Cook's Guide To Asian Vegetables

by Hutton, Wendy; CHOI, SUI CHEN; Kawana, Masano

• ISBN13: 9780794600785
• ISBN10: 0794600786
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-15
• Publisher: Periplus Editions

Summary

Here at last is a book which contains all cooks need to know about the growing list of Asian vegetables found in supermarkets, farmers' markets, Asian grocery stores and specialty gourmet shops. With attractive watercolors and photos, A Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables helps you to identify more than 125 vegetables commonly used in Asian cuisine.This book offer a wealth of information on fresh, preserved and dried vegetables and herbs: appearance and preparation, traditional herbal remedies, recipes and serving suggestions. A Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables is a delightful and much-needed reference for the cook, epicure and novice to Asian cuisine.

Table of Contents

Discovering a New World of Taste	6	(4)
Beans, Peas & Pulses	10	(22)
Azuki	12	(1)
Black-eyed Beans	12	(1)
Black Gram or Urad Dal	13	(1)
Broad Beans	13	(1)
Channa Dal	14	(1)
Chickpeas	14	(1)
Green Beans	15	(1)
Drumsticks or Horseradish Tree Pods	16	(1)
Kidney Beans	17	(1)
Long Beans or Snake Beans	17	(1)
Mung Beans	18	(1)
Mung Bean Sprouts	19	(1)
Pea Shoots or Dou Miao	20	(1)
Pigeon Peas or Toor Dal	21	(1)
Red Lentils	21	(1)
Red-streaked Beans or Borlotti Beans	22	(1)
Sesbania	22	(2)
Snow Peas	24	(1)
Soy Beans	24	(1)
Soy Bean Sprouts	25	(1)
Sugar Peas	25	(2)
Twisted Cluster Beans or Petai	27	(1)
Winged Beans	27	(5)
Cabbages & Other Leafy Greens	32	(28)
Amaranth or Chinese Spinach	34	(1)
Asian Lettuce	35	(1)
Bok Choy	36	(1)
Boxthorn	37	(1)
Broccoli	38	(1)
Cauliflower	39	(1)
Ceylon Spinach	40	(1)
Chinese or Napa Cabbage	40	(3)
Chinese Kale or Kailan	43	(1)
Cucumber Shoots	43	(1)
Fern Tips	44	(1)
Flowering Cabbage or Choy Sum	44	(2)
Garland Chrysanthemum	46	(1)
Kohlrabi	46	(3)
Mizuna	49	(1)
Mustard Cabbage	49	(1)
Purslane	50	(1)
Round Cabbage	51	(2)
Sauropus	53	(1)
Stem Lettuce	53	(2)
Watercress	55	(2)
Water Spinach	57	(3)
Fruiting Vegetables	60	(18)
Asian Chilies	62	(1)
Baby Corn	63	(1)
Banana Flower	64	(1)
Bilimbi or Belimbing	64	(3)
Breadfruit	67	(1)
Breadnut	67	(1)
Chestnuts	68	(1)
Jackfruit	69	(1)
Mangoes	70	(1)
Papayas	71	(1)
Peanuts	72	(1)
Plantains	73	(5)
Gourds & Melons	78	(18)
Angled Gourd	80	(1)
Bitter Gourd	80	(2)
Bottle Gourd	82	(1)
Chayote	82	(2)
Eggplants	84	(2)
Fuzzy Melons	86	(1)
Green Cucumbers	86	(2)
Loofah	88	(1)
Snake Gourd	88	(2)
Winter Melons	90	(1)
Yellow Cucumber	90	(6)
Herbs	96	(22)
Asian Basils	98	(1)
Asian Pennywort	99	(1)
Chinese Celery	100	(1)
Coriander Leaves or Cilantro	101	(1)
Curry Leaves	102	(1)
Kaffir Lime Leaves	102	(2)
Kinome	104	(1)
Lemongrass	104	(2)
Mitsuba	106	(1)
Pandanus Leaves	106	(2)
Peperomia	108	(1)
Polygonum or Laksa Leaf	108	(2)
Rice Paddy Herb	110	(1)
Salam Leaves	110	(1)
Sawtooth Herb	110	(2)
Shiso or Perilla	112	(1)
Wild Pepper Leaves	112	(6)
Mushrooms & Other Fungi	118	(16)
Dried Bamboo Fungus	120	(1)
Black Moss	121	(1)
Dried Black Mushrooms	121	(1)
Button Mushrooms	122	(1)
Cloud Ear or Wood Ear Fungus	122	(1)
Dried Cloud Ear or Wood Ear Fungus	122	(2)
Enokitake or Golden Mushrooms	124	(1)
Matsutake Mushrooms	124	(1)
Nameko Mushrooms	124	(2)
Oyster Mushrooms	126	(1)
Shiitake Mushrooms	126	(2)
Shimeji Mushrooms	128	(1)
Straw Mushrooms	128	(1)
White Cloud or Dried Silver Fungus	128	(6)
The Onion Family	134	(12)
Garlic	136	(1)
Garlic or Chinese Chives	136	(2)
Leeks	138	(1)
Onions	138	(2)
Shallots	140	(1)
Spring Onions	140	(6)
Preserved Vegetables	146	(12)
Preserved Chinese Cabbage	148	(1)
Pickled Daikon	148	(1)
Kim Chee	149	(1)
Dried Lily Buds or Day Lilies	149	(1)
Pickled Mustard Cabbage	150	(1)
Preserved Mustard Cabbage	150	(2)
Sichuan Pickled Vegetable	152	(1)
Pickled Swatow Mustard Cabbage	152	(6)
Seaweeds	158	(8)
Hijiki	160	(1)
Konbu or Dried Kelp	160	(2)
Nori or Dried Laver	162	(1)
Wakame	163	(3)
Tofu & Other Soy Products	166	(12)
Bean Curd or Tofu	168	(1)
Deep-fried Bean Curd	168	(2)
Grilled Bean Curd	170	(1)
Pressed Bean Curd or Tau Kwa	171	(1)
Silken Bean Curd	172	(1)
Bean Curd Skin or Yuba	172	(2)
Soy Milk	174	(1)
Tau Fa or Tofu Custard	174	(1)
Tempeh	175	(3)
Tubers, Stems & Roots	178	(25)
Arrowhead	180	(1)
Arrowroot	180	(2)
Bamboo Shoots	182	(1)
Banana Stem	182	(2)
Burdock	184	(1)
Cassava or Tapioca	185	(1)
Daikon or White Radish	186	(1)
Galangal	186	(2)
Ginger	188	(1)
Jicama or Bangkuang	188	(2)
Kencur or Aromatic Ginger	190	(1)
Krachai or Chinese Keys	190	(2)
Lotus Roots	192	(1)
Palm Hearts	193	(1)
Sweet Potatoes	194	(1)
Taro	194	(2)
Torch Ginger	196	(1)
Turmeric	197	(1)
Wasabi	197	(1)
Water Chestnuts	198	(1)
Wild Rice Shoots	199	(1)
Yams	199	(4)
Recipe Ingredients	203	(2)
Recipe List	205	(1)
Index	206