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Atchara is the Filipino pickle that lives in every refrigerator, sweet-sour shreds of green papaya and carrot that cut…
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Atchara is the Filipino pickle that lives in every refrigerator, sweet-sour shreds of green papaya and carrot that cut…

A whole aubergine is charred directly over a gas flame until the skin is blackened and the flesh inside is soft

The okra is washed, dried thoroughly and trimmed, then cut into 2 cm pieces

Dried black-eyed peas, soaked overnight, simmered low and slow with a smoked ham hock and aromatics

Salt cod soaks for 24 hours with several water changes to draw out the salt

Dried hulled white corn (nixtamalised, also called posole or hominy corn, distinct from tinned hominy) soaks overnight

Colombian empanadas are deep-fried half-moons in a vivid yellow-corn casing, sold by the dozen at every street stall in Bogotá and Medellín

Pinto beans are soaked overnight, then simmered with onion and garlic until tender

Frijoles fritos are the Honduran refried red beans that anchor nearly every Honduran plate, twice-cooked beans that go…

Frijoles paisas are the slow-cooked red beans that anchor every bandeja paisa in Antioquia, a dish that's part-bean, part-pork, all-day

Poached chicken is shredded and tossed with finely shredded cabbage, carrot and onion that has been softened in a light vinegar bath

Split yellow moong dal (or chana dal, or a mix) is rinsed and pressure-cooked or simmered with turmeric until completely soft

A Chilean lentil stew, the kind of one-pot that turns up at any Sunday lunch through autumn and winter

Mahshi koromb is the cabbage-roll dish that anchors Egyptian Friday lunches across the country, tight bundles of rice…

The trotters get a hard initial boil to set the meat and start releasing gelatin; the water is changed

Long-grain rice (not basmati or jasmine, they're too slim) toasts in oil over medium heat until pale gold and nutty, 3-4 minutes