As we move out of our dark winter kitchens we begin to stock up for our essentials for warmer, lighter weather cooking.
Enjoy our Helpful Hint Inspiration for Early Spring. You can also browse Soup Recipes for Early Spring; Salads, Dips, Dressings, BBQs and Vegetables; Indian Deliciousness; Goodies, Grains, Lentils, Preserves and More; Drinks and Sweets; and Helpful Hints for Early Spring. (Some of these will be published over the next few days.)
Hints, Tips and Info for Early Spring
How To…
- How to Make Asian Flavoured Vegetable Stocks
- How to Make a Deeply Flavoured Coconut-Curry Stock
- How to Make Garam Masala
- How to Make Rasam Powder
- How to Make Sambar Powder
- How to Make Panch Phoron
- How to Make Singalese Thuna Paha and Badapu Thuna Paha | Sri Lankan 5-Spice Curry Powder
- How to Make Ghee
- How to Grow Mung Bean Sprouts
- How to Cook Basic Risotto
- How to Make Eggless Pasta
- How to Make Herbal Teas
- How to Make Asparagus Pesto
- How to Make Pickled Lemons and Preserved Lemons – 2 Recipes
- How to Make Salted, Pickled Lemons and Limes
- How to Make Potato Gratin with Cream – Gratin Dauphinois
- How to Make Kimchi for Vegetarians
- How To Make King Dong Pink Pickled Ginger
- How to Make Pizza Dough
- How to Make Home Made Tomato Paste
- How to Make Cumquat Olive Oil
- How to Cook Bahn Cuon – Vegetarian Rice Rolls
What is…
- Asafoetida
- Broad Beans
- Pickled Ginger
- South Indian Pachadi
- Different Rices
- Panch Phoron
- Fennel Seeds
- Kalonji – Nigella Seed – Charnushka
- Shaoxing Wine – Shao Hsing – Aged Chinese Rice Wine
- Asian Noodles
- Radicchio
- Seaweed
- Sumac
- Szechwan (Sichuan) Peppercorns – Fagara – Chinese Pepper
- Turmeric
- Valerian
Why…
- Mah di Dal is not Dal Makhani
- Ghee is Not Really Clarified Butter
- Kitchari is not Risotto – What is the difference?
Explaining…
- Common Indian Terms and Techniques
- Different Rices
- Different Rasam Powder Types
- The Wealth of Asian Noodles
- The Difference Between Sth Indian Crumbled Lentil Types
- The Difference Between Rasam and Sambar
- The Difference between Sambar, Kuzhambu and Kootu
- The Difference Between Different Bayleaves – European, Indian, Indonesian and West Indian
- The Difference between Kitchari and Risotto
- The Difference Between Black, Green and White Peppers
