Stir Fried Dried Cuttlefish (Ojinguh Chae Bokkeum) / Daikon Sweet Pickles / Somtam

Recipe: Stir Fried Dried Cuttlefish (Ojinguh Chae Bokkeum)

A staple side dish in most Korean kitchens and lunchboxes. Takes less than 5 minutes to make and will stay good for a long time. Adjust the amount of red chili paste and sugar depending on how spicy and sweet you like it.

Blog Post & Recipe: Takuwan-Japanese Daikon Sweet Pickles

Making the takuwan yellow comes from the artisan method or old fashioned method of making takuwan in Japan, this longer method can be seen on Takuan/Japanese Pickled Daikon: Basic Recipe by the Shizuoka Gourmet. Mrs. Miyake's recipe is sweet and takes a lot less time.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pok, pok, pok… Somtam!

Somtam comes in many variations depending on the region and personal preferences. In Isaan, or northeastern Thailand, where somtam is often called tam bak hung, plaa raa (fermented fish sauce)—no problem for me in small doses but often an acquired taste for many others—is often added in a papaya salad. The central Thai version often sees the addition of items such as salted egg, grilled pork collar or plaa haeng (ikan bilis, or dried anchovies).

Garlic Dill Pickles / Caramelised Onion Flatbread / Thai Green Curry

Blog Post & Recipe: In a Pickle: How to Make Garlic Dill Pickles

Homemade pickles aren't complicated, but there are a few things you should know before getting started.

5 Things to Know Before Pickling ... The Recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: De Scott Evans -- Caramelized Onion Flatbread

Cover the pastry with the onion mixture and slide into the oven for about 15 minutes until the pastry is fully cooked and the top is golden. Remove from the oven, cut into squares and scatter the fresh marjoram leaves over the top of the flatbread.

Blog Post & Recipe: Thai Green Curry

When you’re shopping for your herbs, there are a few classics to look out for, but this recipe is really open to anything fresh and green. I picked out the best looking stuff at the market and ended up with basil, coriander, lemongrass, scallion, and jalapeno. Like most Thai curries, this one also has ginger, garlic, coriander seed, and black pepper. I’ve also added a little fennel seed to bring out the bright fresh flavor of the greens. For me this dish is all about the sauce, so I like to use steamed jasmine rice, and vegetables with a subtle flavor that won’t overwhelm the herbs

Vietnamese Daikon & Carrot Pickles / Oregano Roasted Beets with Garlic Scapes / Turmeric Ginger Beer

Blog Post & Recipe: Vietnamese Daikon and Carrot Pickles

They're a little like bread and butter pickles, though crispier, not as sweet, and with a slight radish taste from the daikon.

Blog Post & Recipe: Oregano Roasted Beets with Garlic Scapes

Since beets are so sweet all on their own, they need little sprucing up. (Fun fact: Beet sugar makes up about 40% of the world’s sugar.) Here, I simply doctored them up with some garlic scapes and a few sprigs of fresh oregano.

Blog Post & Recipe: Turmeric Ginger Beer

But even when I got the carbonation just right in these recipes (which does take a little precision), brewed ginger beers did not have that fresh spicy kick that I love. In the end, I got the best results from the simplest method. Make a ginger-infused syrup and top with soda water and fresh lemon juice.

Ginger Tofu with Bok Choy / Fermented Refrigerator Pickles / Thai Green Curry with Vegetables & Tofu

Blog Post & Recipe: Ginger Tofu with Pak Choi [via]

Gently prick a few holes in the tofu with a toothpick (this will help the marinade to soak into it, giving better flavour), then cut into bite-size cubes.

Blog Post & Recipe: Cookin' It Old School

There’s just something about taking a vegetable or a fresh crisp piece of fruit, stuffing it in a jar and boiling the hell out of it that just makes my heart sing.

Fermented Refrigerator Pickles

Blog Post & Recipe: Thai Green Curry with Vegetables and Tofu. (The blogger goes on to post a recipe for Green Curry Tofu Cakes)

Look for a green curry paste without fish sauce in your supermarket or Asian grocery store. But if you do have access to the ingredients and a little extra time, you’ll be surprised how quickly you can make your own curry paste, which will keep in the fridge for a couple of weeks or in the freezer for 6 months.

Baked Lemon Tofu Double Citrus Salad / Chicken in a Pie Shell / Deep Fried Pickles

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked lemon tofu double citrus salad

The baked tofu is surprisingly savoury because of the garlic and shallots, a good contrast to the sweet orange segments.

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked chicken in a pie shell

A variation on the chicken-in-a-bread-crust recipe previously linked on this post.

In effect, it’s baking a whole chicken and biscuits to go with it at the same time. Because, yes, after baking, the pie crust dough turns into a biscuit with one side having absorbed the flavors and moistness of the bird. Just cut and tear the crust wrapper as you dig into the chicken.

Blog Post & Recipes: Deep Fried

Pickles? Crumbed and fried? Yes please. A buttermilk dressing was made to accompany it, though I added my own tweaks. Combined, the crunch of the coating giving way to crunchy, tangy dill pickle slices was brilliant. The garlicky buttermilk dressing, with a heavy hand in coriander, made an ideal dipping sauce.

Coriander Buttermilk Dressing ... Deep Fried Pickles & Cheese-Stuffed Chillis

Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing / Bread & Butter Pickles / 20 Curry Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing

While the grilled Caesar we love is brushed with oil and garlic prior to grilling, this salad is just sprinkled with salt and then laid onto the grill, cut side down, until the greens have a nice char.

Blog Post & Recipe: bread and butter pickles

... So very sweet! So sweet that I thought that the sugar level was a typo but sure enough, every other recipe I found listed sugar amounts in cups. Ayee. This one only called for one but I reduced my batch to 3/4 of a cup ...

Recipes: 20 of the best: curries

Chicken korma ... Avial mixed vegetable curry ... Lamb and cashew curry ... Massaman curry ... Burmese chicken curry ... Beef kofta ... Thai green curry with fish ... Butter chicken ... Prawn and green mango curry ... Sweet peanut chicken curry ... Eggplant and potato curry ... Malaysian fish curry ... Longrain's red beef curry ... Chicken and bean madras ... Turkey chilli ... Fish curry ... Thai red curry burger ... Chickpea curry with rice ... Prawn green curry ... Pumpkin, cauliflower & chickpea curry