Cooking incredible meals with Indigenous Australian ingredients

Celebrate NAIDOC week with these delicious Indigenous Australian dishes that will inspire your weeknight dinners.

Cinnamon myrtle lamb chops with greens and feta Source: Adam Liaw

--- The Cook Up with Adam Liaw's fifth season airs weeknights on SBS Food(Ch.33) at 7.00pm. All episodes available anytime on SBS On Demand. --- 

 

Celebrate NAIDOC week with a special edition of The Cook Up (July 3-7), hosted by Nornie Bero of Melbourne’s Mabu Mabu, who takes you on an Indigenous culinary journey with guests Gail Mabo, Arabella Douglas, Bjorn Stewart, Damian Coulthard, Kristy Dickinson, Jody Orcher, Rowdie Walden, Kirsten Banks, Matty Mills and Christian Hampson.

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Native bush curry

Take a creative spin on the familiar curry flavour by using native Australian aromatics like outback bush curry powder and bush tomato relish with vegetables, chickpeas and coconut milk.

Fish curry with coconut milk Source: Kitti Gould

Chocolate kangaroo tail stew

Perhaps it's a combination you're not used to pairing, but the dark chocolate and cocoa add richness to the kangaroo stew rather than sweetness. It also adds a beautiful glaze.

Source: Adam Liaw

Warrigal salad

It doesn't get any simpler than this! Warrigal green leaves drizzled with coconut oil and scattered with mango, chopped macadamia nuts and finger lime pearls.

Warrigal salad Source: Adam Liaw

Lamb kebabs with bush tomato tahini

Add a flavour-punch to your juicy lamb skewers by coating them with a marinade of pepperberry, cinnamon, cumin and turmeric. Chargrill them, and serve with bush tomato tahini on the side.

Source: Adam Liaw

Wattleseed cheesecake

Wattleseed adds a delightful warmth to desserts - some say it has a mocha-like aroma and there is a distinct natural sweetness to the smell.

Wattleseed cheesecake Source: Adam Liaw

Native greens spanakopita

This Australian spin on the classic Greek filo pie swaps spinach for native warrigal greens and is seasoned with saltbush and spearmint.

Source: Adam Liaw

Cinnamon myrtle lamb chops with greens and feta

Native Australian cinnamon myrtle has a subtly sweet-and-spicy, cinnamon-like flavour and it comes together in this dish with grassy lamb chops, bitter greens and salty feta.

Cinnamon myrtle lamb chops with greens and feta Source: Adam Liaw

Lemon myrtle chicken

This Chinese-style marinated and battered chicken gets a twist with ground lemon myrtle leaves, adding a refreshing touch of citrus and subtle eucalypt flavour.

Lemon myrtle chicken Source: Adam Liaw

Warrigal greens and pepperberry omelette with kangaroo bush tomato bruschetta

A classic brunch gets a native Australian makeover with kangaroo fillets, wattleseed, pepperberries, warrigal greens and bush tomatoes. Serve with a toasted damper and lemon myrtle tea.

Warrigal greens and peppercorn omelette Source: Adam Liaw