These veggie burgers offer big mouthfuls of meaty burger without the meat. The secret ingredients are Bombay mix and nuts, and for me the best bit is watching others try to work out what they are made ...

In India they call it chevda; in Bangladesh it is chanachur. Australians know it as Bhuja mix; Americans as Punjabi mix. For Sri Lankans, who love it to distraction, it is simply 'mixture’. Only here ...

I love the intense, licorice-y flavour of aniseed, although it’s not a spice everyone appreciates. To me, it seems a little old-fashioned, perhaps because of the vintage-looking packaging of Flavigny ...