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Spicy Stir-Fried Wild Mushrooms with Thai Sweet Basil and Coconut Milk

A mushroom stir-fry worth making. Field, shiitake, king oyster and enoki hit with wok heat, coconut milk, Thai basil and cashews. The dish I cook at home after a foraging trip.

Spicy Stir-Fried Wild Mushrooms with Thai Sweet Basil and Coconut Milk

Coconut Braised Beef Short Ribs with Ginger and Thai Basil

Beef short ribs submerged in aromatic coconut cream with lemongrass, makrut lime and ginger, braised low and slow until they give. Rich, elegant and completely worth the wait.

Coconut Braised Beef Short Ribs with Ginger and Thai Basil

Tiger Prawn Gaeng Gari - Aromatic Thai Yellow Curry

Tiger prawn yellow curry with coconut milk, green beans and makrut lime. The recipe the Evening Standard ran during the bedbug crisis - and yes, that is a real story.

Tiger Prawn Gaeng Gari - Aromatic Thai Yellow Curry

Chicken, Coconut and Galangal Rice Noodle Soup

Leftover roast chicken, coconut cream, galangal and lemongrass. A bowl of soup that works in winter and summer and takes about 15 minutes once the broth is on.

Chicken, Coconut and Galangal Rice Noodle Soup

Roast Pumpkin and Bramley Apple Massaman Curry

Roast pumpkin and Bramley apple in a rich massaman curry with peanuts and raisins. Warming, spiced and fully vegan. The one that comes out when the weather turns.

Roast Pumpkin and Bramley Apple Massaman Curry

Green Curry Mussels with Pickled Ginger and Cucumber

Thai green curry mussels with krachai, coconut cream and pickled ginger and cucumber. The dish Frank drives down from the Cotswolds for every time.

Green Curry Mussels with Pickled Ginger and Cucumber