Vietnamese Lobster Summer Rolls with Dipping Sauce

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar 2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger 1 tablespoon Asian fi sh sauce 8 (8-inch)...

Shrimp Cocktail with Horseradish Sauce

Ingredients: 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined ½ cup light sour cream ¼ cup finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons drained chopped pimiento 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish ¼...

Garlic Shrimp Tapas

To devein shrimp, cut a shallow slit along the back of each peeled shrimp with a small sharp knife and remove the dark vein. Rinse the shrimp briefly under cold running...

Mussels with dry coconut

Ingredients: 3 tbsp vegetable oil 1 small onion, finely chopped 2-4 green chillies, whole thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and pounded into a paste in a pestle and...

Spiced crab cakes with tamarind mayonnaise

Ingredients: For the crab cakes: 4 tbsp vegetable oil 1 small onion, finely chopped thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 2 small garlic cloves, finely chopped...

Green coconut fish curry

Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil half tsp brown mustard seeds 4 cloves 6 green cardamom pods, lightly crushed 1 large piece cinnamon stick 1 small onion, finely chopped...

Quick pan-fried halibut

Ingredients: ½ tsp ground turmeric ¼ tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp ground coriander pinch carom seeds (ajwain seeds), available in Asian stores and some supermarkets ¼ tsp...

Coconut and chilli pan-fried halibut

Ingredients: For the marinade: ½ large red chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped 2.5cm / 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly...

King Prawn Balti

This is the balti version of king prawn curry. This style of cooking comes from Northern Pakistan and could be described as a wedding between the traditional and the...

Bhoona King Prawn

A delicately spiced dish which is stir fried and garnished with fried capsicum (peppers), onion and freshly chopped coriander leaves. This recipe is much the same as for chicken bhoona,...

King Prawn Vindaloo

This king prawn fairly hot dish is another popular item in the Indian restaurant. This dish has its origins in Goa and the red wine gives it a wonderful...

King Prawn Madras

A fairly hot, spicy king prawn dish with a distinctive combination of spices simmered in a sweet and sour sauce. This is one of the more popular prawn dishes in...

King Prawn Curry

A medium curry with king prawn as the main ingredient and served with a delicious, lightly spiced mild to medium, sauce garnished with freshly chopped coriander leaves. ...

Braised Bamboo Shoots

In Fukien, this dish is made from fresh winter bamboo shoots, but in the West we have to be content with the canned product, which, fortunately, retains much of its...

Deep-fried Fish with Sweet and Sour Sauce

A sweet and sour sauce goes especially well with deep-fried food, not just because it whets one’s appetite but, more important, because it counteracts any trace of grease. Such is,...

Sizzling Rice with Shrimp and Tomato Sauce

In many Chinese households, rice, the staple food, used to be cooked in a large, round copper pot. When there was a layer of cooked rice stuck to the bottom...

Duck Stuffed with Glutinous Rice

Duck stuffed with glutinous rice is popular with most Chinese, irrespective of the region they come from. The stuffing can be made a day in advance and refrigerated, but if...

Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dancing

The dragon and phoenix of the title are metaphors for the two main ingredients: chicken and prawns. Because it is a very elegant dish, it is worth the trouble to...

Stir-fried Prawns in Tomato Sauce

The Cantonese like to bite into prawns that are “crisply firm,” and to achieve this texture Cantonese chefs leave out ginger and wine when preparing them, as we have here....

Stir-fried Scallops in Oyster Sauce

Another classic Cantonese dish. You may think it gilding the lily to add the sweet-tasting oyster sauce to the inherently sweet scallops, but your palate will be delighted with the...