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Q You grew up in Jharkhand in eastern India. What was the food like there? A The city I lived in, Jamshedpur, was home to Tata Steel, so people came from all over India to work there. That meant the f

■ Serves 4 ■ Prep 10 mins ■ Cook 35 mins 1 onion, roughly chopped100g ginger, peeled and chopped50ml vegetable oil2 tsp garam marsala1 tsp ground turmeric1 red chilli, deseeded andfinely chopped400g c

Autumnal evenings are made for big bowls of warming, flavour-packed curry; gather everyone around for a meal packed with fragrance and spice

PREP TIME 5 minutes COOKING TIME 20 minutes SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS ● 600g waxy potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1 inch cubes OR ● 600g salad potatoes (chopped in half if large) ● 2 tbsp vegetable oil ●

If anyone is going to break you out of a Thai green curry or pad Thai rut, it’s MasterChef champion Chariya Khattiyot with her Northern Thai dishes

Ingredients (Serves 4) ◆ 200g basmati or Thai jasmine rice ◆ Large pinch of turmeric ◆ Salt ◆ 2tbsp sunflower oil ◆ 10 raw cashew nuts ◆ 1 fat green chilli, halved, seeded and finely chopped ◆ 1tsp cu