Asia Recipes, Page 7
From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens. Below are 418 authentic Asia recipes, each tied to a real country and region, with the cultural story, ingredients, and step-by-step method, adaptable to seven dietary needs.
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Shish BarakDamascus, Syria · advanced · 1 h 45 minLittle Syrian meat dumplings baked then simmered in a warm, garlicky cooked-yogurt sauce, finished with fried garlic and pine nuts.
Shish Barak Kazakh MantiAlmaty, Kazakhstan · advanced · 1 h 45 minLarge Kazakh steamed dumplings filled with hand-chopped lamb, pumpkin and plenty of onion, served with sour cream.
Kazakh Manti Kazakh PlovAlmaty, Kazakhstan · medium · 1 h 35 minThe Kazakh celebration pilaf: rice cooked over lamb, sweet carrots and onion in a cauldron until every grain is separate and rich.
AshlyanfuBishkek, Kyrgyzstan · medium · 1 hA cold Kyrgyz noodle bowl of wheat noodles and springy starch jelly in a spicy, vinegary vegetable broth with egg ribbons.
Ashlyanfu KuurdakBishkek, Kyrgyzstan · easy · 55 minOne of Central Asia oldest dishes: chunks of meat fried in their own fat with onion and potato until browned and crisp.
Oshi PalavDushanbe, Tajikistan · medium · 1 h 40 minTajikistan national dish and king of meals: rice steamed over lamb, yellow carrots, chickpeas and cumin in a single pot.
Oshi Palav Tajik SambusaDushanbe, Tajikistan · medium · 1 h 10 minFlaky Tajik pastry triangles filled with spiced minced meat and onion, sprinkled with sesame and baked golden.
Kukulhu RihaMalé, Maldives · easy · 1 hA gently spiced Maldivian chicken curry simmered in coconut milk with curry leaves, pandan and island spices.
Kukulhu Riha Pyongyang MandugukPyongyang, North Korea · advanced · 2 h 30 minA clear northern Korean dumpling soup: hand-folded mandu of beef and tofu simmered in a light, restrained beef broth.
Pyongyang Manduguk Bruneian Nasi LemakBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · medium · 1 h 5 minBrunei coconut rice plate: fragrant santan rice with a caramelised sambal, crisp anchovies, peanuts, egg and cucumber.
Bruneian Nasi Lemak Bruneian Beef RendangBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei · advanced · 3 h 30 minA Bruneian dry curry of beef slow-simmered in coconut milk and a lemongrass spice paste until dark, tender and richly reduced.
TukirDili, Timor-Leste · medium · 2 h 20 minA festive Timorese stew of goat or lamb braised with tamarind, turmeric, lemongrass and mint, traditionally cooked in bamboo.
Tukir Caril de GalinhaDili, Timor-Leste · easy · 1 h 5 minA mild Timorese chicken curry built on roasted red capsicum and coconut milk, gently spiced and subtly sweet.
Kanda Poha (Maharashtrian Onion Flattened Rice)Maharashtra (Mumbai), India · easy · 25 minThick flattened rice rinsed soft, then tossed in a mustard-seed, cumin and curry-leaf tempering with onion, green chilli, turmeric and crunchy peanuts, finished with lemon, coriander and fresh coconut.
Kanda Poha (Maharashtrian Onion Flattened Rice) İmam Bayıldı (Swooning Imam’s Eggplant)İzmir (Aegean), Turkey · easy · 1 h 10 minWhole eggplants braised in olive oil until silken, stuffed with sweet onions, tomato, and garlic. Served cool.
İmam Bayıldı (Swooning Imam’s Eggplant) Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)Isan (Northeast), Thailand · easy · 25 minGreen papaya pounded in a mortar with chili, lime, and tomatoes, crunchy, fiery, and alive.
Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad) Borani BanjanKabul, Afghanistan · easy · 55 minSilky fried eggplant layered with tomato and garlicky yogurt, finished with dried mint, Kabul’s favorite way to honor a vegetable.
Borani Banjan MuhammaraDamascus, Syria · easy · 35 minThe crimson mezze of roasted red peppers, walnuts, and pomegranate molasses, smoky, sweet, and gently fierce.
Khaman DhoklaGujarat, India · easy · 35 minCloud-light steamed chickpea-flour cakes, tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves, Gujarat’s teatime signature.
