Category: INGREDIENTS

Homemade Vegan Oyster Sauce

Homemade Vegan Oyster Sauce Oyster sauce is an ingredient which we have been using in our dishes for a long time. Somehow logical, it is but as a flavor enhancer… Read More

Black Glutinous Rice (Kao Niow Dahm)

Black Glutinous Rice (Kao Niow Dahm)

Black Glutinous Rice (Kao Niow Dahm) Black glutinous rice (Kao Niow Dahm) – also known as black sticky rice is a staple ingredients in South East Asia´s cuisine, used in… Read More

Holy Basil (Bai Ka-Prao)

Holy Basil (Bai Ka-Prao ใบกะเพรา)

Holy Basil (Bai Ka-Prao) Bai Ka-Prao (ใบกะเพรา) is also called Holy Basil, Indian Basil, King Basil or tulsi. This special kind of basil is called holy because Hindus and Buddhists… Read More

Coriander / Cilantro – What would Asian cuisine be without it?

Coriander / Cilantro – What would Asian cuisine be without it? Coriander also known as cilantro, Chinese parsley or dhania, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. The green… Read More

Curry Leaves (Murraya koenigii)

Curry Leaves (Murraya koenigii)

Curry Leaves (Murraya koenigii) The curry tree (Murraya koenigii) is a tropical to sub-tropical tree in the family Rutaceae (the rue family, which includes rue, citrus, and satinwood), which is… Read More

Thai Basil

Thai Basil Thai basil (Thai: โหระพา;Vietnamese: húng quế) is a type of basil native to Southeast Asia that has been cultivated to provide distinctive traits. Widely used throughout Southeast Asia,… Read More

Homemade Ghee

Homemade Ghee

Homemade Ghee Ghee is one of the Basics in the Asian cuisine. Ghee is widely used in Indian cuisine. All over India, rice is sometimes traditionally prepared or served with… Read More

Ginger in Asian cuisine

Ginger in Asian cuisine Ginger, what would the Asian cuisine be without it?  Ginger is a flowering plant, in the family Zingiberaceae whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which… Read More

Cumin Seeds in SEA cuisine

Cumin Seeds in SEA cuisine Cumin, sometimes spelled cummin, (Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to India. Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used… Read More

How to grow your own lemongrass

How to grow your own lemongrass What to use it for? Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), as its name suggests, is a lemony-tasting, grassy herb. Thai and other Asian recipes, as well… Read More