Many Thai curries tend to be elaborate, with fussy, intricate curry pastes, a lengthy list of ingredients, and complex flavours. This...

Zer comes from the Persian word "zerd" which means gold or yellow. The dish gets its colour from the large amounts of saffron, though in...

Japanese cuisine has reached the top echelon in haute cuisine. Elegant, mild and delicious, it is amongst the fastest-growing cuisines in...

Turkish cuisine is filled with several savoury pastry dishes. The traditional thin pastry dough is called yufka and is extremely thin and...

These eggs go by many names, million-year, 1000-year or 100-year eggs. The folklore behind these eggs is from about 600 years ago during...

The history of tofu goes back more than 4,000 years. Soybeans were first discovered on the Manchurian peninsula in today's Korea. It is...

Cashew nuts grow abundantly in Kerala, they are large and have a lovely flavour. My parents used to live in Cochin and every time they...

Rice as a one-pot meal is common in South India, and there are several variations on this theme. The dishes vary from light lemon rice to...

Za'atar is a Levantine cuisine mix of herbs and spices, including marjoram, sumac, thyme, sesame seeds, and others. It is used as a...

Wok stir-fries come in many forms across Asia, and Indonesian cuisine has its fair share. I wanted to try this recipe because of how the...

Pre-desserts adapt your palate to go from savoury to the dessert section of a coursed dinner. They are always sweet, but also spicy...

When we think of ice cream, we naturally think of Italian gelatos. However, travelling in Mexico made me realize that it is a culture...

A timbale is a small baking dish or mould called a ramekin that is used to bake dishes and is usually served on the table. The dish is...

I love kimchi, the Korean mainstay for pickled cabbage. It is crunchy, spicy and perfectly acidic. There is always a bottle in my fridge...

In my mind, the dosa (also spelt dosai) is the ultimate pancake. It comes in an almost infinite number of variations from sweet to this...

Sometimes flavours come together beautifully. The ingredients naturally complement each other, and the dish is both satisfying and...

Okra is a very common vegetable in India. The crop originated in ancient Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan and was carried by Muslim...

The Omani Sultanate stood as an important stop for trade on the silk route. The flow of spices from the East and the flow of ivory,...

Constantinople stood at the crossroads of trade for centuries, growing rich and absorbing culture and cuisine from all over the world....

The variety of South Indian chutneys is immense and diverse. The cuisine boasts chutneys made from every vegetable and even meat in...