
Balachaung
The Burmese dried-shrimp relish that sits in a jar in every Yangon kitchen, the seasoning you reach for to lift a plate…
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The Burmese dried-shrimp relish that sits in a jar in every Yangon kitchen, the seasoning you reach for to lift a plate…

This is what street vendors across southern China make in big shallow woks at the front of their stalls, head-on prawns…

A Caribbean-Southern crossover that works because both traditions cook in a similar register: butter, peppers, alliums…

Sesame prawn toast is the British-Chinese takeaway classic that grew up in 1960s London and somehow never made the…

Chingri malai curry is one of those rare Bengali dishes that crosses the river: equally beloved in Kolkata's bonedi…

Beef (or goat, or prawns) parboils briefly

A fragrant Malaysian noodle soup combining shellfish with a spicy coconut curry broth, rice noodles, and fresh herbs

Goan prawn pulao is the green-flavoured rice dish that uses a fresh herb masala instead of the more typical brown spice…

Pork belly is simmered until tender, prawns are poached briefly, and vermicelli is cooked just al dente

Kare-kare is the Filipino feast-day stew of slow-simmered oxtail in a thick golden peanut sauce, the dish that lands at…

Kung pao (gongbao) shrimp is the seafood cousin of the classic Sichuan gongbao jiding, named for the 19th-century…

Ganguo, literally "dry pot", is the dry sister of hotpot

A two-part dish: a deeply concentrated prawn-and-chicken stock built from roasted prawn shells, layered with a freshly…

The sauce (the technical heart of the dish) reduces palm sugar, fish sauce, tamarind paste, water, ginger and dried…

Bone-in goat (or chicken or catfish, fish takes much less time) simmers in lightly salted water with onion, garlic…

Prawn balchão is the Goan prawn pickle, less a curry and more a fiery jammy preserve that eats by the spoonful with rice and bread