This book presents all the best-loved dishes, from irresistible appetizers and sizzling hot curries to superb stir-fries, sambals and desserts. You can create authentic Asian food at home with easy-to-follow recipes and more than 1000 fabulous photographs. You can prepare Indian, Chinese and Southeast Asian dishes at home with this fabulous collection of 1000 authentic recipes. You can try appetizers such as Crab Spring Rolls, Lamb Satay or Pork on Lemon Grass Sticks, and follow with a main course of delicate Coconut Chicken Curry, Steamed Sea Bass with Ginger or a spicy selection of curries or stir-fried dishes. Accompaniments and desserts include Steamed Sticky Rice, Mint & Coconut Chutney, Spiced Naan, Papayas in Jasmine Flower Syrup and Green Tea Ice Cream. Spicy sauces and heavenly aromas - these elements and many more have made the cuisines of India, China and Southeast Asia so popular around the world. While most of us rely on our local Asian eateries, this book brings together 1000 dishes that cooks can create in their own kitchen. Included are appetizers and soups, curries, stir-fries, biryani and pilau dishes, noodles, breads and desserts, from classics to lesser-known regional specialities. Make your own Vegetable Samosas or get the tastebuds tingling with appetizers such as fragrant Mussels & Clams with Lemon Grass & Coconut Cream. Part of the joy of Asian food is in the preparation: pounding the spices, selecting the fresh produce, and smelling the tempting aroma of the cooking food. With this book, cooks and their guests can taste the very best of Indian, Chinese and South-east Asian cuisine at home.