If you can find it, or have the patience to make your own, use coarsely ground cardamom rather than the finely ground stuff. To make your own, buy the cardamom pods, empty the seeds into a mortar and pound them a bit.
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A straightforward stir-fry, this dish is flavored with red curry paste, fish sauce and coconut milk instead of ginger and soy.
This recipe is part of Andrew Schloss's Sunday Dinners.
Thai Green Curry With Snow Peas And Shrimp
Thai Green Curry With Snow Peas And Shrimp
This is a beautiful curry with pink shrimp and bright green snow peas in a heavenly herb-infused sauce. Serve it warm with rice or noodles.
Read more about this recipe in Nancie McDermott's The Curry Book.
Vindaloos are classic Indian dishes, that actually originated from a Portugese dish "vinho de alho". This version isn't terribly spicy, though you could add more cayenne pepper to taste.
Lamb Stew With Ginger, Cardamom And Cloves
Lamb Stew With Ginger, Cardamom And Cloves
This Indian-inspired lamb stew is fragrant with garlic, ginger, cardamom, and cloves. Add an extra dolop of yogurt on top for garnish.
Broiled Chicken With An Indian Spice Rub
Broiled Chicken With An Indian Spice Rub
An intensely flavored spice rub - an Indian-inspired one in this case -- is a good way to wake up weeknight boneless skinless chicken breasts.The chicken broth isn't strictly necesseary, but it will help keep the chicken moist; a splash of water or wine would work fine in its place.
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Curry powder, red pepper flakes and lime juice cut through the rich flavor of lamb and transform ordinary chops into something memorable.
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This "catchall" soup is a good one to use up some bits and pieces from other dishes - just part of a cube of tofu, some chicken stock and a few spices later and you've got a hearty soup.
Asian-Inspired Green Bean Casserole
Asian-Inspired Green Bean Casserole
I've always looked with abject horror at condensed soup-based dishes topped with canned (!) onions. But I love a cooking challenge so I decided to make a green bean casserole that I would actually enjoy.
Wong Ah Wah Grilled Chicken Wings
Wong Ah Wah Grilled Chicken Wings
Once notorious as a Kuala Lumpur's red light district, Jalan Alor is now a food haven casually known as "Wai Sek Kai," which, in Cantonese, means "Glutton Road."
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