Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables. Wendy Hutton

      

      A Cook's Guide to

       Asian Vegetables

      A Cook's Guide to

       Asian Vegetables

      Wendy Hutton

      illustrations by Sui Chen Choi

       photos by Masano Kawana

       Styling by Loretta Reilly and Christina Ong

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      Published by Periplus Editions with editorial offices at 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167

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      Copyright © 2004 Periplus Editions Ltd

       Text © 2004 Wendy Hutton

       Illustrations © 2004 Sui Chen Choi

       Photographs by Masano Kawana

       Book design by Loretta Reilly

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      contents

      Discovering a New World of Taste 6

      Beans, Peas & Pulses 10

      Azuki 12

      Black-eyed Beans 12

      Black Gram or Urad Dal 13

      Broad Beans 13

      Channa Dal 14

      Chickpeas 14

      Green Beans 15

      Drumsticks or Horseradish Tree Pods 16

      Kidney Beans 17

      Long Beans or Snake Beans 17

      Mung Beans 18

      Mung Bean Sprouts 19

      Pea Shoots or Dou Miao 20

      Pigeon Peas or Toor Dal 21

      Red Lentils 21

      Red-streaked Beans or Borlotti Beans 22

      Sesbania 22

      Snow Peas 24

      Soy Beans 24

      Soy Bean Sprouts 25

      Sugar Peas 25

      Twisted Cluster Beans or Petai 27

      Winged Beans 27

      Cabbages & Other Leafy Greens 32

      Amaranth or Chinese Spinach 34

      Asian Lettuce 35

      Bok Choy 36

      Boxthorn 37

      Broccoli 38

      Cauliflower 39

      Ceylon Spinach 40

      Chinese or Napa Cabbage 40

      Chinese Kale or Kailan 43

      Cucumber Shoots 43

      Fern Tips 44

      Flowering Cabbage or Choy Sum 44

      Garland Chrysanthemum 46

      Kohlrabi 46

      Mizuna 49

      Mustard Cabbage 49

      Purslane 50

      Round Cabbage 51

      Sauropus 53

      Stem Lettuce 53

      Watercress 55

      Water Spinach 57

      Fruiting Vegetables 60

      Asian Chilies 62

      Baby Corn 63

      Banana Flower 64

      Bilimbi or Belimbing 64

      Breadfruit 67

      Breadnut 67

      Chestnuts 68

      Jackfruit 69

      Mangoes 70

      Papayas 71

      Peanuts 72

      Plantains 73

      Gourds & Melons 78

      Angled Gourd 80

      Bitter Gourd 80

      Bottle Gourd 82

      Chayote 82

      Eggplants 84

      Fuzzy Melons 86

      Green Cucumbers 86

      Loofah 88

      Snake Gourd 88

      Winter Melons 90

      Yellow Cucumber 90

      Herbs 96

      Asian Basils 98

      Asian Pennywort 99

      Chinese Celery 100

      Coriander Leaves or Cilantro 101

      Curry Leaves 102

      Kaffir Lime Leaves 102

      Kinome 104

      Lemongrass 104

      Mitsuba 106

      Pandanus Leaves 106

      Peperomia 108

      Polygonum or Laksa Leaf 108

      Rice