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Chef Helen Graham Reveals Her Essential Cooking Ingredients

3/26/2026

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Helen Graham, a London-based chef, shares her essential cooking ingredients.
She highlights amba sauce, stem ginger, tamarind concentrate, confit vegetable oil, green olives stuffed with anchovies, and both firm and silken tofu as essential ingredients.
For quick meals, she favors ready-made options such as Thai green chickpea curry.
Her go-to ingredients include herbs, citrus for dressings, and baked beans for breakfast, shaping comforting recipes.

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Helen Graham, a London-based chef, shares her essential cooking ingredients.
She highlights amba sauce, stem ginger, tamarind concentrate, confit vegetable oil, green olives stuffed with anchovies, and both firm and silken tofu as essential ingredients.
For quick meals, she favors ready-made options such as Thai green chickpea curry.
Her go-to ingredients include herbs, citrus for dressings, and baked beans for breakfast, shaping comforting recipes.