Asia, which is the largest and most populous continent in the world located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 49 different countries with approximately 4.3 billion people. What’s more, you can find different kinds of cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies and ethnic group.
This region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural sub-regions, including Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia.
Geographically, Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally, there has been little unity or common history for many of the cultures and peoples of Asia. Asian art, music, and specially cuisine, as well as literature, are important parts of Asian culture.
In Asian, you can find unique cuisines, and different from country to country. The food habit usually differs from Central Asia to East Asia and North Asia to South Asia. Here is the list of some popular dishes you should not miss in Asia:
10. Noodles
Noodles which is made from some type of unleavened, rolled flat and cut into one of a variety of shapes is originated in China. Noodles are usually cooked in boiling water, sometimes with cooking oil or salt added. Noodles is one of the most famous and easy-to-cook dishes from Asia.
9. Nasi Lemak
Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish in Brunei, Singapore, Riau Islands and Southern Thailand. This Nasi Lemak can be served and eaten any time of the day because if it’s versatility in being able to be served in a variety of manners.
8. Pho
Pho, apart from its delicious taste, is the reason why Vietnamese restaurants often have the word Pho in their name. Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguine-shaped rice noodles, a few herbs, and meat. Pho is primarily served with either beef or chicken.
7. Thai Red Curry
This dish consists of curry paste to which coconut milk is added. The main ingredients are garlic, shallots, (dried) red chili peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime peel, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns and lemongrass. Common additives are fish sauce, sugar, Thai eggplant, bamboo shoots, Thai basil and meat such as chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, frog, snake or duck.
6. Afghani Dal
Afghan dal is a little thicker, less soupy, than Indian dal. It's typically served with nan bread or challaw (white rice). Dal refers to an entire category of legumes which includes many sizes and colors of lentils and split peas. Although tiny yellow lentils are the most common variety used for Afghan dal.
5. Hyderabadi Haleem
Haleem is an originally Arabic dish which was introduced to the Huderabad State by the Arab diaspora during the rule of the Nizams. Haleem is a stew composed of meat, lentils and pounded wheat made into a thick paste. This dish can be found mostly during Ramadan.
4. Aloo Gosht
Aloo gosht is a meat curry in Pakistani and North Indian cuisine. It consists of potatoes ("aloo") cooked with meat ("gosht"), usually lamb or mutton, in a stew-like shorba gravy. The dish can be served and eaten with plain rice or with bread such as roti, paratha or naan.
3. Biryani
Biryani is a rice-based dish made with spices, rice (usually basmati) and meat (chicken, mutton, fish) or eggs, or vegetables. The name is derived from the Persian word beryā(n), which means "fried" or "roasted". It is very popular in South Asia and is a key element of the South Asian cuisine. Hyderabad, Kolkata, Malabar, Delhi, Agra, Dhaka, Kashmir, Karachi, Basra, Lucknow and Lahore, are the main centers of biryani cuisine.
2. Dolma
Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes common in the Middle East and surrounding regions including Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia, Central Asia . Common vegetables to stuff include tomato, pepper, onion, zucchini, eggplant, and garlic. Grape or cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling are called 'sarma', but are also often called 'dolma' or 'yaprak dolma' (Долма:Russian Translation) The stuffing may or may not include meat. Meat dolmas are generally served warm, often with egg-lemon or garlic yogurt sauce; meatless ones are generally served cold. Stuffed vegetables are also common in the Italian cuisine, where they are named ripieni ("stuffed").
1. Chelo Kebab
Chelo Kabab or Cheloe Kabab is the national dish of Iran. The meal is simple, consisting of steamed, saffroned basmati or Persian rice and kabab, of which there are several distinct Persian varieties. This dish is served throughout Iran today, but was traditionally associated with the northern part of the country. You can hardly find any Iranian who doesn’t like this Chelo Kebab. Not only Iranians, but most of other nations have the same feeling to Chelo Kebab. Chelo Kebab has different types and methods to be cooked such as: Kabab Barg (Lamb Fillet Kebab), Kabab Koobideh or Kubideh (Made with Minced Lamb), Sheesh Kabab (Shishlik or Shish Kebab), Joojeh Kabab (Grilled Poussin Kebab), Kabab Chenjeh (Lamb Chop Kebab)
(This last one became actually my favorite dish after I tried and fortunately I could find the recipe yesterday to cook it at my house next time, you can also read the recipe at:
http://yummyblend.com/48/beef-kebabmy-favorite-food/
Overall, I have personally tried all the dished listed above, If you have tried any of them too, Please write me in the comments about your idea.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biryani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloo_gosht
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelow_kabab
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_lemak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pho
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_curry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabadi_haleem
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