Basic Ingredients

Below are our 9 articles in the 'basic ingredients' category:

All You Need To Know About Pepper
Pepper has always been regarded as the king of spices. Highly treasured and a precious commodity it was used in the past for trading exchanged like money. Native to South India, it’s been exported ...
Everything You Need To Know About Garlic
Garlic, onions and leeks all belong to the same lily family. A garlic bulb that grows underground can be comprised of anything between 10 and 20 garlic cloves.

It’s important to remember ...
Growing Your Own Oriental Vegetables
Some of the herbs and vegetables used in oriental cookery can be grown easily at home. Some like Thai Basil and coriander will flourish on a windowsill; others like gai choy (Chinese mustard) and pak ...
Spices
Spice is nice! We’ll go further than that and say spice is vital. Spices have always played an important part in food preparation. Before we had fridges spices helped to preserve food; and many have ...
The Coconut In Asian Cooking
There’s an old saying amongst South Sea islanders: “He who plants a coconut tree plants food and drink vessels and clothing, a home for himself and a heritage for his children.” It’s true that ...
The History And Uses Of Ginger
‘An aromatic of Paradise.’ Mm doesn’t that sound wonderful? That’s how ginger is described in the Koran. Strangely enough though, in spite of such lavish praise, ginger plays only a small part in ...
The History of Indian Food & Cookery
India has a long and proud cooking history, going back thousands of years. Archaeologists have found four different types of grain alongside millstones from 8,000 years ago telling us that even then ...
Usinf Chillies In Thai, Indian And Chinese Food
“It’s more pleasurable than going for a long run.” Now you may be able to think of lots of things that are more pleasurable but the speaker was talking about eating chilli! And now we’ve got the ...
Using Herbs In Asian Cooking
Chambers Dictionary defines a herb as an aromatic plant used in cookery; a spice it says, is any aromatic vegetable substance used for seasoning food. Hmm. What we generally think of as herbs ...

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