Recipes from Asia and the Middle-East
Here we have exotic cuisines from far-away lands and recipes from Asia and the Middle East.
Asian cooking inspired by well-prepared Oriental dishes from China, Japan and Southeast Asia. The colors and tastes of Asian cooking are so vast and many of the recipes here are "Americanized" versions of original Chinese and Oriental dishes.
Middle-Eastern cuisine is inspired by the cooking of Egypt, Arabia and beyond (where lamb is usually the staple meat); and here we also include the cooking of India and surrounding lands, where herbs and spices are used abundantly.
The cuisines of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean are covered under the Category titled: Italian and Mediterranean.
Arabic Bread Chips
Asian-Style Ribs
Baked Crab Rangoon
Cashew Chicken
Cashew Rice with Golden Raisins
Chick Pea Curry
Chicken and Cashew Nut Salad
Chicken and Lemon Potstickers
Chicken Masala
Chicken Satay Sticks
Chinese Chicken Salad
Chop Suey
Classic Chicken Teriyaki
Coconut Rice
Crab Wonton Cups
Curried Chicken
Falafel
Forty Martyrs Meatballs
Fruited Rice with Mushrooms and Almonds
Garlic-Wine Rice Pilaf
Ghee (Clarified Butter)
Ginger-Garlic Paste
Homemade Potstickers
Hommus
Indian Spiced Chicken Thighs
Keema Beef Curry
Kung Pao Beef
Lamb Korma
Lamb Samosas with Minty Yogurt 'n Feta Dipping Sauce
Lemon Chicken
Lemon Rice with Cashews
Lumpia
Mango Chutney
Marilyns Persian Rice
Mujadera
Naan Bread
Onion Bhajis
Patak's Vindaloo Curry
Pea-lafel
Peach Chutney
Pomegranate Raita
Pork Dumplings
Pork Fried Rice
Rice Pilaf
Samosas
Singapore-Style Noodles
Steamed Pork-Filled Won Tons
Sweet Corn and Chicken Soup
Tabbouleh
Tandoori Chicken
Thai Chicken Curry
Tomato, Scallion and Peanut Pulao (Pilaf)
Toni's Thai Chicken Curry
Tzatziki
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Japanese Cooking Terms:
- DAIKON: giant radish
- MIZUTAKI: simmered chicken dish
- MOCHI: rice dish
- SASHIMI: slices of raw fish
- SHABU-SHABU: simmered beef dish
- SUKIYAKI: simmered beef dish
- SUSHI: vinegered rice topped with raw fish or wrapped in laver
- TOFU: soybean curd
- WASABI: green horseradish
- YUZU: citrus fruit similar to lime
Indian Cooking Terms
- BIRYANI: Elaborate dish made from spiced saffron rice cooked with pieces of lamb, chicken or beef; or with shrimp.
- CHAPATI: Pancake-like whole wheat bread fried on an iron griddle
- CHUTNEY: Highly seasoned side dish made from fruits (raw or cooked) or vegetables and served as an accompaniement to any curried food.
- GHEE: Butter oil made by cooking butter over low heat for a long time to clarify it and enrich its flavor. Clarified butter may be substituted.
- KOFTA: Ground meat balls
- KORMA: Curry sauce thickened with yoghurt and nuts or poppy seeds
- MASALA: Spices, herbs and other seasonings ground together and used as the base for all Indian curry sauces
- NAAN: Individual flat bread made of white flour and traditionally baked in a tandoori oven
- RAYTA: Salad-like combination of yoghurt and raw or cooked vegetables, flavored with herbs and spices
- SAMOSA: Deep-fried pastry filled with meats or vegetables and spices
- TANDOOR: Cylindrical clay oven.
- TIKKA: Chicken rubbed with Masala and grilled.
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Recipes Collected From Around the World
This recipe site was created to bring together an abundance of recipes I have collected over many years. These recipes come from family, friends, co-workers
and my collection of cookbooks and from magazines from all over the world.
I hope you enjoy these recipes and find what you are looking for. Please feel free to copy and print any that you like. I have tried to acknowledge the source of the recipe in most cases and if there is no such acknowledgement; it's because it was from memory or handwritten notes from my mother and that I have jotted down from other family members. Also recipes go back for several years and I never bothered to identify the source at the time I copied it or pulled from the pages of magazines and newspapers over the years.
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