World of Delicious Recipes

I recently asked the children in my second 'group letter' to write a recipe for a healthy dish. They were asked to imagine that one day I travel afar from Scotland to come see them, and they are going to make a special dish just for me. Before my travel, a food bag will be delivered to their home, which contains the following items & ingredients costing total of less than $10.

1) Mix vegetable packet, 2) Pack of tomatoes, 3) Packet of red onions, 4) Rice packet, 5) Tinned salmon, 6) Olive oil bottle, 7) Curry powder, 8) Chilli powder, 9) Fresh green chillies, 10) Cooking salt.

Assuming they have all the pots/pans/utensils, the challenge was to write a set of instructions for preparing their dish but only using the above list, name the dish and finally, as a paying customer how much would they charge me for the meal. I was looking for their best of culinary skills to prepare a recipe for a nutritious and tasteful dish.

To my astonishment, Aaron from Guayaquil has beaten his previous 'hypersonic CP' (child response letter) record from 23 days to exactly 14 days this time, and taken me by surprise with a recipe of his favorite dish instead. And after 4wks later, today I just got Juliana's recipe from Bicol, again one of her favorite dishes.

A world apart from Latin America to Asia, yet both having a go at their own dishes seem to suggest that the ingredients I presented don't seem impressive enough to beat cultured palate. The two dishes sound not only delicious but nutritious too, and I must try when I get around to making it!