Sybaritica

Bengali-style Chili-Mint Chayote

This dish was originally created with a view to it being served hot. It turns out, however, that it is very nice cold, and the spicy, minty flavored, and crisply tender Chayote preparation makes a nice vegetable side dish as a small part of an Indian meal. Indeed, it can take the place of a pickle, or chutney as a very tasty accompaniment to a Biriyani, or a Curry.

Italian-style Bok Choy with Mushrooms

Bok Choy comes to from Asia and the pairing of the vegetable with Mushrooms is very common in Chinese cooker. I have previously posted my recipe for Shanghai Bok Choy with Mushrooms, which has a very definitely Asian character, but the dish pictured above is very Italian in spirit, being prepared with Butter, Garlic and White Wine.

This Thai Pineapple Fried Rice recipe uses sour spicy Tom Yum Paste, along with Shrimp, Peppers, cured Ham, and Chinese Black Mushrooms.