Asian food ingredients 23 February 2007, 21:16

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Ingredients sources, from easiest to most difficult:

INGREDIENTS

Condiments and sauces

Black bean sauce
Brown bean sauce
Chilli bean paste
Chilli garlic sauce
Chilli jam
Chilli paste
Chinese black vinegar
Chinese rice wine
Fish sauce
Hoisin sauce
Japanese rice vinegar
Kecap Manis
Mirin
Miso paste
Oyster sauce
Palm sugar
Pickled ginger
Rice vinegar
Sake
Sambal oelek
Sesame oil
Sesame paste (not tahini)
Shrimp paste/sauce
Soy sauce (light)
Tamari
Thai red curry paste
Yellow bean sauce (SE Asia)

Canned goods

Bamboo shoots
Black beans (fermented & in packets)
Coconut cream
Coconut milk
Straw mushrooms (or fresh)
Water chestnuts

Dry

Black fungus
Candlenuts
Crisp fried shallots
Dashi
Dried shrimp
Nori sheets
Besan (chickpea flour)
Rice flour
Shiitake mushrooms (dried)
Tamarind
Wakame (curly seaweed)
Wasabi
Rice paper wrappers
Cellophane noodles
Dried rice noodles
Dried sweet potato starch noodles
Egg noodles
Pancit canton (e-fu fried noodles)
Ramen noodles (straight)
Soba noodles
Somen noodles
Wheat noodles (eggless)
Basmati rice
Jasmine rice
Long-grain rice
Short-grain rice (sticky)

Spices

Cardamom pods, & ground
Chilli flakes
Chilli powder (cayenne, poblano)
Cumin ground (+seed, black)
Five spice powder
Mustard seed yellow & black
Garam masala
Sechuan peppercorns
Star anise

Produce/fresh

Tofu
Fried tofu puffs
Bean curd sheets
Tempeh
Gow gee (dumpling, round) wrappers
Won ton wrappers (square)
Rice noodles (flat)
Barbecue pork
Hokkien noodles
Shanghai noodles
Udon noodles
Bok choy
Chillies
Choy sum (flowering cabbage)
Cilantro (coriander leaf)
Coriander root
Daikon radish
Gai larn (broccoli)
Galangal
Garlic chives
Ginger
Kaffir limes, leaves
Lemon grass
Oyster mushrooms
Shiitake mushrooms
Enoki mushrooms
Shallots
Japanese eggplant
Snake beans
Thai basil
Vietnamese mint
Water spinach
Wom bok (cabbage)

Not mentioned in cookbook except in recipes

Coriander root
Thai curry pastes
Bean curd sheets

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