#spicy

Recipes

• weeknight

  Dan Dan Noodles

  A sauce built in the bottom of the bowl — sesame paste, chilli oil, black vinegar — with hot noodles dropped straight onto it and tossed at the table.

  Time

  30m

  Serves

  2

  Effort

  Moderate

• soup

  Laksa

  A coconut curry noodle soup with a pounded rempah, tofu puffs that soak up broth like sponges, and a spoonful of chilli on top.

  Time

  1h 10m

  Serves

  4

  Effort

  Involved

• weeknight

  Mapo Tofu

  Silken tofu in a red, numbing sauce built on fermented chilli bean paste. Minced mushrooms do the job the pork usually does.

  Time

  35m

  Serves

  4 with rice

  Effort

  Moderate

• indian

  Misal Pav

  Sprouted moth beans under a slick of red kat, buried in fried farsan and eaten with buttered pav before the topping goes soft.

  Time

  13h 10m

  Serves

  4

  Effort

  Involved

• weeknight

  Thai Green Curry

  Paste pounded from scratch and cracked in coconut cream until the oil splits out. That one step is the difference between fragrant and flat.

  Time

  55m

  Serves

  4

  Effort

  Involved

• soup

  Tom Yum

  A hot-and-sour mushroom broth built on bruised lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf, with the lime juice going in only at the very end.

  Time

  35m

  Serves

  4

  Effort

  Easy

• indian

  Veg Kolhapuri

  Mixed vegetables in a fierce dark gravy built on coconut and whole spices roasted until they smoke. Not a mild dish, and not pretending to be.

  Time

  1h 10m

  Serves

  5

  Effort

  Involved