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Shrimp Paste – Kapi-Terasi-Belacan-Hom Ha

posted March 14, 2010 in Cook Asian Food

Shrimp Paste known as Kapi in Thailand, Terasi in Indonesia, Belacan in Malaysia and Hom Ha in China is an integral and indispensable ingredient in S.E. Asian cooking. Shrimp Paste has a unique pungent aroma, which many people find distasteful but wh (read full article)

Prik Nam Pla – Thai Sauce

posted February 28, 2010 in Cook Asian Food

In Thailand, no table is complete without a small bowl of Prik Nam Pla. This Thai Sauce is to Thailand what Ketchup is to the US or Soy Sauce is to Japan. Prik Nam Pla is a Thai sauce that has just 2 ingredients, Fish Sauce and small hot chillies k (read full article)

Thai Fish Sauce – Nam Pla

posted February 13, 2010 in Cook Asian Food

Nam Pla or Thai Fish Sauce is a seasoning sauce widely used in Thai and other Asian cuisines. Thai Fish Sauce is an absolutely indispensable ingredient in Thai cooking and is used instead of salt. Thai Fish Sauce is a brown, highly aromatic sauce mad (read full article)

Korean Seafood Pizza

posted January 12, 2010 in Cook Asian Food

Korean Pizza is unlike any other Pizza, indeed in appearance it is more like an omlette or crepe. We have used squid and prawns in our Korean Seafood Pizza but you can vary the ingredients. Cooking time might vary slightly depending on which ingredie (read full article)

Szechuan Sauce

posted December 03, 2009 in Cook Asian Food

Szechuan cuisine typically depends on strong flavours and hot spices like chillies. Our Szechuan Sauce recipe has all of this and more. Szechuan sauce is hot and can be used as a marinade or to add a hot spicy flavour to grilled meats or fish. It can (read full article)

Oyster Sauce

posted November 05, 2009 in Cook Asian Food

Oyster Sauce was first created in China in 1888 and is made, unsurprisingly, with oysters. However, there is a vegetarian Oyster Sauce that is made with mushrooms, usually Oyster Mushrooms. Oyster Sauce is a dark brown viscous sauce that is used for (read full article)

Chinese Sauce Hoisin

posted October 10, 2009 in Cook Asian Food

The Chinese Sauce Hoisin, sometimes called Chinese BBQ sauce, is a classic Chinese sauce. Hoisin has become indispensable in our kitchen because it is so simple to make and has such a wide variety of uses. We use Hoisin frequently in stir fries and b (read full article)

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