This Russian cabbage soup recipe makes shchi (Щи), the most Russian of soups. If my baboushka wasn’t making borscht, she was cooking a big pot of shchi. A very old soup that was eaten by nobles and peasants alike, the wealthy would include meat in their shchi, while workers made a vegetarian soup, shchi vegetarianskiye, … Read more
This Russian borscht recipe makes the hearty home-cooked soup of my childhood that my baboushka used to make. With its provenance in Ukraine, but cooked all over Russia, the former Soviet states, and parts of Eastern Europe, my Russian-Ukrainian family’s beetroot-driven vegetable soup is served with sour cream and dill and is a filling meal … Read more
This Cambodian pickled lime soup with chicken recipe makes sngor ngam ngov, a slightly sweet, slightly sour, citrus-driven soup brimming with succulent chicken and aromatics such as lemongrass and coriander. Easy to make, it’s a nourishing comforting soup that’s made for these times and made to be shared. Our comforting Cambodian pickled lime soup with … Read more
This classic Cambodian kuy teav recipe makes Cambodia’s popular breakfast chicken noodle soup, kuy teav sach moan, in the restrained style you’d typically find in a simple local eatery or market or street food stall in Cambodia. A good clear flavourful stock is the hallmark of this soup rather than a bowl abundant with ingredients. … Read more
This homemade furikake recipe with Southeast Asian flavours makes the umami-rich Japanese rice seasoning with a tropical Southeast Asian twist. Traditional furikake ingredients such as white and black sesame seeds and toasted nori are combined with dried Southeast Asian spices and herb powders. It’s completely addictive. I appreciate that my homemade furikake recipe with Southeast … Read more