Exotic Flavours from Equatorial Asia - India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives.
This collection of recipes includes the major cuisines of tropical Asia. While some classic dishes are included, most incorporate a new approach to the region's cuisines.
No longer confined by tradition or isolated by limited communications, Asian cooks are happily borrowing the cooking styles and ingredients of their neighbours, or from even further afield. Many traditional dishes have been modified for a fresher, lighter flavour, adapted to suit today's health-conscious gourmets.
To discover more of the fresh new flavours of tropical Asia, turn the pages of this book, choose a recipe or two, visit your nearest Asian market, then start cooking. Lay a batik cloth or sari on a table, scatter it with orchids or perfumed flowers, put on a CD of haunting gamelan or sitar music, light an incense stick, and enjoy the sensations of tropical Asia.
