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Rogan Josh with lamb, yogurt and garam masala — India recipe

🇮🇳IndiaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Rogan Josh

A jewel of Kashmiri cuisine — tender slow-braised lamb in a deep red aromatic sauce of yogurt, tomato, paprika, and warming spices. 'Rogan' means oil or clarified fat, 'Josh' means heat or passion in Persian. A royal Mughal dish that is earthy, rich, and deeply satisfying without being fiercely hot.

90 min420 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Rouille (Provençal Saffron Garlic Sauce for Bouillabaisse) with egg yolk, garlic cloves and saffron threads — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceMedium

Sauces and Dips

Rouille (Provençal Saffron Garlic Sauce for Bouillabaisse)

Rouille (literally 'rust' in French — for its rusty-red color) is a Provençal garlic, saffron and hot pepper sauce, the usual partner of bouillabaisse. There is no single canonical recipe: older versions are bound with soaked bread or a boiled potato, many modern ones with egg yolk. This one uses both bread and a yolk, with saffron for color and perfume and hot pepper (traditionally cayenne; piment d'Espelette is a milder choice). Spread on baguette croutons floating in fish soup, used as a dip for seafood, or as a sandwich spread. Active work is about 20 minutes; the finished sauce then rests for 30 minutes. Makes about 300 ml; a serving is about 2 tablespoons.

20 min240 kcal8 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Salmon Ceviche with avocado, chili pepper and cilantro — Peru recipe

🇵🇪PeruMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Salmon Ceviche

Salmon ceviche is raw salmon 'cooked' in lime and lemon juice, tossed with red onion, chili and cilantro until the fish turns opaque and firm. It's a salmon spin on Peruvian ceviche, which traditionally uses white fish, with avocado folded in the way many Mexican-style ceviches do. Allow 15–20 minutes in the fridge for the salmon to marinate.

15 min370 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Salmon Rice Bowl with salmon, short grain rice and Kewpie mayonnaise — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Salmon Rice Bowl

The viral salmon rice bowl: flaked cooked salmon over warm short-grain rice, revived with an ice cube steamed under nori, then dressed with Kewpie mayo, soy, and sriracha and topped with avocado. It started as a way to turn leftover salmon into something better than the original, and it's become a lunch in its own right — savoury, creamy, and ready in minutes.

20 min520 kcal2 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Salsa Macha with guajillo chiles, ancho chiles and peanuts — Mexico recipe

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Sauces and Dips

Salsa Macha

Salsa macha is a Mexican chili oil from Veracruz — dried chiles, raw peanuts, sesame seeds, and garlic fried in oil, then coarsely blended into a thick, chunky paste. The name likely comes from macho ('bold' or 'strong'), though some cooks trace it to machacar, the pounding motion used to crush ingredients in a molcajete. Active cooking takes about 25 minutes; the salsa then needs at least an hour of hands-off resting for the flavors to settle before it's ready to eat. It tastes smoky, nutty, and fruity from the dried chiles, with a heat that builds slowly rather than hitting all at once, and keeps for up to a week in the fridge (never store it at room temperature), tasting better after the first day. Makes about 400 g; a serving is about 2 heaped tablespoons (40 g).

25 min240 kcal10 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

Samosa with plain flour, ghee and potatoes — India recipe

🇮🇳IndiaAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Samosa

Flaky, crispy pastry cones filled with spiced potato and peas, deep-fried until dark golden. The dough uses a technique called moyan dena — fat is rubbed into the flour until the mixture resembles wet sand before any water goes in. That step is what makes the crust flaky rather than bready. The filling is mashed potato with green peas, cumin, green chilli, coriander, and amchur powder for the characteristic sour edge. The frying is two-stage: low heat first to set the dough from the inside, then medium heat for color. Serve hot with mint chutney and tamarind chutney.

75 min310 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌶️Spicy

Satsebeli with tomatoes, walnuts and fresh cilantro — Georgia recipe

🇬🇪GeorgiaMedium

Sauces and Dips

Satsebeli

A Georgian tomato-and-walnut sauce whose name means for dunking. Ripe tomatoes are reduced and blended with walnuts, garlic, cilantro, basil, and Georgian spices like blue fenugreek into a tangy, pourable sauce served with grilled meat, potatoes, and bread.

30 min55 kcal12 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Sausage and Pea Pasta with sausage, peas and parmesan — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Sausage and Pea Pasta

Italian pork sausages browned until the fat renders and the casing crisps, then simmered in a quick tomato-cream sauce with peas and finished with parmesan. This is the kind of pasta that feels like a restaurant dish but comes together in under 30 minutes on a weeknight. Rigatoni's ridged tubes hold the sauce inside and out — every forkful pulls a bit of everything.

30 min690 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Sausage and Peppers with sausage, onion and garlic — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Meat Dishes

Sausage and Peppers

Italian sausage links browned until the skin blisters, then simmered with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes until the sauce comes together. An Italian-American street fair classic that works as a sandwich, over pasta, or straight from the pan.

35 min420 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Shakshuka with tomato, egg and onion — Israel recipe

🇮🇱IsraelAdvanced

Breakfast and Brunch

Shakshuka

Eggs poached directly in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce. One pan, 30 minutes. The sauce does most of the work — build it properly and the eggs finish themselves.

30 min230 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Sheet-Pan Harissa Chicken with Garlic Yogurt with chicken, harissa and yogurt — Mediterranean recipe

🌊MediterraneanMedium

Meat Dishes

Sheet-Pan Harissa Chicken with Garlic Yogurt

One pan, one hour, a lot of flavor. Bone-in chicken thighs marinated in harissa, cumin, and olive oil roast at high heat alongside waxy potatoes and leeks, developing a spiced crust that stays crisp while the interior stays juicy. The garlic yogurt comes together in two minutes while the chicken is in the oven — cold, garlicky, slightly sharp, the exact counterpoint to the hot, smoky chicken. A handful of peppery rocket and fresh dill over the top before serving keeps the whole thing from being heavy. This is mid-week food that tastes like you planned it.

60 min520 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Shrimp Stir-Fry with shrimp, garlic and ginger — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Shrimp Stir-Fry

Shrimp seared fast in a smoking-hot wok with garlic, ginger, snap peas, and bell peppers, finished with a splash of soy sauce. Speed is everything — two minutes too long and the shrimp turn rubbery.

23 min360 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy💪High protein

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