Cilantro is one of the most versatile kitchen ingredients. Dried cilantro has a darker green color than fresh ones. In terms of taste, it gives a piney, anise-like flavor with lemony, minty, and...
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Ground mace or powdered mace is a yellowish-brown spice from the apricot-colored aril of the nutmeg seed. It has a similar flavor to its sister spice, the nutmeg, and gives desserts, stews, and other...
Thai chili flakes, also known as prik bon (พริกป่น or Thai chili powder)– are made by crushing dried Thai chili peppers into small flakes. It is essential in Thai, Lao, Vietnamese,...
Ginger is the bumpy root of the Zingiber officinale plant that has been widely used in cooking and traditional medicine for centuries. Ginger renders some zing to savory Asian, Indian, and Caribbean...
Nutmeg is the hard seed of the fleshy fruit of an evergreen tree native to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Fresh nutmeg grated from a whole nutmeg gives the most fragrant aroma and sweet-spicy flavor...
At the heart of Thai cuisine is a wide range of spices. Thai food leverages the complex flavor of spices such as galangal, cumin, turmeric, shallots, kaffir lime leaves, and Thai chilies. The most...