RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Plain paratha (lightly fried bread)

  Discover just how delicious a home-made paratha can taste with Vicky Bhogal's recipe for these classic Indian flat breads

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  Chicken and sweetcorn soup

  Try Ainsley Harriott's version of popular chicken and sweetcorn soup - originally from the southwest of China...

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  Pan-fried seafood Xiamen style

  Seafood in its shell is cooked with ginger and spring onions for Chinese finger food at its best – from Gary Rhodes

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  No-fuss vinaigrette

  Use this multi-purpose dressing on summer salads or warmed up as a sauce - leave overnight for the flavours to infuse

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  Steak and kidney pie

  Shunning the suet in favour of buttery puff, Stuart Gillies enriches this dish with red wine, veal stock and port

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  Rich hoi sin beef

  Hoi sin sauce adds a lovely sweet savoury flavour to the beef in Chef Yang from Amoy's quick stir-fried dish

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  Kashmiri chicken

  Anjum Anand’s easy peasy curry is made with a tomato-based masala flavoured with whole spices – serve it simply with boiled rice

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  Hot mussel soup

  This clean-tasting herby broth by Nigel Slater has plenty of aromatic flavours - ideal as a winter warming treat

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  Rainbow superfood salad

  Allegra McEvedy’s healthy salad makes a dramatic appearance on the table and tastes fab too

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  Chocolate pancakes

  The whole family will love Silvana Franco’s quick and easy dessert