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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Own
Side
Make
Bowls
Normally
Personal
Different
Placed
Little
Creations
Served
Pizza was made for television in so many ways: it is easy to heat up, easy to divide and easy to eat in a group. It is easy to enjoy, easy to digest and easy-going. It is so Italian!
Yotam Ottolenghi
Made
Group
Enjoy
Digest
Ways
Television
Easy
Easy-Going
Eat
Divide
Italian
Up
Heat
Pizza
Many
You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Good
You
Between
Taste
Mayo
Difference
Really
Homemade
The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Tribal
Focus
Power
East
Some
Rivalries
Emotive
Over
Overstated
Middle
Being
Middle East
Cannot
Serious
Chermoula is a potent North African spice paste that is ideal for smearing on your favourite vegetables for roasting.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Vegetables
Spice
Favourite
Potent
Ideal
Paste
North
African
Your
The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Food
Cooking
Slow
Impart
Only
Smells
House
Around
Matched
Spread
Warmth
Unique
Beetroot is a great salad ingredient, especially when still warm; the colour ain't bad, either.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Great
Bad
Colour
Still
Salad
Either
Warm
Ingredient
Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Water
Addition
Would
Magical
Make
Cupboard
Blossom
Orange
Store
Your
Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Cooking
Light
Mushrooms
Those
Find
Supermarket
Small
Firmness
Exotic
Often
So-Called
Clusters
Appealing
Rice and vermicelli is a common combination in Arab and Turkish cooking - it has a lighter texture than rice on its own.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Cooking
Own
Arab
Lighter
Combination
Texture
Than
Common
Turkish
Rice
Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Cooking
Remember
Long
Too
Easier
Only
Most
Fish
Than
The Only Thing
Cook
Preparing
Thing
Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Great
Cooking
Indian
Dried
Delicate
Split
Texture
Used
Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Love
Me
Sweet
Some
Tacky
Call
Sour
Dishes
Union
Oriental
Even
Ketchup
You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
Yotam Ottolenghi
You
Machine
Make
Sheet
Smooth
Pin
Hand
Pasta
Rolling
Create
Thick
Fast
Need
Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Health
Food
World
Most
Grain
Stores
Available
Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Food
Paper
Inside
Table
Parcel
Steam
Remarkable
Lightly
Opened
Because
Always
Culinary
Package
Ingredients
Creates
Full
Cooked
Moment
Served
Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Vegetables
Harmonious
Nutty
Match
Fish
Versatile
Meat
Deep
Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Light
Cheese
Other
Colour
Well
Fresh
Texture
Greek
Goes
Subtle
Milk
Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Time
Everybody
Broad
Out
Favourite
Beans
Skins
Therapeutic
Popping
Waste
Waste Of Time
Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweet
Potatoes
Lazy
Mash
Ideal
Days
Bake
Mix
Yogurt
Just
Oil
Then
Sweet Potatoes
Butter
Olive
Olive Oil
Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Cooking
Sweet
Adds
Arabic
Sour
Depth
Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Water
Will
Become
Speed
Collapse
Pot
More
Tender
Takes
Longer
Along
Robust
Overnight
Than
Grain
Soak
Cook
Barley
Things
Pearl
Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Spice
Sing
Makes
Dish
Cuts
Richness
Sweetness
Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweet
Extremes
Bitter
About
Only
Adulthood
Towards
Around
Sour
Infants
Survive
Child
Which
Sensitivity
Third
The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Distinction
Main
Red
Fresh
Green
Difference
Being
Whether
Fresh egg pasta is traditionally served in the north of Italy with butter, cream and rich meat sauces, whereas dried pasta is more at home with the tomato- and olive oil-based ones of the south.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Home
Rich
Dried
More
Fresh
South
Italy
Pasta
North
Egg
Whereas
Cream
Meat
Tomato
Served
Butter
Olive
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