This delicious recipe is very easy to prepare and cook. Add a few chillies if you fancy a bit more bite. Serve with a tangy sambal or sweet chilli sauce.
Laksa is a popular and very distinctive filling soup from Malaysia and Singapore. The flavours are spicy, hot and sour. Beansprouts, thick noodles and uncooked laksa leaf (Vietnamese coriander) are all essential and even the laksa leaf should be fairly easy to find.
This Indonesian pumpkin & prawn curry is much easier than its name! Hot and tangy, with dried lime leaves, lime juice and coconut milk, substitute the prawns for diced red pepper if you want a vegan version. We used our Padang blend…
Sambal Sotong is a popular south east Asian hawker dish, often eaten for breakfast or lunch. The sambal should be VERY hot, with very simple accompaniments.
This is a simple but tasty curry which, like most Thai cooking, does not require many spices to create the rich flavour. Use any size prawns, but they must be raw and shelled…
This is one of those recipes which can provide endless variations - swap the meat, vegetables or even serve with rice rather than noodles!
This is a very common street food throughout Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, in various guises but always served with rice…
This is a simple seafood/chicken noodle dish which can be enjoyed by the whole family (as long as you all enjoy squid!). The name derives from the use of dark soy sauce, and it is traditionally served with lime and a fiery chilli-based sauce called Sambal Belachan…