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Fruit and vegetables
2 baby courgettes, cut into chunks
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 garlic clove, crushed
½ lemon, juice only
1 red pepper, de-seeded and cubed
1 yellow pepper, de-seeded and cubed
4 salad onions topped, tailed and cut into 5cm/2in lengths
1 shallot, finely chopped
small handful Thai basil leaves
2 aubergines, cut into batons 2cm/¾in thick
1 fresh red chilli, seeds removed, sliced
4 garlic cloves, peeled
3cm/1¼in piece fresh root ginger, peeled
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 sticks lemongrass, tough outer leaves removed, roughly chopped
1 onion, peeled and quartered
150g/5½oz fresh spinach, washed
1 coconut, flesh only, cut into small pieces
1 bunch fresh mint, finely chopped
Tins, packets and jars
basmati rice, to serve
150ml/5fl oz coconut milk
250ml/9fl oz chicken stock or vegetable stock
1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
3 tbsp peanut or cashew butter
cooked rice, to serve
4–5 tbsp coconut milk
300g/10½oz glutinous rice flour
Cooking ingredients
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tbsp dark brown sugar
½ tsp hot chilli powder
pinch of ground ginger
110g/4oz unsalted roasted peanuts, ground
2-3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
groundnut oil or sunflower oil, for grilling
1 tbsp groundnut or sunflower oil
5 cardamom pods
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp fish sauce or vegetarian fish sauce
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
5 tbsp sunflower oil
1 tsp ground turmeric
85g/3oz caster sugar
40²µ/1½´Ç³ú cocoa powder
40²µ/1½´Ç³ú desiccated coconut, toasted
2 tsp toasted sesame oil
100²µ/3½´Ç³ú sesame seeds
50²µ/1¾´Ç³ú sesame seeds
vegetable oil, for deep-frying