Modern food: Recipes of the moment

Thai curry

The advent of microwaves in the 1980s meant that folk dipped into ready-meals more willingly - and curried ready-meals were SO much tastier than traditional ones. The result was that curry was chosen over shepherds pie and spices entered kitchens in a big way. Now we've moved on from the ready-meals and lots of us are whisking up Thai curries. Below are our three Thai curry recipes from top magazines (click on the names for the recipe)...

Thai prawn curry

Thai green curry

Thai vegetable curry