Sesquipedalian, Not Truly Yard-Long
Not Just for Halloween
Yard Long Beans, known in China as Dou Jiano and in Indian cuisine as Barbatti and other names according to dialect are actually not truly a yard long. Their Latin name Sesqipedalia, Continue reading
A Korean Version
Ready in About Half an Hour
This Korean version of Congee uses Shiitake Mushrooms effectively. Cooking time is shorter than many Chinese versions of Congee — 30 or 40 minutes Continue reading
A Recipe from South India
A Pacific Rim Favorite
This is a Southern Indian recipe for a basic Congee. It is probably one of the most ancient ways of making Congee. Continue reading
Flavor and Color Contrasts
Vegetables Balance Meats
Beef and Pork Sate Parsee Style
Beef and Pork Sate Persian Style, or Sate Parsi, is one of the handful or “Parsee” dishes which show the influence of early Iranian traders on the cooking of Indonesia. Continue reading
Pumpkin Meets Mustard Seed
Meets Onion Seed Meets Ginger
This Indian vegetable dish brings together several ingredients not usually associated with one another — Pumpkin, Potato and aromatics such as Mustard Seed and Onion Continue reading
Chewier than Most Shrimp
Perfect for Picnics
Shrimp Sate
This Indonesian Shrimp Sate is firmer and chewier than most styles of making grilled Shrimp, due to the boiling that comes Continue reading
Comfort Food in Monsoon Season
Popular Street Food
Mushrooms
Bhaji or Bhajji भाजी i s a spicy Indian snack, similar to a fritter, with several variations. Frequently served as a Continue reading
Black Coffee and Gin are Key
A North Chinese Secret
Beef Roast Peking Style
This delicious Roast Beef was the specialty of a small hotel in Beijing in the 1940s. Only we called it Pei P’ing then.
The hotel was Continue reading
Glutinous Rice
Like many words related to Rice culture, the word Congee appears to come from an Indian language, in this case, from Tamil kañci. The term is said originally Continue reading
The Biggest Melon
A Cold Food for Slimmers
The Winter Melon (Dong Gua in Mandarin) may be the biggest melon, even bigger than Watermelon. It can grow as big as 45 kilograms, though the ones found in shops are usually much smaller.
A native of the area around Thailand, Malaya and Java, Winter Melon has been known in China for a long time, since Continue reading