Andhra style chicken curry (kodi kura) in a beautiful and spicy sauce made with dried chillies, poppy seeds, cashew nuts and dried coconut.
Recipes that take a little time (1-2 hours)
When you have a little time to spend on dinner, say between 1 and 2 hours, these recipes are for you.
Longer cooking often allows flavours to develop and create a more rounded flavour.
Don't worry, extra time doesn't mean more difficult; many of these recipes are very easy.
As ever, they come with a comprehensive set of clear and concise instructions that will walk you through the process from start to finish!
A simple, delicious pork and butter bean stew cooked in ham stock and Bramley apple sauce before being finished with black pudding and sage.
Portuguese beef espetada are beef skewers featuring griddled steak chunks that are marinated in garlic, red wine vinegar and bay leaves.
Pork menudo is a Filipino dish that combines three meats, pork, liver and hot dog sausages with vegetables in a stew sweetened with raisins.
Greek pork tigania is a beautiful recipe that rocks tender chunks of shoulder or neck cooked with mustard, lemon, herbs and white wine.
Baked boneless pork shoulder chops stuffed with bacon, sage, apples and apple sauce with a wonderfully delicious cider and butter sauce.
Chicken salan is a delicious Pakistani homestyle curry; my version uses bone-in leg pieces braised in a generously spiced, onion-heavy gravy.
Crab, fennel and cottage cheese stuffed cannelloni baked in bechamel sauce is a delicious meal that is easier to make than you would think.
Vegetable rogan josh is my vegan/vegetarian take on the ever-popular British Indian curry house favourite that comes in a thick spicy sauce.
Soy sauce braised chicken is a delicious and simple slow-cooked Chinese dish that results in incredibly tender meat in a fantastic broth.
Salt and pepper pork belly cooked in Shaoxing wine and crispy chilli oil, and then finished with a seasoning heady with Szechuan pepper.
Bifteki are delicious, juicy Greek meat (beef and pork) patties, I turn them into a "tray bake" meal & cook them with garlic, and lemon potatoes.
Domoda is a West African (Gambian) peanut stew, my vegan version is loaded with sweet potato and carrot in a delicious peanut butter sauce.
Teriyaki sauce chicken wings with classic sweet, sticky and salty Japanese flavours that can be oven-baked or cooked in an air fryer.
Pork sausage, leek and ricotta cheese cannelloni baked in a simple tomato and thyme sauce and topped with a cheese bechamel sauce topping.
Somerset chicken legs in a creamy, cheesy, cider, apple and mustard sauce is a hearty stew guaranteed to fill bellies and raise smiles.
Minced lamb hotpot sounds very British, but my version leans on Indian flavours from a classic keema curry and adds a spiced potato topping.
Picadillo is a popular dish across former Spanish colonies, this version is Cuban and rocks minced beef with potatoes, capers and raisins.
Musakhan is a wonderful Palestinian inspired recipe with sumac spiced chicken legs served on flatbread topped with caramelised red onions.
Kottu roti is a delicious street food dish from Sri Lanka that combines curry (chicken in this instance) with flatbread, eggs and vegetables.