You’ll be pleased to hear that it is a very easy and straightforward recipe to make, far from the horror stories of curdled eggs and runny result you may have heard. Standard practice is to place all your ingredients into…
What are Sichuan Peppercorns? Despite the name, Sichuan peppercorns are not peppercorns and therefore, not related to our common black peppercorns at all! Sichuan peppercorns are the highly aromatic husks of the prickly ash berries which are dried and sold and they…
Soy sauce is one of the oldest condiments in the world, made with fermented soy beans and various other ingredients. There are countless varieties, what with the low sodium ones on the market now too but, here, we concentrate on…
Strictly speaking, you don’t need a spice mix for making Merguez sausages, you can just add a little bit of this and a little bit of that when making the sausages themselves. But I love having the Merguez Sausage Mix at…
Another staple in our kitchen, Advieh is an aromatic Persian spice mix, much like the Indian Garam Masala, and is used extensively in Persian cooking. Advieh tends to be more aromatic than “warm” compared to the garam masala. Advieh Recipe…
Vietnamese Coriander or daun kesum, in Malay, is a lemony, spicy and tangy herb that captures so much that is South East Asian Cooking. Persicaria Odorata is also known as Vietnamese Mint, Rau Ram in Vietnamese, Phak Phai in Thai…