Ingredient guide
The key ingredients in Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking: what they are, how to buy and store them, what to substitute, and every recipe that uses them.
- Amchur (dried mango powder)amchoor · dried mango powder · green mango powder0 recipes
- Chinese five-spice powder and star anise五香粉 · wu xiang fen · star anise4 recipes
- Chinese rock sugar冰糖 · bing tang · yellow rock sugar1 recipe
- Chipotle chiles in adobochipotles en adobo · canned chipotle · chipotle peppers3 recipes
- Coconut milkcoconut cream · kathi · กะทิ18 recipes
- DashiJapanese stock · kombu (dried kelp) · katsuobushi (bonito flakes)2 recipes
- Doenjang된장 · Korean fermented soybean paste · Korean soybean paste1 recipe
- Doubanjiang (chili bean paste)豆瓣酱 · Pixian douban · toban djan3 recipes
- Fish saucenam pla · nước mắm · น้ำปลา25 recipes
- Galangalkha · ข่า · Thai ginger7 recipes
- Garam masalagaram masala powder · गरम मसाला · Indian warming spice blend1 recipe
- Glutinous rice (sticky rice)sticky rice · sweet rice · khao niao7 recipes
- Gochugaru (Korean chili flakes)고춧가루 · Korean red pepper flakes · Korean chili powder2 recipes
- Gochujang고추장 · Korean red chili paste · Korean hot pepper paste10 recipes
- Harissaharissa paste · rose harissa · هريسة0 recipes
- Jasmine riceThai fragrant rice · hom mali · khao hom mali6 recipes
- Kashmiri chili powderKashmiri lal mirch · Kashmiri red chilli powder · कश्मीरी लाल मिर्च1 recipe
- Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)kasoori methi · dried fenugreek leaves · कसूरी मेथी1 recipe
- Kimchi김치 · napa cabbage kimchi · baechu kimchi3 recipes
- Lemongrasslemon grass · takrai · ตะไคร้9 recipes
- Makrut lime leaveskaffir lime leaves · bai makrut · ใบมะกรูด9 recipes
- Mirinhon-mirin · sweet rice wine · mirin-style seasoning (aji-mirin)1 recipe
- Misomiso paste · white miso (shiro) · red miso (aka)2 recipes
- Oyster sauce蚝油 · hao you · vegetarian oyster sauce9 recipes
- Palm sugarcoconut sugar · nam tan peep · gula melaka3 recipes
- Pandanpandan leaf · screwpine leaf · bai toey9 recipes
- Preserved lemonlemon confit · hamad m'rakad · الحامض المرقد0 recipes
- Pul biber (Aleppo pepper)Aleppo pepper · Turkish pepper flakes · Maras pepper1 recipe
- Ras el hanoutras al hanout · Moroccan spice blend · رأس الحانوت2 recipes
- Rice vinegarrice wine vinegar · seasoned rice vinegar · Chinkiang black vinegar2 recipes
- Shaoxing wine绍兴酒 · huangjiu · Chinese rice wine2 recipes
- Shrimp pastekapi · belacan · mắm tôm1 recipe
- Sichuan peppercorn花椒 · huajiao · Szechuan pepper1 recipe
- Soy sauceshoyu · light soy sauce · dark soy sauce37 recipes
- Sumac (and za'atar)sumak · sumaq · za'atar0 recipes
- Tahinisesame paste · tahina · طحينة3 recipes
- Thai basilThai sweet basil · horapha · โหระพา4 recipes
- Toasted sesame oildark sesame oil · Asian sesame oil · 香油15 recipes
- Tteok (Korean rice cakes)떡 · garae-tteok · tteokbokki tteok1 recipe
- Turmerichaldi · ground turmeric · fresh turmeric root6 recipes