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Bake Your Way to Extra-Crispy Vietnamese Imperial Rolls

Less mess, more crunch.

Oven-Fried Crispy Shiitake Imperial Rolls

Yes, you can make shatteringly crispy imperial rolls by blasting them with heat in the oven or an air fryer.

For Intensely Caramelized Gravy, Give Chicken the Bhuna Treatment

Try this South Asian cooking technique with lamb, too.

Yellow Rice

Turmeric gives this rice its vivid color and earthy flavor.

Cauliflower Biryani

In this cashew-topped biryani, some of the rice is swapped for marinated spiced cauliflower. 

Khao Soy Gai

The combination of flavors and textures in this chicken khao soy (also spelled khao soi), which marries creamy curry sauce and silky egg noodles, is magical.

Laab Moo

Inspired by the laab found in Thai markets, this pork laab gets its fabulous flavor from thinly sliced pork liver combined with the ground pork.

Bhuna Khichuri (Bengali Roasted Moong Dal and Rice)

Dry-roasting the lentils before cooking gives the dish a wonderful smoky, earthy fragrance.

Hariyali Murgh (Baked Chicken Thighs With Herbs)

These bone-in chicken thighs are rubbed with cilantro, mint, and chiles.

Chapati

Chapati is the everyday bread eaten by many families in India. Chapati flour is readily available in many South Asian grocery stores, but if you can’t find it, use sifted whole wheat flour.

Stamped Calamansi-Fish Sauce Shortbread

When used in the right amounts, fermented and salty elements don’t overpower the other ingredients in a dessert.

How to Make Onigiri, Step by Step

Stuffed with delicious fillings and wrapped in nori, onigiri is an ideal snack.

Tuna-Mayo Onigiri

This is one of the most basic onigiri recipes. It also revolutionized the onigiri world.

Celebrate Holi With This Floral, Softly Spiced Thandai Poke Cake

Thandai masala—a mixture of ground nuts, seeds, spices, and rose petals—is the key this refreshing Holi beverage, but you should also bake it into your next poke cake.

Thandai

With flavors that are bright and complex from a mixture of nuts, seeds, spices, and rose petals, thandai is the ideal drink for Holi celebrations.

Thandai Masala

This spice mix can be used to make thandai to drink for holi, or baked into an assortment of sweets.

Bean Sprout Stir-Fry With Chicken and Garlic Chives

Use either mung bean or soybean sprouts for this stir-fry—mung bean sprouts are more tender and crisp.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Velvety chicken, canned pineapple, and ketchup come together in this beloved Chinese takeout recipe by way of Oahu.

Chicken Curry Puffs

The pleasant balance of salt, spice, and sugar makes these curry puffs perfect for an appetizer, afternoon snack, or breakfast with a cup of tea.
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