Laab
A chilli hot dish, made with fresh chillies, fish sauce, lime, mint and minced meat (often chicken or pork) served with...
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Laksa
A prawn soup made with rice noodles and enriched with coconut milk. Commonly known as Singapore laksa or lasksa lemak....
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Langsart
A fruit very like the lychee, with a sour and slightly bitter taste. It has a mottled yellow skin....
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Lemon Sauce
A sauce made from lemons, most popular in the Chinese Lemon Chicken dish. Its origins are unknown but it is...
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Lemongrass
A tall scented plant that multiplies as it grows. The leaves are narrow and sharp edged, with a central rib....
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Limes
The juice of the lime is very important in Thai and Vietnamese food. Thai limes are smaller and sweeter than...
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Longan
These look very similar to Lychees once peeled. However, instead of a pink skin, the longan's skin is smoother, more...
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Loquat
A small, pear shaped fruit, pale to golden-yellow in colour, native to southern China and Japan. The crisp, sweet-sour flesh...
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Lotus Root
The lotus is a flowering water plant and its roots are prized in South East Asian cuisine. It is a...
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Lotus Seeds
The fresh seeds, both mature and immature, can be eaten raw. Dried seeds, sometimes called 'lotus nuts' must be boiled...
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Lychees
The spherical, pinkish-red, thin shelled fruit are about 4cm in diameter. Firm transleucent white flesh encloses and elongated, dark glossy...
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