A creamy coconut curry, another Indian Diasporan dish from Africa's east coast. It's a dish most often made with chicken

A fusion dish, this Indian Sunday Roast combines the British tradition of the Sunday roast with Indian Diasporan cooking

Creamy chicken and asparagus eintopf is a traditional North German dish. It's rich and filling which makes it an ideal winter warmer

A French Catalan stew full of fresh summer flavours. This particular recipe starts out as vegan—and is often eaten that way—making it ideal

Mustard chicken with beetroot soured cream spätzle is a gorgeous combination of North German Baltic flavours

Sweet and sour curry with apple and spinach is by default vegan, but its most indulgent versions are lacto-vegggie or include chicken

Chicken with tahini, honey and ginger glaze and roasted peppers, served with a bulgar wheat side dish and fruity salad

This chicken curry with mushrooms and mint is another of the hidden gems of Indian Diasporan cuisine

Kung Poa, the chicken that sitcoms made famous. But this Kung Pao chicken with fried rice is the recipe from my dad's travels in Asia

Vegetarian tandoori masala butternut squash, roasted to perfection and served with a mildly spiced dish of leeks, lentils, celery

chicken peri peri curry from Mozambique, a tasty example of the historic fusion between Portuguese cooking and Indian Diasporan cuisine

Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom. A near zero-fat dish similar to a chicken korma with vegetarian options.

This ultra-low fat chicken, dill and chickpea curry deploys mustard and all of its related flavours—mustard seeds, dill and horseradish

Low-fat char sui chicken with noodles, beans and bamboo shoots is a quick and easy dish my dad learn in Hong Kong in the 1960s

zero-fat chicken teriyaki tortillas, the ultimate Japanese-Mexican fusion comfort food prepared in 20mins

Lombard chicken with pumpkin, fennel and asparagus; adaptation an 18th-century recipe

Zero-fat vegetarian chilli served with rice or tortillas, easily adapted to serve with chicken

This Keralan curry with coconut and lime is an adaptable dish—a vegan baseline, but easily adapted for chicken or seafood versions

This Singapore noodle hot pot is a simple but delicious soup-and-noodle dish easily turned vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian.

Mexican chicken estofado—a type of hotpot— with carrot, red kidney beans and chipotle is an easy and warming dish