These deep-fried parcels of spicy chicken loveliness make a great starter for a dinner party. You will need 20 cocktail sticks for this recipe ... ease in the pandan leaves, blanching for 30 ...

Sage was often used as a dried herb in recipes but now it ... onions and chicken to the pan. Stir well, add the thyme, sage and bay leaves. The sauce will be quite thick at this stage.

Go in with garlic ginger paste, add the curry leaves, capsicum and tomato purée ... in with the Tamarind sauce and tomato paste. Add the chicken cubes or salt to taste, then add the sugar.

Tasting Table recipe developer Jennine Rye balances this savoriness with sage leaves to give her classic chicken cordon bleu ...