Posts Tagged ‘asia cooking recipes’

This is my family 's favourite dish. At weeken, my father usually make this dish when my family seat together. To eat, first take a large mustard leaf ( cai xanh) then place some herbs on, then a piece of fish on, then roll up and dip in ready made fish sauce ( nuoc mam ) below is the recipe.... Full story

Bun is one of the most popular dishes of Vietnam. Almost every area has a separate domain with its own characteristics. If North Vietnam has bun cha (fried fish paste noodle)and bun oc (shellfish noodle), Hue has bun bo (beef noodle) and bun thang (noodle served with mixture of pork, ... Full story

Braised pork with hard-boiled eggs also known as : thit kho nuoc dua or thit kho tau, thit ko riu, thit kho trung. This dish usually cooked in the Tet holiday (Vietnamese Lunar New Year ) and served with fresh cabbage, bean-sprouts pickles, pickled spring onions and steam rice or sometimes rice-paper. Ingredients: 1kg boneless ... Full story

Mangosteen is a small fruit grown on evergreen trees. They are grown mainly in southeast Asia ( Thailand, Vietnam...). They are purple when ripe and about two inches in diameter.A mangosteen consists of a sweet white flesh resembling garlic cloves, surrounded by a hard, inedible skin . The number of petals on the bottom of the mangosteen indicate how ... Full story

Prep time : 30 minutes + 15 minutes refrigeration Cooking time : 10 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil 2 x 250 g pieces rump steak 31/2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 teaspoon grated palm sugar 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 stem lemon grass, white part only, finely sliced 2 small fresh red chilles, finely sliced 4 red asian shallots, ... Full story

Prep time : 25 minutes - Cooking time : 10 minute - Serves 4 Ingredients: 350 g fresh noodles 1 teaspoon sesame oil 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, crushed 3 cm x 3 cm piece fresh ginger, julienned 5 spring onions, cut into 5 cm lengths 1 small fresh chilli, seeded and ... Full story

Prep time : 20 minutes - Coking time : 10 minutes - Serves 4 Ingredients: 750 g rump steak 4 tablespoons canned salted black beans in soy sauce 1 tablespoon peanut oil 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 4 cm x 1 cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 1 ... Full story