Cook Like A Local

Ground rice pudding with cardamom (firni) in a bowl with a spoon

Baking and desserts

Firni

A bowl of rice topped with crispy onions on a dinner table

Fragrant rice with ghee and whole spices (shada pulao)

Two plates of sweetcorn fritters next to a bowl of chilli and tomato sambal.

Indonesian sweetcorn fritters with chilli and tomato sambal

Pork satay skewers on a bed of banana leaves next to a chilli dip.

Indonesian pork satay (sate babi rica-rica)

Bowl of small chunks of raw tuna with chillies and tomatoes, next to a lime half.

Indonesian tuna (gohu ikan) in spicy and tangy citrus

Huts bordering a street in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone food: how to cook like a local

romania

Romanian food: how to cook like a local

A bus in Pakistan

Pakistani food: how to cook like a local

Ethiopian Chicken Recipe by Yohanis Gebreyesus

Ethiopian food: how to cook like a local

Plate with pile of mushrooms and buttery sauce topped with chillies

Korean king oyster mushrooms (seasongi beoseot bokkeum)

Bowl of julienned radishes topped with sesame seeds

Korean spicy radish salad (musaengchae)

A large plate and two smaller plates of pork belly, radish salad and lettuce leaves next to a ramekin of sauce

Meat and poultry

Korean bossam (poached pork belly wrap)

Plate of orzo with mussels topped with a mussel in a shell

Fish and seafood

Orzo with mussels, saffron and ouzo

Dish of butter beans, spinach and chard

Gigantes with spinach and chard

Feta block wrapped in filo pastry topped with poppy seeds and covered in honey and tahini

Baked feta in filo with honey-tahini dressing