Friday 24 June 2011

Agedashi Tofu / Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham) / Uighur Naan



Blog Post & Recipe: Agedashi Tofu


A couple months ago I shared my non-traditional Agedashi Tofu. Instead of deep fried tofu served in the traditional dashi broth, it was served deep fried with homemade teriyaki sauce. Recently one of my readers asked me to share the traditional Agedashi Tofu recipe so here it goes.


Blog Post & Recipe: Vietnamese Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Cham)


One important element of Vietnamese cuisine is nuoc cham or a Vietnamese dipping sauce. Nuoc cham is a fish sauce based dipping sauce that deftly balances sweet, salty and sour aspects and it is really easy to make at home. The basic recipe includes fish sauce, water, sugar and lime juice and chilies and garlic are often added as well.


Blog Post & Recipe: Uighur Nan [via]


It's different from Indian Naan. It's a flatbread, cooked in a Tandoor oven, but it is pricked all over by an instrument called a durtlik before baking, both to keep the bread from puffing up, and as a decorative measure. It's also seasoned lightly with cumin and sea salt, although rosemary is very nice too. It's basically pizza dough without the oil, and it's made the same way.



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