Adana Kebap (Turkish Spicy Minced Lamb Kebab)
A spicy Turkish Adana-style minced lamb kebab grilled on skewers with pepper paste, paprika, herbs, and sumac onion.
Celebration Specialty recipes
140 celebration specialty recipes across every cuisine in the catalogue, with the full method on each page. Page 1 of 3.
Amrakhand (Mango Shrikhand)
Amrakhand is mango shrikhand made from thick hung curd, mango puree, powdered sugar, saffron, cardamom and nuts.
Amritsari Pindi Chole
Amritsari pindi chole is a dry Punjabi chickpea dish colored with tea, coated in amchur, anardana and mustard-oil tadka.
Antiguan Coconut Sweet Potato Dumplings with Saltfish
Antiguan ducana made with sweet potato and coconut, served with savory saltfish.
Assamese Til Pitha
Til pitha wraps sesame and jaggery in a rice flour crepe, an Assamese Bihu sweet.
Authentic Mathura Peda
Mathura peda cooks khoya until it darkens, then shapes it into flat rounds pressed with a thumb.
Ayam Betutu (Balinese Spiced Chicken)
Ayam betutu-style Balinese spiced chicken cooks with a fried spice paste, banana leaves, galangal, lemongrass, makrut lime, and lemon.
Ayam Masak Merah (Malaysian Red Chicken Curry)
A Malay-style red chicken curry with a thick tomato-chili gravy and aromatic spices.
Ayam Percik (Kelantan Grilled Coconut Chicken)
A Kelantan-style ayam percik with grilled chicken basted in a thick spiced coconut sauce.
Badam Halwa
Badam halwa cooks ground almonds in milk and ghee until it turns dense and glossy.
Baghali Polo (Persian Dill Fava Bean Rice with Lamb)
A festive Persian dill and fava bean rice served with slow-cooked lamb shank.
Beef Rendang
Beef rendang slowly cooks beef chuck with coconut milk, galangal, lemongrass, candlenuts, makrut lime leaves, and a dark spice paste.
Bengali Chum Chum
Chum chum boils chhena in syrup and rolls it in coconut, a Bengali sweet shaped oval rather than round.
Bengali Gokul Pithe
Bengali gokul pithe is a winter sweet of coconut-khoya discs dipped in batter, fried and soaked in date palm jaggery syrup.
Bengali Kacha Golla
Kacha golla binds soft chhena with condensed milk without cooking it into a syrup.
Bengali Kosha Mangsho
Bengali kosha mangsho is a Durga Puja mutton curry slow-roasted with yogurt, onions, mustard oil, potatoes and warm spices.
Bengali Lobongo Latika
Lobongo latika folds pastry around a khoya filling and pins it with a clove before frying.
Bengali Narkel Naru
Bengali narkel naru is a quick coconut and date palm jaggery sweet rolled warm into dense, fragrant festival ladoos.
Bengali Patishapta
Patishapta rolls a thin crepe around coconut and jaggery, a Bengali winter sweet.
Bengali Rasmalai
Rasmalai flattens chhena discs and soaks them in thickened saffron milk.
Besan Ki Barfi
Besan ki barfi roasts gram flour in ghee until it smells nutty, then sets it with sugar syrup.
Besan Ladoo
Besan ladoo roasts gram flour in ghee until it smells nutty, then binds it with sugar and cardamom.
Bigos (Polish Cabbage and Meat Stew)
Polish bigos is a slow-cooked hunter’s stew of sauerkraut, cabbage, pork, kielbasa, mushrooms, and warm spices.
Bihari Pedakiya
Bihari pedakiya is a Teej and Chhath pastry filled with roasted suji, dry coconut, powdered sugar and cardamom, then fried crisp.
Bihari Thekua
Thekua fries a stiff wheat and jaggery dough into hard biscuits, made for Chhath.
Bombay Karachi Halwa
Karachi halwa sets cornflour with sugar into a chewy, translucent block studded with nuts.
Bosnian Meat Burek
Bosnian burek sa mesom is a savoury coiled pastry filled with seasoned minced meat and baked until crisp and golden.
Bryndzové Halušky (Slovak Potato Dumplings with Bryndza)
Slovak bryndzové halušky are soft potato dumplings tossed with tangy bryndza cheese and crisp smoked bacon.
Buffalo Chicken Wings
Buffalo chicken wings bake until crisp, then get tossed in a buttery cayenne-style hot sauce for a classic party plate.
