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

The Sicilian sweet-sour aubergine relish that gets better every hour it sits, and is at its best the day after you make it

Cooked chickpeas (tinned for speed, OR overnight-soaked and home-cooked for the best texture) toss with diced red onion…

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

Pita breads are torn into pieces and toasted (or fried) until crisp and crunchy

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

The Saudi take on foul medames, somewhere between the Egyptian original and the Yemeni daal-like versions

Fried green tomatoes are the South's answer to using up the last of the summer tomato patch before frost, firm unripe…

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

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

Big bunches of fresh herbs (parsley, coriander, dill, chives) chop very fine

Full-fat natural yogurt salts; strains through a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth (or a thin tea towel) over a bowl for 12-24 hours

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…