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Onion is softened in oil; garlic, ginger and curry powder bloom
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Onion is softened in oil; garlic, ginger and curry powder bloom

Whole black urad lentils and a small handful of red kidney beans are soaked overnight, then pressure-cooked or simmered…

Fasolada is the Greek bean soup that's often called the country's national dish, a slow-cooked pot of haricot beans…

Ful medames is the breakfast Egypt has been eating since pharaonic times, dried fava beans slow-cooked overnight into…

Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper and stale bread soak in red wine vinegar with garlic, then blitz with olive oil…

Gemista is the Greek stuffed-vegetable dish of mid-summer, ripe tomatoes and peppers hollowed and filled with a herby…

Yellow split peas (chana dal) simmer with onion, turmeric and tomato until very soft

Maque choux is the summer corn dish of the bayou, a sweet, slow-stewed mix of corn kernels, tomato and the trinity that…

Spinach is blanched for one minute then plunged into iced water (a step that locks the colour bright green)

Potatoes, cauliflower, peas boil until tender

Dried kidney beans are soaked overnight and pressure-cooked (or simmered for 2 hours) until completely tender

This is the masala. The sauce that turns tikka, the marinated, grilled protein from [Restaurant-Style…

A pepper-and-onion sofrito is seasoned with cumin, paprika and chilli, then simmered down with chopped tomatoes into a thick sauce

Soupe au pistou is the Provençal summer vegetable soup, a wide bowl of beans, courgette, green beans, tomatoes and small…

A fresh-yeasted bread-flour dough proves for an hour while a deeply reduced tomato sauce simmers with shallots, garlic…

Diced onion and garlic sweat in sunflower oil