Special Ingredients - Breville EW40 Instructions For Use Manual

Special ingredients

Agar-agar
Is made from different types of seaweed. It has
excellent setting properties, similar to gelatine
and will set at room temperature.
Bok choy
Also known as Chinese chard or Chinese white
cabbage, has fleshy white stems and dark green
leaves. It has a slight mustard taste. There is also a
smaller version called shanghai or baby bok choy.
Bamboo shoots
The young tender shoots of bamboo plants are
available in cans. They are mainly used to add
texture to food.
Coconut cream and coconut milk
Both coconut cream and milk are extracted from the
grated flesh of mature coconuts. The cream is a richer
first pressing and the milk the second or third pressing.
Chillies, fresh and dried
Chillies are available in many different types and
sizes. The small ones (birds eye or bird peppers) are
the hottest. Use tight fitting gloves when handling
and chopping fresh chillies as they can burn your
skin. The chilli seeds are the hottest part of the
chillies so remove them if you want to reduce the
heat content of recipes.
Coriander
This is also known as cilantro and Chinese parsley.
It is essential to many South-East Asian cuisines.
A strongly flavoured herb, use it sparingly until you
are accustomed to the unique flavour. Parsley can
be used as a substitute; it looks the same but tastes
quite different. Coriander is available fresh, ground
and in seed form.
Char siu sauce
This is the equivalent of Chinese BBQ sauce.
Crisp fried shallots
These are available from most Asian supermarkets
pre-prepared.
Fish sauce
A thin, salty dark brown sauce with a distinctive
fishy smell, which is used extensively in Thai and
Vietnamese cookery. It is made from small fish that
have been fermented in the sun. Fish sauce replaces
salt in many recipes.
Garam masala
A blend of spices, usually consisting of some
combination of cinnamon, cumin, pepper, cloves,
cardamom, nutmeg and mace.
It can be bought already blended from supermarkets,
but it is best freshly made. It is usually added
towards the end of cooking.
Green ginger wine
An Australian made alcoholic sweet wine infused
with finely ground ginger.
Hoisin sauce
This sauce is a thick sweet Chinese barbecue sauce
made from a mixture of salted black beans, onions
and garlic.
Hokkien noodles
Also known as fukkien, these are thick, yellow
and rubbery in texture. They are made from wheat
flour and are cooked and lightly oiled before being
packaged and sold. The noodles need to be broken
up before cooking.
Rice noodles
These are fresh white noodles, they do not require a
lot of cooking.
Kaffir lime leaves
These are dark green, shiny, double leaves which
have a very pungent perfume. They are rather thick
and must be sliced very finely for use as a garnish, or
added whole in a curry.
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