Cape Malay lamb curry
A version of a very traditional dish from Cape Town that uses hearty ingredients—lamb, potatoes, onions and tomatoes—with distinctive spices
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Tomato and peanut curry with mustard greens
Another delicious vegan-to-carnivore curry from Southern Africa's Eastern Seaboard, a tomato and peanut curry with mustard greens
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Tiger prawn nasi goreng
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Sweet and sour curry with apple and spinach
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Kung Pao chicken with fried rice
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chicken peri peri curry from Mozambique, a tasty example of the historic fusion between Portuguese cooking and Indian Diasporan cuisine
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Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom
Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom. A near zero-fat dish similar to a chicken korma with vegetarian options.
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Low-fat char sui chicken with noodles, beans and bamboo shoots
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This Singapore noodle hot pot is a simple but delicious soup-and-noodle dish easily turned vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian.
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A Cantonese dish of seafood—in this case prawns and fish balls—cooked in a Hoisin sauce and served with egg fried rice
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