Som Tam
Som Tam is a Thai green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts. It is only lightly toasted in a mortar.
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Som Tam is a Thai green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts. It is only lightly toasted in a mortar.
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Tom Kha Gai is a mild, aromatic Thai soup with coconut milk, chicken, galangale, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms, lime and fish sauce.
Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, bean sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is crucial.
Kimchi pancakes are hearty Korean pancakes with kimchi, kimchi juice, flour, starch and spring onions. In plenty of oil, the edges become particularly crispy.
Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cakes in a sweet and hot gochujang sauce. Fish pie, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made from short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame seeds. Nori is only added shortly before eating.
Miso soup consists of dashi, miso paste, tofu, wakame and spring onions. Miso is not boiled sparkling, but dissolved in hot broth at the end.
Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with a rich broth, tares, ramen noodles and toppings such as egg, spring onion, mushrooms, nori and chicken or tofu.
Sweet and sour chicken is prepared with crispy fried chicken, peppers, pineapples and a sauce made from vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce and cornstarch.
Mediterranean one-pot pasta succeeds when pasta, tomatoes, stock and spices cook together and the spinach is only added at the end. This keeps the sauce creamy and the vegetables fresh.