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1/2 large kohlrabi
2 tbsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. rice vinegar
1 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. sugar
1 small piece of ginger, finely cut (or 1/4 tsp. ground ginger)
1 clove of garlic, finley cut (or 1/4 tsp. granulated garlic)
2 tsp (or more) Sambal Oelek

1. Remove the leaves from the kohlrabi; wash & peel the thick outer rind/skin with a paring knife. Slice the kohlrabi into 1/8" slices, line up & then cut into matchstick thin pieces. Place in medium bowl.

2. Add remaining ingredients to the kohlrabi & toss well. Place Kohlrabi into a Ziploc bag and refrigerate at least 2 hours (preferably overnight, turning the bag around several times) before serving.

- 1 egg
- 1 can mushrooms, sliced
- a handful of soya chunks, soaked in water / soy sauce, drained
- 1 bowl of cooked rice
- 1 onion, diced (or use half white, half red onion)
- 2 cm ginger, diced (leave some slightly bigger
slices)
- red curry paste
- soysauce
- tomato paste

(1) Mix egg with soy sauce and fry in a small pan, making a thin omelette. Let cool and cut into pieces.
(2) Fry mushrooms in oil until slightly browned, remove from pan.
(3) Fry curry paste in oil together with onions and ginger.
(4) Add soy chunks, fry for a few minutes.
(5) Add rice and fry.
(6) Add mushrooms, keep frying.
(7) Season with soy sauce and tomato paste.

- 300 g white fish, skinned, boned and chopped very finely
- 1 tsp fresh lime juice, plus lime wedges to serve
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced
- 1 tsp sweet chilli sauce, plus extra to serve
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 75g dried breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil

1) Place the fish into a bowl and add lime juice, curry paste, spring onion and chilli sauce and stir together well
2) Take a generous tbsp of the mixture and roll into a ball. If the fish is quite wet, give the ball a good squeeze as you form them, to remove any excess water. Flatten the ball and place onto a plate. Repeat. You'll get around 6 fish cakes.
3) Cover plate with cling film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
4) After the fishcakes have been chilled, remove from fridge. Sprinkle flour on one plate, put beaten egg into a shallow bowl and spread bread crumbs on another plate. Coat fishcakes first in flour, than egg and then breadcrumbs, in that order.
5) In a large frying pan, warm oil over medium heat.
6) Cook fishcakes until they are golden, which takes about 4 - 5 min on each side.
7) Serve immediately, with a lime wedge and some chilli sauce.

Note: I also put some fish sauce into step 1)

- 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 large red chilli, trimmed and finely chopped
- salt
- 25 g (1 oz) sugar
- 100 ml (3.5 fl oz) malt vinegar
- 250 ml (9 fl oz) light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil

Mash the garlic and chilli together with a little salt (in a mortar) to form a paste. Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar in a small pan over low heat. Combine everything and store in a sealed container.

Will keep in the fridge for several weeks.

- 1 package of Udon Noodles
- 300g prawns
- 2 eggs
- soy sauce

for the marinade:
- 300g prawns
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar or sherry
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp corn flour

- 6-7 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 4 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
- 2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
- 5 spring onions, chopped
- 200 - 300 ml broth

- 300g shitake mushrooms
- on pack of mixed wok veggies (or peppers, cabbage, bean sprouts or any other veggies

- vegetable oil

- mix all the ingredients of the marinade together and marinate the prawns

- mix the eggs with some soy sauce and make an omelette, cut into little pieces

- cook Udon noodles according to directions (about 5 minutes)

- in a wok heat oil and fry half of the garlic, ginger, spring onions, chillies for about 1 min
- add prawn and marinade and cook for two minutes
- remove prawns from wok, keep warm
- add broth and reduce on high heat for about 5 minutes
- put prawns back into wok and cook another 2 - 3 minutes

- in another pan heat oil and fry remaining garlic, ginger and chili
- add shitake and other veggies (according to cooking time) and cook for a few minutes
- add omelette pieces and season with soy sauce and sesame oil

- put udon noodles onto plates
- add veggies on top of noodles and prawns on top of veggies
- sprinkle some spring onions on top

- serve with gyoza sauce according to taste

- 600 ml vegetable oil
- 4 bream fillets, each cut into 5 - 6 pieces across
the fillet
- handful of plain flour
- 300g straight-to-wok or precooked rice noodles
- 4 medium tomatoes, cut into 8 wedges
- 4 spring onions, thinly sliced on an angle
- 1/2 medium cucumber, halve lengthways,
deseeded and thinly sliced
- 1 banana shallot, thinly sliced into rings
- 2 little gem lettuces, cut into 8 wedges
- 3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh coriander
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped basil
- 10 mint leaves, roughly chopped

Dressing:
- 1/2 lemongrass stalk, very thinly sliced into
rings
- 10g (or more) fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 - 2 red bird's eye chillies, roughly chopped,
seeds and all
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
- juice of 2 limes
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar

1) Firstly, make the dressing. Grind and pound lemongrass, ginger, garlic and chillies in a pestle and mortar until they form a coarse paste. Add fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and stir well. Have a taste and redress if you feel the need.

