INDONESIAN GINGER CHICKEN RECIPES

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line with baking parchment.

In a food processor, whizz together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda and butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Set aside.

Put the golden syrup, black treacle, light brown sugar and diced stem ginger in a pan. Heat gently until all the sugar has dissolved, then cook for another minute over a high heat and remove.

Beat the eggs and milk into the syrup mixture, then mix into the flour and butter mixture. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, stir the ginger syrup and 2 tablespoons boiling water into the icing sugar until smooth. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes, then pierce all over with a skewer. Pour over the icing sugar mixture and leave to set before serving.

Cook's tip: if you have leftover slices that are going slightly stale, use them in a gingery version of a bread and butter pudding. Just switch white bread slices with the ginger loaf slices and sprinkle chopped crystallised ginger over them instead of sultanas.

Into a heated heavy bottomed casserole pan, spray the oil, add the drumsticks to brown all over

After a few mins, add the tagine paste, continue to colour the chicken. Remove drumsticks from the pan

In the same pan, fry the onion, carrots and peppers for around 5 mins. Add the garlic, ginger, spices, and a splash of water to stop the spices burning. Cook for 5 mins

Add the tomato puree, honey, tinned tomatoes & apricots, stir well. Return the chicken to the pan, along with 400mls of the stock, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until tender and the meat is falling away from the bone, approx 30 mins. Add the olives, and chickpeas and cook for a further 5 mins

To prepare the cous cous, add it to a heatproof bowl, pour over the last of the remaining stock and cover with cling film – leave for 5 mins then give it a mix then cover for another 5 minutes

Garnish with the fresh herbs and a squeeze of lemon and flaked almonds