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One of the dishes, or rather drinks, that most intrigued me in the Tomb Raider Cookbook has been Po Cha (pronounced "paw cha"). It's a Tibetan recipe for butter tea, consumed by the people there because it's highly caloric, warming and life-sustaining in such
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Soon after Curried Trail Mix, I made Mango Sticky Rice, a Thai dessert, from the Tomb Raider Cookbook. The recipe has instructions for cooking the rice in a steamer basket, which is what they would traditionally use in Thailand, but it says you can easily use a rice cooker. I
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The next dish I made from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was Curried Trail Mix, a snack in the Asia & Oceania chapter. While many of the recipes have a country of origin, this does not, so it's more or less an invented recipe inspired by Asian flavors. Curried
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The next dish I made from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was Seaweed Salad, a recipe of Japanese origin. The recipe recommends using wakame, a sweet variety of seaweed, but I used nori, the same kind you'd use to make sushi rolls. Whatever you use, the seaweed is tossed
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I made the Tomb Raider Cookbook's recipe for Mango Lassi, a mango, yogurt and milk-based drink from the Punjab region of India. It doesn't always have mango in it, but this recipe does. Some variations have strawberry in them instead. They usually incorporate cardamom, cumin or
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The next dish I made from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was Anzac Biscuits, a biscuit (NOT a cookie) of Australia-New Zealand origin (hence "Anzac"). Having existed since at least World War I, they contain rolled oats, shredded coconut (a modern addition), golden syrup, butter, flour and in this
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The next dish I made from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was Salteñas, a Bolivian kind of baked empanada or turnover. They're filled with a beef and vegetable stew that's cooked ahead of time and left to chill in the fridge, with gelatin so it solidifies and
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I was very excited to make the next dish from the Tomb Raider Cookbook, which was New York Cheesecake. One of my favorite desserts, and one I don't have very often, I saved it for last among the North American recipes so I could savor it. In Tomb
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The next recipe that caught my eye from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was another UK favorite and pub classic, Bangers and Mash. For those not in the know, it's a plate of pork sausages ("bangers") with mashed potato, commonly served with an onion gravy and peas.
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On a rainy Sunday, I made the next recipe from the Tomb Raider Cookbook, Apple Hand Pies. As one of the book's North American recipes, it is a timeless American classic dessert made portable for adventures out in the world, or hikes. Lara Croft hasn't visited
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One of the dishes I was most excited to make from the Tomb Raider Cookbook was Chicken Tikka Masala. An Indian-British fusion staple, it's very similar to the more traditional butter chicken, but perhaps anglicized for the Londoner's palette. Either way, it's something I
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After the Coconut Prawn Curry, I made the Tomb Raider Cookbook's Mediterranean Mezze Platter. It's actually a recipe for three dips to be included as part of a platter of vegetables, pita bread, olives and anything else you fancy. The dips are Tzatziki, Hummus, and Tyrokafteri.