2) Heat oil in pan until it's about 175 degrees C. Toss pieces of fish in flour and shake of excess. Lower fish into pan using slotted spoon, allow to cook for 3 - 4 minutes until it's a little crusty and pale golden on outside. Lay on kitchen paper.

3) Mix hot fish with remaining ingredients and serve as quickly as possible: place noodles in large serving bowl. Add tomatoes, spring onion, cucumber, shallot, lettuce, coriander, basil and mint. Place fish on top. Pour half the dressing and very gently turn everything over to mix. Do not break up fish !

4) Serve in bowls with remaining dressing for people to add as they wish.

(Serves 2)
- 250gm Baby Pak Choi, separate stalks and leaves
- 3 cloves garlic, finely sliced into strips
- 1 small piece of ginger, finely sliced into strips
- 2-3 fresh red chillies, finely sliced
- 200ml vegetable stock
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 4 tbsp olive oil

1) In a small bowl, pour in the sesame oil, soya sauce, lemon juice, salt, sugar, stir and leave a side.

2) Heat the olive oil on a high heat in a wok or deep frying pan.

3) Once hot, throw in the garlic, ginger, chillies and stir fry for a minute.

4) Add the stalks of the pak choi and stir fry for 2 minutes.

5) Add the leaves and stir fry for a further 2 minutes.

6) Pour in the vegetable stock and soya sauce mixture, stir and allow to simmer for 2-3 minutes, before serving.

1 carp, bream, sea bass, trout, grouper, or grey mullet, weighting about 675g/11/2lb, gutted
15ml light soy sauce
15ml Chinese rice vinegar or dry sherry
veg oil for deep frying
2 gloves garlic, finely chopped
2-3 spring onions, finely chopped with the white and green parts separted
1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tbsp chilli bean sauce
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tsp light brown sugar
1 tbsp rice vinegar
120 ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp cornflour pase
sesame oil

1. Rinse and dry the fish well. Using a sharp knife, score both sides of the fish down to the bone with diagonal cuts about 2.5 cm apart. Rub both sidew of the fish with the soy sauce and rice vinegar or sherry. Set aside for 10 - 15 min to marinate.
2. Heat sufficient oil for deep frying in a wok. When it is hot, add the fish and fry for 3 - 4 min on both sides, until golden brown.
3. To make the sauce, pour away all but about 16ml of the oil.
Push the fish to one side of the wok and add the garlic. white part of the spring onions, the ginger, chilli bean sauce, tomato puree, sugar, vinegar and stock. Bring to the boil and braise the fish in the sauce for 4 - 5 min, turning it over once.
Add the green of the spring onion, stir in the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce. Sprinkle over a little sesame oil and serve.

ca. 3 cm Ingwer in Stiften
3 Zehen Knoblauch in Scheiben
1 chili, entkernt, in Ringen
1 rote Zwiebel, in Ringen
1 Zwiebel, gewuerfelt
reichlich Sojasosse, gemischt mit Sambal Oelek
Tofustreifen (1 Packung)
2 geh. Essloeffel Panang Curry Paste
1 Dose Kokosmilch
Gemuese: Pilze, Paprika, Bohnen, Fruehlingszwiebeln
Saft von ca. 1 Limette
Basilkum mit Chili / Knoblauch aus Glas

1) Ingwer, Knoblauch, Chili und Zwiebeln in Oel anbraten.
2) Tofustreifen mit anbraten
3) Sojasosse / Sambal dazu, braten
4) In der Mitte der Pfanne CurryPaste anbraten
5) Kokosmilch dazu, Wasser dazu
6) Gemuese nach Geschmack je nach Kochzeit dazu.
7) Limettensaft nach Geschmack + Basilikum mit Chili / Knoblauch
8) mit Reis oder Baguette servieren

Ingredients
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons Shaoxing (rice wine) or dry sherry
1 teaspoon corn starch
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 pound chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon Chinkiang (Chinese black vinegar) or balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons chicken broth or water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons oil
10 dried red chilies
1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns, toasted*
1 tablespoon garlic, grated
1 tablespoon ginger, grated
1 red onion, diced
2 red peppers, in bite-size pieces
Shitake mushrooms, in bite-size pieces
4 green onions, sliced
1/4 cup peanuts
1 teaspoon sesame oil

Directions

1. Mix the soy sauce, Shaoxing, corn starch, and sesame oil and marinate the chicken in it for at least 20 minutes (I used more soy sauce, shoaxing and starch).

2. Mix the soy sauces, Chinkiang, broth, sugar and corn starch and set aside (again, I used more).

3. Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a pan over medium-high heat, add the chicken and saute until just about cooked and set aside.

4. Heat the remaining oil in a pan over medium-high heat, add the chilies and peppercorns and saute until fragrant, about a minute.

5. Add the garlic and ginger and red onion and saute until fragrant, about a minute.

6. Add red pepper and shitake mushrooms, saute

7. Add the sauce mixture, bring to a boil, add the chicken, green onions and peanuts, remove from heat and stir in the sesame oil.