ethnic cusine
diffrent kinds of vegetables use in ethnic cooking
vienamese cooking
diffrent kind of ingredients
. Ethnic Cooking
Ethnic cookery is people of common, national or cultural tradition, also different styles of cooking. Religion also influences what people eat.
There are many kinds of cookery and religions.
Muslins_ are forbidden to eat pork or alcohol. They are only allowed to eat
meat prepare by a halal butcher (halal means permitted or lawful. It is food
that are allowed under Islamic dietary guidelines).
Hindu _ most Hindus eat meat but none eat beef. Because they belief that the
cow is sacred (halal meat)
Sikhs and Buddhist_ are strict vegetations.
Jews_ do not use milk and meat together in cooking they only eat kosher
meat.(Kosher -meat specially slaughtered) -3 hrs must pass between the use of
milk and meat ).
Asian _ Middle Eastern /far eastern makes use of herbs and spices in cookery.
Chinese cuisine - is one of the most popular foods around, the Chinese believe it’s important to find balance and harmony in every aspect of life including food.
The main four styles of cooking are
1. Peking_ Noodles, Steam dumplings pancakes (duck meat deep fried)
2. Canton_ rice is mostly used
3. Shanghai _ more robust style of cooking
Szechwan -- needs a lot of flour/oil garlic and ginger hot spiciness and chillies
Greek -- use fresh ingredients , well flavoured with herbs and a hint of
spiciness ,stewed ,roasted or grilled with the use of olive oil , yogurt and
lemon juice to enhance the flavours.
Indian - India and Pakistan use what is called Mogul Style of cooking
(related to the Shah -title of the Iranian king)
Shah - were healthy, hearty, meat eaters who use wheat more than rice,
Tandoori cooking is also used. (Tandoori is marinated meat cook over an
intense heat .It is either red or yellow, the red from annatto seeds and the
yellow from saffron depending on the marinate you used..
Mexican cooking - a style of cooking that have a Spanish or Middle Eastern influence.
Mexican cuisine is known for its varied flavours, colourful decoration, and
variety of spices and ingredients, many of which are native to the country.
They use most corn.
Caribbean cuisine varies from island to island depending on where you are: you
can get a bit of Indian, Spanish, British, Dutch, Amerindian or French.
Barbados -Flying and coucou
Trinidad - Callalou
Jamaica - Ackee and salt fish
Dominica - Mountain chicken
St Lucia - Green figs and salt fish pie
Antigua - Pepper pot
Grenada-- Oil down.
These are a few of the Caribbean national dishes.