From Kashmir to Madras, each region of the sub-continent has a unique way of preparing and serving dishes using recipes that are often closely-kept secrets.

Bradford’s Asian restaurants have won praise from food critics the world over, and our city is now the undisputed Curry Capital.

And it’s not just in Bradford city centre that you can find exquisite Asian food.

From a mild korma – made with cream or yoghurt, raisins and coconut – to the highly-spiced jalfrezi, there are superb restaurants in the suburbs and towns around Bradford offering a wealth of choice and a chance to try the very finest of Asian cuisine.

Britons are still hot on curries and a recent survey on the country’s eating-out habits revealed that more than 32 million people go to a restaurant at least once a week – most of them wanting something hot and spicy.

Indulging in food is the spice of life, especially in the world of Asian cuisine.

The secret of a good curry’s success is in the concoction of spices – the choice, the quantity and the way those spices are introduced into the food.

Each spice has a personality of its own and will coax the full subtlety out of any dish if treated with consideration.

Spices are indeed the foundations of Asian cookery and most chefs use at least five or six – but the four most commonly used are ginger, garlic, turmeric and chillies.