Stir-fry!: Fresh and Tasty Recipes for the Wok and Frying Pan - Softcover

The speed, taste and healthiness of stir-frying makes it a very popular cooking method, whether you want to rustle up a quick supper or prepare a gourmet meal for friends and family.Asian cooking has been popular for many years now, and continues to be so. Generally it is simple and quick to prepare, and uses flavourful fresh ingredients. The book includes a wide variety of recipes drawing on the cuisines of China, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia, and also includes Asian-fusion cooking, which has become so popular in places such as San Francisco. Cuisines of different countries come together to create a wonderful blend of flavours. The book takes you from a simple stir-fry with noodles to a Pad Thai, a Szechwan Beef stir-fry, a Goan prawn curry and even Bananas with honey and sesame seeds. A wide range of accompaniments, such as Perfect steamed rice and Sesame and coriander noodles are included so you can round off your meal in style.

Katie Rogers works at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage HQ, where she helped set up his cookery school, for which she writes recipes and teaches. She has also written articles and recipes for various national magazines. Katie lives in Dorset.