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Lyn Withers runs the successful cookery school Cooking with Company in Wauchope, near Port Macquarie on Australia's Northern Central East Coast.

I recently spent my third weekend there cooking (and sharing my very self) with 22 eager cookery aficionados.

Our Asian Banquet was quite a treat, with the menu as follows:

The Asian Banquet Table

Fragrant, Tomato-laced Hot & Sour Masoor Dal Soup (Rasam)
South Indian Lemon Rice with Cashews & Fresh Coconut
Cream-infused Panir, Fresh Chili and Dried Fruit-filled Croquettes (Malai Kofta)
Gujarati Fenugreek-scented Pumpkin Curry
With Flame-toasted Pappadams
Herbed Fresh Tomato and Yogurt Salad (Raita)
Fresh Crisp and Puffed Fried Wheat Breads (Poories)
Indonesian Fruit Skewers With Peanut, Lime & Chili Dipping Sauce (Rujak Manis)

A very pleasant culinary exercise! The pumpking curry was my best ever, steaming hot from the wok.

Soft, crispy poories wrapped around saucy morsels of tender, sweet fenugreek-scented, chili- and lime-drenched pumpkin nuggets. A divine experience!

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Googled myself yesterday (go on, admit it, you've all indulged) and found this nice little article.

I even followed the link to Amazon and read the customer reviews of the cookbook. An edifying way to spend an evening.

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