DushbaraBaku, Azerbaijan · advanced · 1 h 20 minTiny hand-pinched lamb dumplings floated in a clear garlicky broth, finished with vinegar and mint.
Dushbara Bolani (Stuffed Flatbread)Kabul, Afghanistan · medium · 1 hA thin Afghan flatbread folded around a spiced mashed-potato and leek filling and pan-fried until crisp, served with a mint-yogurt dip.
FattoushDamascus, Syria · easy · 30 minA bright Syrian chopped salad of crisp vegetables and toasted flatbread in a tangy sumac and pomegranate molasses dressing.
Bis KeemiyaMalé, Maldives · medium · 1 hCrisp fried Maldivian pastry parcels filled with tuna, cabbage, onion and boiled egg, the islands favourite tea-time snack.
BindaetteokPyongyang, North Korea · medium · 50 minPyongyang market pancakes of coarsely ground mung beans mixed with kimchi and pork, pan-fried thick and crisp-edged.
Pai Huang Gua (Smashed Cucumber Salad)Sichuan, China · easy · 30 minCucumbers smacked with a cleaver until they crack, salted, then tossed with raw garlic, black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and a spoon of chili oil.
Pai Huang Gua (Smashed Cucumber Salad) Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls)Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · medium · 1 h 15 minSoft rice-paper rolls packed with poached pork, halved shrimp, rice vermicelli, lettuce and fresh herbs, dipped in a warm hoisin and peanut sauce.
Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls) Tabbouleh (Lebanese Parsley and Bulgur Salad)Beirut, Lebanon · easy · 30 minA green salad of finely chopped parsley and mint with diced tomato, spring onion and just a sprinkle of fine bulgur, dressed sharply with lemon and olive oil.
Tabbouleh (Lebanese Parsley and Bulgur Salad) Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Pork Spring Rolls)Central Luzon, Philippines · medium · 1 h 5 minPencil-thin spring rolls of seasoned ground pork, carrot, onion and garlic, deep-fried until they shatter and served hot with sweet chili sauce or banana ketchup.
Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Pork Spring Rolls) Aloo Samosa (Punjabi Spiced Potato Samosa)Punjab, India · advanced · 2 h 5 minFlaky, ajwain-scented pastry cones stuffed with spiced potato and peas, fried slowly until blistered and golden and served hot with tamarind and mint chutneys.
Mu Ping (Thai Grilled Pork Skewers)Bangkok (Central), Thailand · easy · 2 h 45 minThin slices of pork marinated in pounded garlic, coriander root and white pepper with palm sugar, fish sauce and coconut milk, grilled over charcoal and eaten with sticky rice.
Tteokbokki (Spicy Korean Rice Cakes)Seoul (Gyeonggi), South Korea · easy · 45 minChewy cylinders of rice cake and slices of fish cake simmered in anchovy and kelp broth until the gochujang sauce turns thick, glossy, sweet and fiery.
Tteokbokki (Spicy Korean Rice Cakes) Sigara Böreği (Turkish Crispy Cheese Rolls)İzmir (Aegean), Turkey · easy · 40 minThin yufka pastry rolled tight as a cigarette around white cheese and chopped parsley, sealed with water and fried in sunflower oil until crisp and golden.
Sate Ayam Madura (Madurese Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce)Jakarta, Indonesia · medium · 1 h 40 minSmall cubes of chicken thigh marinated in sweet soy sauce, grilled over charcoal, basted in peanut sauce and served with more sauce, lime, fried shallots and lontong.
Sate Ayam Madura (Madurese Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce) Yaki Gyōza (Japanese Pan-Fried Dumplings)Tokyo (Kanto), Japan · medium · 1 hThin-skinned dumplings of pork, cabbage, garlic chives, garlic and ginger, fried then steamed in the same pan until the bottoms are crisp and golden.
Yaki Gyōza (Japanese Pan-Fried Dumplings) Salat Katzutz (Israeli Chopped Salad)Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 20 minTomatoes and unpeeled cucumbers diced as small as you can with onion, pepper and parsley, dressed only with lemon juice, olive oil and salt.
Salat Katzutz (Israeli Chopped Salad) Badrijani Nigvzit (Georgian Eggplant Rolls with Walnut Paste)Imereti, Georgia · medium · 1 h 30 minThin slices of fried eggplant rolled around a garlicky walnut paste scented with coriander and blue fenugreek, scattered with pomegranate seeds and served cool.
