If you have a seafood or shellfish allergy, it is recommended to avoid dishes that contain squid ink.

Use a naturally sweet and fragrant gin in this recipe to balance the tomatoes. Think olives or red grapes and warm licorice.

Chapatis are best served immediately after cooking with chicken kurma or dhall.

Replace bacon or back bacon with 100 g ham steaks, cubed.

For best results, use a specific dumpling flour (e.g. Bluekey® Pau flour)

Instead of cooking on the stove, the rice can be cooked in a preheated oven (200°C) for 10-15 minutes, covering with foil if beginning to brown too much.

For best result, use specific dumpling flour (eg. Bluekey® Pau flour)

To make your own gnocchi, see Cookidoo® for a recipe.

Replace fish fillets, squid and prawns with other seafood such as clams, crabs or scallops for this recipe.

If you prefer a clearer soup, discard anchovies, onions and tomatoes after step 1.

Buy Canadian bacon in a whole piece and cut into small cubes for sautéing. Alternatively, use ham steaks, vegetarian bacon or cook bacon and drain off excess fat before making recipe.

Replace bacon or back bacon with 70 g ham steaks, cubed.

For authentic style, heat 1 tablespoon of sesame oil in a claypot over medium heat, add steamed rice and steamed seasoning sauce. Mix well and cook 5 minutes until aromatic. Add French beans and sliced meat onto rice, garnish with chopped spring onion.

Please refer to The Basic Cookbook for the vegetable stock paste recipe.

The quantity of salt can be increased to taste depending on the quality of the mushrooms.

Leftover polenta, left to cool, can then be sliced and toasted, fried or baked, alone or layered with other ingredients.

Among the many varieties of Italian rice, Arborio and Carnaroli are the most common.

This dish serves 4 as a side dish or 2 as a main meal.

This dish can be varied endlessly depending on the vegetables you have on hand. Place the vegetables that require the longest cooking time first in the Varoma dish, and the others a few minutes later.