Vocabulary - gap-fill activities 3 (Upper Intermediate)

 

This is a recipe that would have been 1) to all Britons living and working in the Imperial Raj. Indeed the 2) of Indian cooks, British tastes and exotic foods have made a lasting 3) on British cuisine right down to the present day. New, strange and exciting ingredients would be used to 4) and recreate familiar, edible and nutritious meals befitting the 5) class that they had become. Lack of refrigeration, a hot and humid climate and unfamiliar cooking facilities would all 6) to make cooking an even more 7) prospect than it already would have been. However, the results of these intrepid culinary explorers could often be an interesting 8) of East meets West.

 

Two and half pints of stock

7 oz coconut cream, cut into chunks

1 heaped teaspoon each ground cumin and coriander

1 teaspoon chilli powder (flat or heaped)

1 small tin tomato puree

 

Flavouring Ingredients

1-2 onions, chopped and fried in butter until brown

2 tablespoons chutney juice

a few cardamom seeds, lightly crushed

salt and freshly ground pepper

 

Simmer all the basic soup ingredients 9) for 15 minutes, then add all of any of the flavouring ingredients to make the soup exactly as you like it. 10) hot with bread.