International Year of Pulses – background notes

Orange, green, yellow, black, white and brown, pulses come in many colours and shapes.

Orange, green, yellow, black, white and brown, pulses come in many colours and shapes.

Getting a golden crunchy crust on snitzels is easy when you know how.

Keep a bottle of verjuice on hand to deglaze frying pans and roasting tins, to lift up all those sticky little nuggets of flavour.

… to microwave corn. I had a virgin run the other night microwaving a corn cob. Yes, yes, I know, it’s not exactly a revolutionary thing to do at my age … but for me it was a brand-new experience.

Glorious pumpkins … but which one to use for which job?

Give a shout-out for glossy lump-free gravy. Yay!

It may look like something scraped off the forest floor, but tamarind is a stunning ingredient to give food a sour zing
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