When I’m not testing recipes in the kitchen or behind the camera, you can find me planning a culinary travel adventure or spending time on Maui. The index is straightforward, allowing you to find recipes by key ingredients as well as by type of dumpling, bao or noodle. Noodles: I like to use fine egg noodles but you might want to keep the recipe vegan in which case ramen noodles would be best. Add a splash of water, cover and steam for 4-5 minutes or until cooked through, then remove the lid and cook for a further minute each side for extra crispiness.

And it should go both ways, with opportunities given equally to authors of different backgrounds and ancestral origins. The Thai red curry paste really works well here and a jar keeps in the fridge for a while, which you can use in other recipes too. You’ll see so many IGers fawn over these recipes because it’s in a cute book and it’s comfortably represented by a person that looks like them. I loved seeing the noodles and dumplings being made and the whole restaurant had a really nice fast paced vibe to it.For these photos, I left the vegetables in fairly large pieces but you can chop them more finely if you wish. The peanut butter gives the soup some additional richness and thickens the broth but it’s fine to leave it out if you hae an allergy or simply don’t like it. This makes quite a few dumplings so you could always eat some for a meal, then freeze some to make soup another day! The heat is coming from the Thai red curry paste, so make sure you use one that’s not too explosive!

Try our salmon poke bowl, vegan buddha bowl, aubergine teriyaki bowl and vegan burrito bowl, plus plenty more.

With over 70 recipes and techniques, step-by-step instructions, options for quick and easy substitutes and even the science behind dumplings and noodles, this book is an essential guide for modern home cooks. Pippa may well consider Ken Hom’s recipes as insufficiently authentic for her, but is ignoring the reality that he wrote for a very different audience in a different era. Dumplings and Noodles explore the traditional cooking methods behind some of our best-loved Asian dishes. It’s important that we as white people acknowledge our lack of understanding of what constitutes authentic and who gets to decide on that. this weekend ‘beef honey garlic noodles’ – so ended up using some ramen noodles from the back of the cupboard which soaked up the sauce beautifully!