
Caponata
Aubergine cubes are salted to weep, fried hard in olive oil to deep gold, and reserved
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Aubergine cubes are salted to weep, fried hard in olive oil to deep gold, and reserved

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

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

The Azerbaijani version of the shepherd's salad that turns up in some form on every table from the Balkans to Persia…

Ugandan curry potatoes are one of those everyday dishes that say more about a country's cooking than the showpiece feast plates do

Dried chickpeas soak overnight (never cooked, chickpeas must remain raw)

Dried chickpeas (or a chickpea-fava blend) soak overnight

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

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

Hogao is the Colombian sofrito, the cooked tomato-and-onion sauce that lives in every Colombian kitchen and gets spooned…

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

Matbucha is the North African-Israeli slow-cooked tomato-and-pepper salad, a thick, jammy spread of charred peppers and…

Day-old crusty bread is torn into rough pieces and briefly moistened with water-and-vinegar, just enough to soften without making mush

Patatas bravas is a classic Spanish tapas dish featuring crispy roasted potatoes smothered in a rich, spiced tomato sauce

Penne all'arrabbiata is the angry Roman tomato pasta (arrabbiata means "angry", for the chilli), a five-ingredient sauce…