What is a 'Peri Peri'? Probably the question we get asked most often (obviously not by South Africans).

Short answer: It is a chilli sauce (usually made of at least 2 types of chilli), on an intense garlic, parsley and lemon base (sometimes with black pepper, sometimes without).

This dish is so, so easy to make - and big bonus, it is super tasty and totally meat-free.

The rice and lentil mix takes the longest to cook, so start this first. Make sure to add salt halfway through the cooking process and finally finish it with Cape Treasures Smoked Olive Oil. If butter is not an issue, use half butter, half smoked olive oil.

Get mixed mushrooms with a variety of shapes, textures and tastes.

Slice Red and Yellow peppers; cut 2 medium small red onions into petals (stem to stern).

Get a pan nice and hot, add a little oil and start sauteeing the onions. When they're a little done, add the mushrooms and after a minute or two, the peppers. Cook, stirring occasionally until the veg are just done (dont over-cook).

Remove from heat, add a squeeze of lemon (or two) and drizzle with Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops.

Spoon the rice and lentils onto warmed plates; pile the veg into the middle, finish with a few drops of Peri Peri Ghost, garnish with Italian flat leaf parsley (some people prefer to add some chopped too), and a slice of lemon.

Enjoy - low-fuss perfection does not come along often!

There's a whole lot of 'myth and mystery' about the perfect peri-peri prawn, but to be blunt: there are a couple of non-negotiables, and after that it is virtually fool-proof.

1. Best quality prawns
2. Butter (no, margarine will not work!)
3. Real lemon juice
4. Italian flat-leaf parsley
5. Peri Perri Ghost Hot drops

Clean your prawns. Make a light brush-on marinade - Mix Peri Peri Ghost Hot drops + a squeeze of lemon-juice, dilute with a little white wine (or water). Brush onto the prawns (no need to soak them - just a light brush is fine), let it marinade no more than 15 minutes.

Cook them over a moderate heat - if flame grilling, put them on the cool side of the grill and briefly flash them over the hot side. Baste them once with a little melted butter, but watch them - prawns overcook in the blink of an eye.

As they come off the grill, baste them again with melted butter, mixed with Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops. Add a generous squeeze of fresh lemon, a sprinkle of salt and fresh, chopped Italian parsley.

That's it - not that scary is it?

PS: A good Peri Peri sauce makes all the difference - and Peri Peri Ghost is a great Peri Peri sauce.

Make a showstopper dressing for a luxury seafood pasta: melt a generous measure of butter, add a little fresh garlic, some finely chopped Italian parsley and a Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops to taste.

Drizzle over the hot seafood just before serving (or send a jug-full to the table).

Make this fabulous tomato rice like a risotto - but unlike a mushroom risotto, its not quite as fussy...

Use tomato stock* to cook the risotto until 80% done. Then add in some finely chopped fresh tomato, spiked with Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops and allow the rice to finish cooking. Just before serving, add a generous measure of grated parmesan.

* If tomato stock is not available, dissolve some tomato powder or concentrated tomato paste in vegetable, mushroom or chicken stock.

Garnish with shredded fresh basil.

This dish delivers flavour well beyond the sum of its parts.

Make hand-rolled Semolina Picci and while they're resting, fry up some halved, super-ripe baby tomatoes, sliced olives, sliced chorizo sausage (optional), red pepper slices, fresh oregano, crushed garlic and capers.

Season to taste and just before serving on the freshly boiled Picci, add a few splashes of Peri Peri Ghost, a sprinkling of lemon juice and a grinding of black pepper. Oh, not to forget - a generous heap of rough grated Parmesan!

Need a feisty dipping sauce to zap some life into chicken wings? Mix ⅓ Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops with yoghurt and a squeeze of lime.

Saving the best for last: Add a few drops of Peri Peri Ghost Hot Drops to this pizza - it will make you purr with pizza-delight!

IF you only buy ONE flavour of Hot Drops this year - this is the one to have... It will guarantee you wont be able to resist trying most of the others!