Asian Recipe Sites
This page contains Japanese and Thai recipe sites along with a number of other Asian cuisines. If you are looking for Chinese or Indian, go to the navigation bar to find them.
Japanese Recipes
- Bob & Angie (Osaka Gas Co.)
- Sponsored by Osaka Gas, there are about 100 recipes in English or over 4000 in Japanese. Each recipe has a picture of the dish, nutritional information, and links explaining unusual ingredients. The recipes are listed in categories (beef, pork, chicken, etc.); there are also glossaries of ingredients and cooking terms/tools and some Japanese cooking tips. These are real Japanese recipes so you may find some of the ingredients difficult to find. (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
- Tokyo Food Page (Japanese Recipe Collection)
- A fairly small site -- fewer than two dozen recipes. The recipes are clear and concise, navigation is easy, and there's a variety to choose from (chicken, beef, port, seafood, rice, potatoes, sweets). You may need a neighborhood Oriental grocery store for some of the ingredients although some of the larger supermarkets will carry most of them. You might have a harder time finding octopus for the Takoyaki (octopus balls). (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
Thai Recipes
- Muoi Khuntilanont's Thai Food Recipes
- You must check out this site if you have any interest at all in Thai cooking. There are about 100 recipes that originated from posts by the chef's husband. Keep in mind that these are not the most precise recipes you'll find, but I believe they are authentic. I can't resist putting in a quote that appears on the sites that have tried to resurrect these posts. "The quantities are approximate: my wife is a professional chef and measures quantities in pinches, small and large piles on the palm of her hand and handful, rather than neat teaspoons, tablespoons and cups. However experimenting with her measures have converted them to more meaningful quantities. But as always if you like a spice you can use more, if you don't you can use less. Temperatures and times are approximate: Thai charcoal braziers don't have thermostats, and few Thai chefs use a clock -the food is cooked when you are happy with the result. Several recipes, especially stir fry recipes call for adding ingredients to hot oil in a wok or pan. I strongly advise the use of some sort of eye-protection, as whatever damage hot oil can cause if it 'spits' it will [appear] much worse if backed by the chemical fire of chillies!" (Colonel Ian Khuntilanont-Philpott). A similar site but organized both alphabetically and by category is on Catch22inc. (Last reviewed: 28 Dec 2004)
- Exploring Thai Food and Culture
- Cookbook author (Kasma Loha-unchit, winner of the 1996 Julia Child Cookbook Award for Best International Cookbook of 1995) has a small site with about three dozen recipes and promotions for her books, classes, and trips to Thailand. Many of the recipes are from the award winning cookbook. If you have a Thai or Oriental grocery store nearby you shouldn't have any trouble finding ingredients. The site contains familiar Thai food such as Pad Thai and more exotic things such as squid with garlic and lime. (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
Other Asian Recipes
- Merry's Kitchen of Indonesian Cuisine
- This is a must see site for Indonesian cooking. There are pictures of many of the recipes, the recipes are very clear, the navigation is easy, and a great variety. There's a section on basic spices, the usual meat, poultry, desserts, etc. classifications, PLUS a glossary of ingredients and an Asian market listing by state and a few online vendors of Indonesian groceries. If you are an adventurous cook and willing to hunt for a few unusual ingredients once in a while, I think you will find this site one you'll come back to again and again. (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
- World Hearth Recipe Collection - Burmese
- 33 recipes from varying sources including: The Burmese Kitchen: Recipes from the Golden Land (Copeland Marks and Aung Thein) and Under the Golden Pagoda: The Best of Burmese Cooking (Aung Aung Taik and Clare Kossman). There are some very interesting sounding recipes such as Beef in Tamarind Sauce, Pork and Pumpkin Stew, Sweet Potato Bagan (sweet potato, coconut milk, spices), and Clear Shrimp Lime Soup. Most recipes appear to make ample use of turmeric and fish sauce. (Last reviewed: 22 Jan 2005)
- Nepal Home Page (Nepali recipes)
- A nicely arranged site with quite a few recipes. The recipes are easy to read and are well laid out with plenty of instructions. Most of the recipes use a wide variety of interesting spices which appeals to me. (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
- Myanmardotcom
- A large number of recipes: rice (8), soup (16), salads(17), curries(22), dips-relishes-pickles (15), vegetarian (10), desserts (7). There are also some suggested menus and an ingredients dictionary. Most of the recipes are clearly written and some have photos of the dish. As with many Asian cuisines, some ingredients may be difficult to find. (Last reviewed: 22 Jan 2005)
- AsiaRecipe.com
- A small number of recipes from 22 Asian areas from Afghanistan to Vietnam. You won't find a comprehensive set of recipes for any of them, but you do get a feel for the cuisine. There are also some nice sections on herbs, ingredients, and cooking methods. Despite it's dot com status, this site's proceeds from book and banner sales go to the Hilltribe Foundation in Northern Thailand. (Last reviewed: 22 Dec 2004)
- Kuali.com (Malay Recipes)
- Some very interesting and apparently authentic recipes. The reason I rated this page so low is that for many of us the ingredients will be difficult to find. For example, I have not encountered screwpine leaves (pandan leaves) or alkaline water (kan sui) in the Asian grocery stores available to me. If there is a substitute for some of the ingredients in the recipes, I could not find them. Nonetheless, I did find many recipes that can be made with readily available ingredients. (Last reviewed: 15 Jan 2006)
- Kyawt Kyawt's Kitchen (Burmese)
- A couple dozen Burmese recipes including rice, salads, noodles, curries, soups, appetizers, and sweets. Some of the recipes are a bit difficult to follow, but most are ok. You do have to put up with the irritating geocities ads that pop up on each page. (Last reviewed: 22 Jan 2005)