Whether it’s the fresh herb-driven dishes of southeast Asia, India’s heady spices, the diverse regional cuisines of China or Japan’s unique dishes, we’re in love with Asian flavours. Here are some of my favourite Asian recipes.
Cumquat Sambal Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Asian home cooking class inspired by Cheong Liew! I’ve eaten Cheong Liew’s cumquat sambal many times. He served it with barbecued hogget at a barbecue for Franz’s 55th birthday and he and Franz served it with lamb cutlets to thousands of people over 2 days at […]
Sticky Rice with Mango Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! I find any dish with sticky rice addictively comforting, especially a dessert. So I adore khao neow mamuang, sticky rice with mango, which is one of Thailand’s most popular desserts. Glutinous (or sticky) rice is the staple […]
Fresh Fruit with Spicy Thai Salt Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! I was reminded of this classic Thai dish at Viand, when Annita Potter served a simple pre-dessert of pomelo segments alongside a little mound of ground salt, sugar, chilli and kaffir lime. I’ve bought sliced […]
Hot & Sour Prawn Soup Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! Hot and sour soups are a classic on Thai menus. Although the version containing prawns, dtom yam gung, is perhaps the best known in Australia, ‘dtom’ simply means to boil and ‘yam’ to mix or toss […]
Thai Fish Cakes Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Thai cooking class inspired by David Thompson! In Thai cuisine, dishes such as fish cakes and spring rolls are snacks, often bought from street vendors between meals. Thai fish cakes, tod man pla, have a springy texture, achieved by repeatedly ‘slapping’ the minced fish against […]
Simon’s Wagyu Kway Teow Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Malaysian cooking class! Char kway teow, the popular Malaysian and Singaporean dish of stir-fried rice noodles, literally means ‘stir-fried rice cake strips’. Flat sheets of rice dough (called ‘hor fun’ in Chinese) are folded into blocks, cut into strips and separated into noodles. Char […]
Furikake Edamame Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Japanese cooking class Inspired by Hideo Dekura! Edamame, soybeans in the pod, are a popular bar snack all over Japan – a bit like beer nuts or pretzels. You can buy them frozen from Asian grocers to have on hand when friends drop by for a […]
Japanese Cheesecake Pancake Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Japanese cooking class Inspired by Hideo Dekura! The Japanese are masters at taking something from another culture and making it their own – their super-light and springy cheesecake is a great example. It’s sometimes called cotton cake, jiggly cake or soufflé cake because it’s so […]
Chestnut Rice Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Japanese cooking class Inspired by Hideo Dekura! Chestnuts are a favourite autumn food in Japan in both savoury and sweet dishes. At their simplest, yakiguri (roasted chestnuts) are sold to passers-by from mobile street stands just as they are in Europe. For something slightly more filling […]
Miso Sesame Cookies Like these miso sesame cookies? You’ll love my online Japanese cooking class Inspired by Hideo Dekura! Japanese sweets often have an intriguing blend of sweet and savoury, like these miso sesame cookies. I like mild white miso in these simple biscuits that are also known as miso butter cookies. But you can […]
