Curry and Chilli Cookbook (Step-by-step) Add a touch of magic to your meal tonight, with a dash of exotic herbs and spices to really set the taste buds alight. This book, with its wonderful selection of curry and chilli recipes, is essential for anyone who likes to indulge in the intense tastes of faraway places. A chicken and lime curry, beef Vindaloo, or Chilli Con Queso is sure to delight the hot and spicy devin in all of us. And if you don't know when to a jalapeno or a bird's eye, or whether lemon grass and tamarind are used in Thai or Mexican cooking, our glossaries of spices and chillies will fire the imagination and have you reading for the mortar and pestle to grind your own aromatic mixtures.