A multitude of greens, some quite exotic for some of us. They can be braised, sautéed, or stir-fried. Add to soups, curries, and noodle dishes. Some, such as mizuna, Chinese cabbage, and tatsoi, can be used raw in salads, slaws, and summer rolls. Add umami and zing with Asian Sauces to make your greens sing.
Our vegetables are polyamorous, flitting from love affair to love affair.
However, they do marry well with the ingredients below.
Avocado, coconut, peanut, safflower, toasted sesame seed, sunflower seed
Onion, shallot, leek, scallions, garlic, carrot
Snap beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, celery, eggplant, mushrooms, snow peas, radish, summer squash, sweet bell pepper
Amaranth greens (en choy), bok choy, Chinese broccoli (gai lon), Chinese (Napa) cabbage, Chinese celery, daikon greens, dwarf bok choy, fava greens, Japanese white turnip greens, komatsuma, Malabar spinach, methi (fenugreek leaves), mizuna, mustard greens, pea shoots, Shanghai bok choy, shungiku, tatsoi, water spinach, watercress (yau choy)
Chanterelle, cinnamon cap, cremini, enoki, golden enoki, hon shimeji, lion’s mane, maitake, matsutake, morel, nameko, oyster, king oyster, portobello, shiitake, velvet piopinno, white beech, white button, wood ear
Basil, chives, cilantro, garlic chives, lemongrass, makrut lime leaf, mint, mitsuba, rau ram, shiso
Curry leaf, makrut lime leaf
Ajwain, amchur powder, asafoetida, cardamom, Chinese five spice powder, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, curry powder, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, kala namak, mustard seeds, nigella seeds, nutmeg, black peppercorns, white peppercorns, turmeric
Fermented black beans, coconut enzymes, dashi, miso, fresh mushrooms, dried mushrooms, nori seaweed, soy sauce, tamari
Citrus: Lemon, lime, makrut lime, yuzu
Vinegars: Chinkiang, cider, plum, rice, rice wine, Shanxi, Sichuan Pepper
Herbs:Galangal, ginger, young ginger, lemongrass
Specialties: Doubanjiang, tamarind paste, hot pepper sauce
Fresh Chili Peppers: Cayenne, chile de árbol, jalapeño, jwala, Korean green, long green, serrano, red serrano, Thai bird’s eye, green bird’s eye, Thai dragon
Dried Chili Peppers: Bydagi, chile de árbol, kashmiri, red spur, sanam, tien tsin
Ground Chili Peppers: Cayenne, gochugaru, kashmiri, sansho pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, Korean pepper threads
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