My older boy loves curry, and spicy food. Before sitting down for dinner, he'll always go and get the crushed hot pepper shaker, and keep it beside him on the table, right by his elbow.
Before a spicy food night, he'll go through The Essential Asian Cookbook, which has many wonderful illustrations, choose a dish (usually based on the length of the list of spices and the quantity of meat - he is a true carnivore, I'm afraid), and then go through our supply of spices and set out what's required.
His favorite dish? Probably Madras Curry, he says, which I've cooked countless times!
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