Category "asian-cuisine"

Wok Cooking on a Home Stove

I work with woks at work and know about the wok pit used to cook on for heat, to hold the rounded bottom, and to toss the food. Is there a tool or way to use my

How can I separate fresh rice noodles that are stuck together?

I sometimes buy rice noodles from an Asian grocery, especially since certain sizes (like sheets) are hard to find in dried form, and the finished texture is dif

What is the coating of this spring roll called, and how is it made?

I had these spring rolls at a restraunt, but as you can see the outside was quite different to the 'normal' spring rolls I usually see. The texture is light an

berberis vulgaris vs berberis aristata

I was reading about zershek (dried berberis vulgaris fruit) in Iran and being Indian , I searched if this is grown in India. I found that berberis aristata is g

How to prevent large rice noodle from curling?

Today I cooked big rice noodles with chicken in oyster sauce, Thai style. It was very delicious. I had not fresh, but dried noodles (photo not mine). In or

Is pad thai actually Thai?

More like meta-cooking question, but I believe it fits here better than on travel stack. All around the world, one of the symbols of Thailand is Pad Thai. And

Why is the English word "curry" used for all these different dishes?

More like meta-cooking question, but I believe it fits here better than on travel stack. Why is English so poor at differentiating all those different things h

If I want a complex, yeasty soy sauce, what to look for?

My local Asian food shop has many, many, brands of Chinese soy sauce, light and dark, most of them describing themselves as 'superior'. What should I be lookin

What exactly is Korean chili paste, aka 'gochujang'? Is there any way of making it at home?

I have recently started trying out some Korean dishes, some of which use the Korean chili paste, gochujang. However, I can't seem to find this in any of my loc

Shrimp/Fish Paste with rice

When I was young my step-mother, who was Filipino, did most of the cooking. She often served plain white rice with this Shrimp/Fish paste on the side instead o

Exactly which kind of cardamom should I use in pho (phở)?

I have been cooking pho for a while. Pho recipes differ from one another, but one of the most common spice ingredients is cardamom. Having looked at various sou

Can adding too much sauce and ingredients to fried rice make it too salty?

I was cooking fried rice. I added sriracha sauce, hoisin sauce, chili garlic sauce, 4 huge sausages, egg, and a bunch of okra. The fried rice was too salty. W

How to make thick Asian sauces?

Is there a common ingredient, or cooking technique, that gives sauces such as Teriyaki, General Tsos, Orange Chicken; their thick/syrupy texture? We sometimes

Can you identify this black sauce from this Kuala lumpur claypot chicken vendor?

There's this world famous claypot chicken vendor at Kuala lumpur who cooked chicken and rice in a claypot over charcoal. In this video you can see him using a

How to retain the smell of frying green onions/scallions in cooked dish?

I have always loved the smell of frying green onions/scallions but was never able to retain the smell of it when the dish is done cooking. I was in Singapore

How to prevent my wide rice noodles from breaking after cooked?

I’ve been making Pad See Ew a number of times. I cook my wide rice noodles according to the package instructions (place in boiling water for 6-8 minutes)

What is this Burmese/Myanmmarese Brown to Black dried tea leafs?

While in Phra Khanong market, the only Burmese market I know of in Bangkok I bought the following seemingly-to-me similar products of Brown to Black dried tea l

How to prepare storebought hopia

I bought a pack of pork hopia from the store. Pre-made. How do I prepare it? Goldilocks brand. I don’t remember if it was frozen or refrigerated. There

Which kinds of rice can replace Uzbek devsira?

I found a recipe for a Fergana-style plov, one of the main versions of Uzbek plov: https://zen.yandex.ru/media/savedaru/uzbekskii-plov-poferganski-vkus-i-aromat

How to get flavours to infuse into rice

When I try cooking some asian rice dishes, Nasi Lemak, or Hainanese Chicken rice, I always add the "active ingredient" straight into the water used for boiling