead of brown rice syrup), tamarind, lime and soy sauce, producing the most beautiful salty/sweet sharpness that marinated the noodles, tofu and broccoli wonderfully. Using book, you’ll be able to recreate some of that Afghan magic in your own home. We love the look of the wonderful Afghan pasta for its simplicity and use of traditional flavours. We love both of these books equally, depending on how we’re feeling! One recipe that we can’t wait to try is the chilled pistachio and cucumber soup — perfect for a warm summer’s day!When you are ready to serve, cut the roll into 9 or 10 even slices. This will keep in the fridge for two days, but is best eaten that day. But oh my! did they ever taste delicious. The tomato tart not only looked a jewelled tile but it tasted extraordinary – underneath a layer of tomatoes and a layer of onions lurked an incredibly subtle and delicious pistachio paste, which when cooked together with the other ingredients was just a fantastic mouthful.

East: 120 Easy and Delicious Asian-inspired Vegetarian and

This book does a great job of helping you to learn about different spices that are used in middle eastern cooking, whether in a blend or on their own. Laying the groundwork for you to embark on your own culinary journey. Eating Out Loud: Bold Middle Eastern Flavors for All Day, Every Day by Eden Grinshpan We love embracing this aspect of a great meal, so this book gets a huge thumbs-up and is perfect for anyone who loves the variety and wholesomeness of Turkish cuisine.

Read More: The Best Japanese Cookbooks (from Starters to Sake) TLV: Tel Aviv: Recipes and stories from Israel by Jigal Krant Read More: Amazing Asian Cookbooks for Inspiring Home Cooking The Sultan’s Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook by Ibn Mubarak Shah While you’ll find similarities in ingredients or similar dishes between the individual cuisines spanning these countries and continents there are also hundreds of years of history and culture that have shaped each country’s food into something special and unique. The tomatoes create a wonderful sauce with the coconut milk; they also float up to decorate the dish. Drain the rice, add it to the pan and stir to combine. Add the coconut milk, 200ml of water and the salt. Stir again and bring the mixture to the boil, then put the lid on, turn the heat down to a whisper and cook for a further 15 minutes. Don’t be tempted to lift the lid, as the steam is key to cooking the rice. After 15 minutes, take off the heat and keep the lid on for a further 10 minutes to let the rice rest before eating. Serve with a fresh green salad.