Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables. Wendy Hutton
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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
PERIPLUS
Published by Periplus Editions with editorial offices at 61 Tai Seng Avenue, #02-12 Singapore 534167
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
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
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
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