With its gnarled body, fibrous, greenish-pink shoots and coarse, reddish-brown skin, galangal ranks high on my list of peculiar-looking ingredients. Thanks to its sweetly tart and peppery flavor, its ...

I enjoy reading author Su-Mei Yu because she writes things like, “The perfume released from galangal reminds me of the warm and fresh scent in the air after a heavy downpour of monsoon.” That makes me ...

Galangal, the fragrant ingredient popular in cuisines across Asia, tends to get lumped in with ginger. It makes sense: They’re closely related to one another (galangal is sometimes called “blue ginger ...

How many of us, while slurping down a bowl of Asian soup, have noticed a tasty-looking brownish disc, about the size of a quarter, bitten into it, and discovered it to be so woody that you couldn't ...

If you've ever shopped for ginger root, chances are you may have almost inadvertently grabbed a similar-looking spice called galangal root. Native to Southeast Asia, galangal root looks so similar in ...

This is one of the best known of Thai soups, and deservedly so. There is a wonderful interplay between the richness of the coconut cream-which is slightly separated by being boiled-the peppery ...

Egg net parcels with pork-peanut filling, stir-fried lump crabmeat with long beans, Pomelo salad bites… These dishes are emblematic of Thailand’s bustling capital city of Bangkok and its distinct food ...

Cooking in a sauce based on caramelised sugar is a hallmark of home-style Vietnamese cuisine – the (nearly burnt) sugar adds incredible depth of flavour to chicken, tofu, egg and fish. Caramelising ...

Thai food has long been regarded as one of the healthiest cuisines in the world. The food exhibits a balance of flavours coupled with a heartwarming mix of seafood, meats and vegetables. Thai cuisine ...

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