A Portuguese influenced dish from chef Publis Silva who worked at the Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It’s published in Rick Stein’s ” Far Eastern Odyssey”.
A tasty soup from ” The Vietnamese Market Cookbook”. It calls for Gia which can usually be brought in Oriental Supermarkets but is easy to prepare at home. Mix 2 parts sugar, 1 part sea salt, 1 part ground black pepper and 1 part garlic powder. Store in a jar.
A Caribbean recipe from Rosamund Grant’s ” Caribbean and African Cookery” 1989. I very much enjoyed going to her restaurant Bambaya in North London in the 1980’s and brought this recipe book for a good friend Steve , but somehow ended up with the copy in my own collection….