Badrijani Nigvzit (Georgian Eggplant Rolls with Walnut Paste) Dahi Baray (Lentil Dumplings in Spiced Yogurt)Lahore (Punjab), Pakistan · medium · 8 hLight, fluffy fried urad dal dumplings soaked soft in warm water, then smothered in chilled sweet and salty yogurt and finished with tamarind and green chutneys and chaat masala.
Dahi Baray (Lentil Dumplings in Spiced Yogurt) Aloo Sadeko (Nepali Spiced Potato Salad)Kathmandu Valley, Nepal · easy · 1 hBoiled potatoes tossed with red onion, green chilli, lime, timur pepper and toasted sesame, then doused in smoking mustard oil fried with fenugreek and turmeric.
Aloo Sadeko (Nepali Spiced Potato Salad) Isso Wade (Sri Lankan Prawn and Lentil Fritters)Western Province (Colombo), Sri Lanka · medium · 6 h 55 minCrunchy chana dal fritters spiked with onion, green chilli, curry leaves and fennel, each topped with small whole prawns and fried until deep gold, served hot with onion, chilli and lime.
Isso Wade (Sri Lankan Prawn and Lentil Fritters) Obi Non (Uzbek Stamped Bread)Tashkent, Uzbekistan · medium · 2 h 40 minRound yeasted flatbreads with a thick, soft, golden rim and a thin crisp centre stamped with a pattern of holes, glazed with milk and scattered with nigella and sesame seeds.
Obi Non (Uzbek Stamped Bread) Num Kachay (Cambodian Chive Cakes)Phnom Penh, Cambodia · medium · 1 h 20 minChewy rice-flour cakes packed with garlic chives, steamed until translucent and then pan-fried crisp and golden, with a sweet, sour and garlicky chilli fish-sauce dip.
Num Kachay (Cambodian Chive Cakes) Shrak (Jordanian Bedouin Saj Bread)Amman, Jordan · advanced · 1 h 15 minPaper-thin, soft, unleavened flatbread of whole-wheat and white flour, stretched by hand into wide sheets and baked in seconds on a domed saj or an upturned wok.
Shrak (Jordanian Bedouin Saj Bread) Kashk-e Bademjan (Persian Eggplant and Kashk Dip)Tehran, Iran · medium · 1 h 50 minFried eggplant mashed with golden onions, garlic and turmeric, enriched with tangy kashk and walnuts, and finished with fried onion, sizzled dried mint and swirls of kashk.
Kashk-e Bademjan (Persian Eggplant and Kashk Dip) Chotpoti (Bangladeshi Spiced Peas with Tamarind)Dhaka, Bangladesh · easy · 9 h 20 minSoft dried peas and potato, warm and tangy, heaped with raw onion, green chilli, cucumber, coriander, grated boiled egg and crushed fuchka shells and drenched in spiced tamarind water.
Chotpoti (Bangladeshi Spiced Peas with Tamarind) Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Net Crepes)Penang, Malaysia · medium · 1 h 5 minSoft, golden, lace-like crepes of flour, egg, coconut milk and turmeric, drizzled in a net pattern onto a hot pan, folded and served with chicken curry.
Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Net Crepes) Yan Su Ji (Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Popcorn Chicken)Taipei, Taiwan · medium · 1 h 15 minBite-sized chicken thigh marinated with garlic, soy sauce and five-spice, coated in coarse sweet potato starch, double-fried until craggy and crisp, and tossed with fried basil and pepper salt.
Yan Su Ji (Taiwanese Salt and Pepper Popcorn Chicken) Sai Oua (Luang Prabang Herb Sausage)Luang Prabang, Laos · advanced · 1 h 35 minCoarse, juicy pork sausage packed with lemongrass, galangal, makrut lime leaf, shallot, garlic, chilli and fresh herbs, bound with a little sticky rice and grilled over charcoal.
Sai Oua (Luang Prabang Herb Sausage) Baya Kyaw (Burmese Split Pea Fritters)Yangon, Myanmar · easy · 8 h 45 minCrunchy little fritters of soaked yellow split peas, half ground smooth and half coarse, with onion, chilli, coriander and turmeric, served hot with a tamarind dip.
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