Glossary

Index


Laab

A chilli hot dish, made with fresh chillies, fish sauce, lime, mint and minced meat (often chicken or pork) served with...

Laksa

A prawn soup made with rice noodles and enriched with coconut milk. Commonly known as Singapore laksa or lasksa lemak....

Langsart

A fruit very like the lychee, with a sour and slightly bitter taste. It has a mottled yellow skin....

Lemon Sauce

A sauce made from lemons, most popular in the Chinese Lemon Chicken dish. Its origins are unknown but it is...

Lemongrass

A tall scented plant that multiplies as it grows. The leaves are narrow and sharp edged, with a central rib....

Limes

The juice of the lime is very important in Thai and Vietnamese food. Thai limes are smaller and sweeter than...

Longan

These look very similar to Lychees once peeled. However, instead of a pink skin, the longan's skin is smoother, more...

Loquat

A small, pear shaped fruit, pale to golden-yellow in colour, native to southern China and Japan. The crisp, sweet-sour flesh...

Lotus Root

The lotus is a flowering water plant and its roots are prized in South East Asian cuisine. It is a...

Lotus Seeds

The fresh seeds, both mature and immature, can be eaten raw. Dried seeds, sometimes called 'lotus nuts' must be boiled...

Lychees

The spherical, pinkish-red, thin shelled fruit are about 4cm in diameter. Firm transleucent white flesh encloses and elongated, dark glossy...