Mushroom Salad Milanese Recipe:

1. Wash  mushrooms and peel, leaving the cap and stem together.
2. Heat water and lemon juice to boiling in saucepan.
3. Add mushrooms.
4. Cover and simmer over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender.
5. Drain and place in a bowl with the salad dressing.
6. Chill in the refrigerator for several hours, turning the mushrooms occasionally to marinate them throughly.
7. Cut the mushrooms in half.
8. For each salad, mound 1/3 cup of cottage cheese in the center of the salad greens.
9. Place 1/2 tomato slice with a half mushroom (cut-side down).
10. Garnish the top with cheese and three olive slices.
11. Makes 4 servings

List of ingredients required:

• 4 large mushrooms.
• 1/4 cup water.
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice.
• 2 tablespoons Italian-style salad dressing.
• 1 1/3 cups creamed cottage cheese.
• Salad greens.
• 1 tomato, cut in 4 slices and halved.
• 4 stuffed olives, cut in thirds.

1. Put a large pan of salted water on the heat

2. Whisk in the turmeric

3. Add the cardamoms and rice

4. Bring the pan to a boil

5. Cover the pan and cook gently

6. When the rice is tender, remove it from the heat and drain well

7. Put the rice in a large bowl

8. Mix the garam masala with the vinaigrette

9. Pour the mixture over the rice, mix well and leave it to cool

10. Remove the cardamom pods from the rice

11. Stir in the sunflower seeds, red peppers and cucumber and mix them well

12. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary

List of ingredients required:

(serves 12 people)

8 cardamom pods
2 level teaspoons ground turmeric
3 level teaspoons garam masala
2 oz (50g) sunflower seeds
2 red peppers, seeded and diced
1/4 pint (150ml) vinaigrette
1/2 cucumber, diced
Freshly ground black pepper
1 lb (450g) brown rice
Salt

1. Remove and discard the skin from the smoked chickens

2. Cut the chicken into small pieces and place them in a large bowl

3. Peel the mangoes and cut them into slices (remove the stone)

4. Reserve the best mango slices for the garnish

5. Mix together the mango, chicken, green peppers, radishes and the water chestnuts

6. Add the mayonnaise and mix well

7. Season with salt and pepper to taste

8. Turn the salad onto a serving dish and garnish with all the reserved mango slices

List of ingredients required:

(serves 12 people)

2 smoked chickens (about 1.1kg each)
3 ripe mangoes
2 seeded and diced green peppers
1 bunch radishes, sliced
14 oz (400g)tin water chestnuts, drained and sliced
450ml mayonnaise
Salt and freshly ground black pepper