After the austerity of the month-long fasting of Ramadan, cooking for Eid highlights all that’s good and great about the Islamic kitchen. It’s an ideal time to show-off culinary skills with a tasteful selection of flavoursome dishes. From sweetly spiced desserts, to fragrant biryanis, meaty curries, and crisp pastry parcels - our rundown of top 10 dishes will have everyone coming back for seconds...
From Simone Lester, a reduced-sugar version of this classic Middle Eastern dessert, and just as delicious
Fragrant toasted spices, olives and preserved lemons make Tamasin Day-Lewis's Moroccan-style chicken a dish to be savoured
A richly flavoured Indonesian curry from Nancy Lam, seasoned with a wonderfully fragrant mix of exotic spices, coconut, lemon grass and lime leaves.
From La Porte des Indes Restaurant, an ambrosial milk pudding scented with roses and fragrant basmati rice
Madhur Jaffrey's sausage-shaped 'meatballs' taste very Kashmiri in their blend of flavours
Add Middle Eastern touch to your picnic with Silvana Franco's simple recipe for a tasty, home-made yogurt cheese
Madhur Jaffrey's flavoursome lamb biryani is studded with onions, sultanas and almonds and topped with hard boiled eggs
Spiced cubes of lamb are delicious in Madhur Jaffrey's yogurt-enriched spinach sauce
Use either lamb or beef for Madhur Jaffrey's vibrant spicy stew
Silvana Franco's tasty recipe for a classic Indian snack makes a great addition to any picnic basket
