Lemongrass and Ginger

Asian cooking combines wonderfully pungent, aromatic spices, herbs and flavourings with imaginative methods, a wide array of ingredients and tastes that explode in your mouth. For many people, though, these hugely enjoyable dishes seem too complicated to make at home. Leemei shows that this isn’t the case – and that anyone can master the art of cooking Asian food.

Leemei Tan reveals how truly easy it can be to master the art of cooking Asian food. Discover, for example, how to make perfect sushi, rich, creamy curries, spicy stir-fries, crisp tempura; or learn how to work with noodles, okra, kaffir lime leaves or wasabi. Find out how to create visually stunning dishes and explore the diverse range of tastes, textures and aromas from the different regions of the continent. The chapters cover China, Thailand, India & Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Cambodia, Japan & Korea, Malaysia & Singapore, the Phillipines, and Indonesia. From Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup to Japanese Sake Steamed Salmon; from Thai Papaya Salad to Chinese Prawn & Pork Won Tons; from Korean Seaweed Soup to Indian Saffron Chicken Pilau – here are more than 100 contemporary, imaginative recipes to inspire and delight, whether you have in mind a quick weekday meal or a feast for friends and family.

Leemei Tan is a recipe writer, food stylist and photographer. Born in Malaysia, she lives in London and travels extensively, sharing both her recipes and travel experiences in her food blog, www.mycookinghut.com, which is currently attracting 50,000 visitors and 250,000 page views per month. She has been interviewed by the New York Times and was featured in Grazia magazine as one of the best female food bloggers in the world. She has had recipes published in the BBC's Olive magazine and contributes to several publications, including Flavours magazine in South-east Asia.