How To Make Crispy Fried Shallots Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes It’s worth making your own crispy fried shallots at home as they are quite different to (and infinitely better than) the commercially-available ones. Plus you end up with a pot of beautifully scented oil to […]
How To Make Fried Garlic & Garlic Oil Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes It’s worth making your own crispy fried garlic at home as it’s quite different to – and infinitely better than – the commercially-available kind. Plus you end up with a pot of beautifully […]
How To Make Roasted Chilli Powder Master More Thai Kitchen Basics With This Online Thai Cooking Class Inspired By David Thompson One of the great joys of Thai food is the way it layers flavours. Using a pinch (or two) of ground roasted dried chilli introduces a delightfully smoky resonant depth to all sorts of […]
How To Make Ground Dried Prawns Master More Thai Kitchen Basics With This Online Thai Cooking Class Inspired By David Thompson Ground dried prawns, kung haeng in Thai, are used in many Asian dishes – and good ones can become addictive. They’re essential in some curry pastes, such as Thai sour orange curry, and delicious […]
How to Make Dried Turmeric Powder Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Chef David Thompson showed me how easy it is to make your own ground dried turmeric (powdered turmeric) at home. Of course you can buy it but, as David says, “the perfume and taste of […]
How to Make Dried Ginger Powder Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Of course you can buy ground (or powdered) ginger. But chef David Thompson showed me how easy it is to make your own and, as he points out, “the perfume and taste of homemade dried […]
How to Make Dried Galangal Powder Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes You can buy powdered galangal in Asian grocers but, as Thai food expert David Thompson says, “the perfume and taste of homemade dried galangal powder is much more alluring and it’s so simple to make.” […]
How To Make Roasted Rice Powder Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Roasted rice powder (also called ground roasted rice) is a favourite seasoning in many Southeast Asian cuisines, adding a unique nuttiness and crunchy texture. Commercial versions available in Asian grocers are usually so finely ground […]
Marie Rose Sauce (Seafood Cocktail Sauce) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Australian cooking class inspired by Matt Moran! I wish I could tell you the origin of Marie Rose sauce, but I haven’t found a convincing answer. It was popularised as a seafood cocktail sauce by British TV cook Fanny Cradock in the […]
Piri-Piri Sauce Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Portuguese cooking class! The piri-piri chilli (also written peri-peri or pili pili, as one word or two) was developed by the Portuguese in Mozambique and spread from there to their other territories; pilipili means ‘pepper’ in Swahili. These small hot chillies (similar to bird’s eye, which […]