Bulgarian Cheese Banitsa
Bulgarian cheese banitsa is a crisp golden phyllo pastry layered with eggs, yogurt, and salty sirene cheese.
Cassoulet (Bean and Meat Stew)
Cassoulet is a hearty southwest French bean and meat stew with duck confit, pork sausage, pork shoulder, herbs, and a crisp breadcrumb top.
Chhena Poda
Chhena poda bakes fresh chhena with sugar until the outside caramelises, an Odia sweet cooked slowly.
Classic Rice Kheer
Rice kheer simmers rice in milk until the grains break and the milk thickens around them.
Cornish Beef Pasty
A Cornish-style beef pasty with diced beef, potato, swede, and onion sealed inside shortcrust pastry.
Crispy Jalebi
Jalebi pipes fermented batter into spirals, fries them and drops them straight into syrup.
Crispy Sweet Shankarpali
Crispy sweet shankarpali is a Maharashtrian Diwali faral snack with flaky fried maida diamonds scented with cardamom.
Crispy Til Chikki
Til chikki sets toasted sesame in jaggery, rolled thin so it snaps cleanly.
Curacao Stuffed Cheese Casserole
Curacao-style keshi yena with spiced chicken, Edam cheese, olives, raisins, and egg.
Dharwad Peda
Dharwad peda cooks milk solids until they darken and turn grainy, which is what sets it apart from a plain peda.
Eid Special Sheer Khurma
Eid special sheer khurma is a rich milk, vermicelli, date and nut pudding scented with cardamom, saffron and rose water.
English Bread and Butter Pudding
A classic English bread and butter pudding with buttered bread, raisins, nutmeg, and baked egg custard.
English Sticky Toffee Pudding
A warm English sticky toffee pudding with soft date sponge and glossy buttery toffee sauce.
English Toad in the Hole
A classic English sausage bake with golden Yorkshire pudding batter and simple onion gravy.
English Victoria Sponge Cake
A classic English Victoria sponge filled with fruit jam and whipped cream, finished with powdered sugar.
Fesenjan (Persian Walnut Pomegranate Chicken Stew)
A Persian chicken stew simmered with ground walnuts and pomegranate molasses until rich, tangy, and glossy.
Fideuà (Seafood Noodle Paella)
A Valencian seafood noodle paella made with toasted fideos, prawns, squid, fish stock, saffron, and paprika.
Gajar Ka Halwa
Gajar ka halwa cooks grated carrot down in milk until it darkens, then finishes it with ghee and nuts.
Gavhachi Kheer
Gavhachi kheer simmers broken wheat in coconut milk with jaggery until it thickens.
Ghee Mysore Pak
Ghee Mysore pak is a South Indian besan sweet with a porous middle, soft edges and a rich ghee aroma.
Goan Bebinca
Bebinca bakes coconut milk batter one layer at a time, each browned before the next goes on.
Goan Dodol
Goan dodol is a slow-cooked Christmas sweet made with coconut milk, rice flour and dark jaggery until glossy, sliceable and chewy.
Goan Sweet Kulkuls
Goan sweet kulkuls are Christmas kuswar pastries shaped on a comb or fork, fried crisp and dusted with powdered sugar.
Govardhan Annakut Sabzi
Govardhan Annakut sabzi is a no-onion no-garlic mixed vegetable dish for Chappan Bhog, cooked with roots, gourds, greens and amchur.
Greek Eggplant Moussaka
Greek moussaka layers roasted eggplant with spiced mince, tomato sauce, and creamy baked bechamel for a sliceable casserole.
Grenadian Coconut Breadfruit Stew
Grenadian oil down with breadfruit, coconut milk, callaloo, turmeric, and salt cod.
Gujarati Chorafali
Gujarati chorafali is a Diwali snack of thin besan-urad strips that puff quickly and get dusted with chilli, amchur and black salt.
Gujarati Doodhpak
Doodhpak simmers rice in milk until thick, thinner than a kheer and served in a bowl.
Gujarati Kansaar
Gujarati kansaar is an auspicious cracked wheat and jaggery sweet finished with hot ghee, cardamom and nutmeg.
Gujarati Kesar Mohanthal
Gujarati kesar mohanthal is a grainy besan fudge enriched with ghee, saffron, cardamom, mace and slivered nuts.
Gujarati Surti Ghari
Ghari encases a khoya and nut filling in thin pastry and coats it in ghee, made in Surat for Chandani Padvo.