Smashed cucumber and peanut salad with chilli oil
Fragrant chilli oil brings warmth to cold smashed cucumber without cooking away its snap.
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Fragrant chilli oil brings warmth to cold smashed cucumber without cooking away its snap.
Cook the coconut chickpea base now, freeze it in portions, and add fresh greens and lime after reheating so the curry still tastes alive.
Quick pickled onions cut through the savoury kimchi rice and bring a crisp, bright bite to the bowl.
Cooked lentils, squash and greens finish together in one tray, with the edges catching colour and the middle staying saucy.
Roast the aubergine until deeply browned and put cold yogurt underneath, where it cools each hot, spicy mouthful.
A loose lemon tahini swirl rounds out the tomato sauce and turns crisp toast into something worth dragging through the bowl.
Raw zucchini is better than its reputation, but only if you shave it thin and give the salt ten minutes to work.
Soft leeks and creamy white beans make a gentle soup that wakes up with lemon, parsley and dill.
A mix of sesame and pumpkin seeds adds nutty crunch to sticky chicken and tender cabbage without needing a separate side dish.
A mild couscous base lets sesame chilli oil bring the heat at the table, so everyone can choose their own spoonful.
Freeze the cooked tofu and rice without cucumber, then reheat in a skillet and finish with fresh cucumber and vinegar.
Keep this coconut chickpea curry thick enough for flatbread to scoop, with greens folded through just before the pan leaves the heat.