To make the garlic paste and ginger paste, please refer to the recipes on Cookidoo®.

Replace cinnamon sticks with 3 tbsp ground cinnamon.

This recipe can be doubled or tripled to meet your requirements.

Use any white or light crusty bread such as baguette, ciabatta, wholewheat bread or bread rolls.

This fragrant blend is similar to a traditional Madras curry powder, perfect to enhance flavours in curries or when you are looking to add warmth to a meal.

Icing sugar can be stored for long periods of time in an airtight container.

Thanks to its long shelf-life, Five spice powder is perfect to have on hand and use at a moment's notice when an added hint of aromatics is required.

Use as a marinade for vegetables, chicken or pork (see Variation).

For best results use ripe fruit. If fruit is lacking in flavor, add the optional sugar.

We recommend using Matso's® ginger beer. Non-alcoholic ginger beer can be used in this recipe, however it is often sweeter than the alcoholic variety, so you will need to adjust to taste.

Hot Chocolate : place 1 recipe (39 oz) Nut Milk into mixing bowl and heat 8 min/185°F/speed 1 . Add 8 oz dark chocolate, in pieces and 1 oz agave or 1 oz maple syrup and mix 30 sec/speed 3 . Transfer Hot Chocolate to mugs and serve.

The cooled drink can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days and reheated immediately before serving.

Try using different flours in this recipe such as soy flour, besan flour (chickpea flour) or sorghum flour. You can also try grinding different grains such as brown rice, amaranth or millet.

Inspired by the famous 'Vesper Martini' drink ordered by James Bond in both the book and the Oscar-nominated movie Casino Royale .

This is a traditional spice mix used with slight variations in the Middle East and North Africa. In Lebanon it is known as seven-spice mix, in the United Arab Emirates and Gulf countries as b’zhar. Other ingredients like dried ground ginger, ground turmeric and dried ground galangal are often added or used as a substitute. Create your own spice mix with your favourite spices.

This recipe can be halved if a smaller quantity is desired.

Generously press into chicken, beef or pork and rub into all sides of the meat, cover tightly with cling wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.

Fruit should be frozen solid, at least 2 hours or overnight. Cut bananas into pieces as needed, spread out on a tray, freeze, then use frozen in recipe or transfer to a freezer bag for later use.

Choose smaller lemons with smooth shiny peel, as these are juicier and have less white pith.

Garam Masala is best when added at the end of cooking and can even be sprinkled on a dish when serving. This mix can then be used in curries, lentils, soups or sprinkled on scrambled eggs

Replace calamansi with 2 lemons, cut into quarters and turbo for 2 seconds/1 time

For a non-alcoholic version, simply omit the liqueur.