Herbs & spices

Herbs & spices

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Herbs & spices

savory

Food (other); Herbs & spices

herb (fresh sprigs or crumbled dried) Description: Two types: summer and winter. Summer savory is slightly milder, but both are strongly flavored and should be used sparingly. Summer is generally ...

bouket garni

Food (other); Herbs & spices

Small bundle of herbs wrapped in a cheesecloth bag or tied together and added in soups to add flavor (parsley, thyme, and bay leaves is the classic combination).

ginger

Food (other); Herbs & spices

Ginger or ginger root is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice.

A warm, spicy sweet flavor hard brown seed.The first harvest of nutmeg trees takes place 7–9 years after planting, and the trees reach full production after twenty years. It usually one of the main ...

Shrimp Paste

Food (other); Herbs & spices

A dark colored paste made from shrimps and used in very small amounts as a flavoring. It is used in two forms, raw and grilled. Raw terasi is ground up with other spices into a thick paste, which is ...

shallot

Food (other); Herbs & spices

Related to the onion (as opposed to being a younger version of it), shallots grow in clusters at the leaf base. Most varieties are smaller than onions, have finer layers and contain less water. The ...