Patricia Tanumihardja

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About Patricia Tanumihardja
Born in Indonesia and raised in Singapore, Patricia Tanumihardja writes about food, travel and lifestyle through a multicultural lens and especially enjoys covering topics that converge on food, history and culture. Pat has been published in edibleSeattle, Monterey County Weekly, Sunset, and Saveur.
Her new cookbooks "Asian Pickles at Home" and "Instant Pot Asian Pressure Cooker Meals" are now available. "Farm to Table Asian Secrets--Vegan and Vegetarian Full-Flavored Recipes for Every Season" was published in 2017, and "The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook--Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens" was published in 2009.
Please visit: http://www.smithsonianapa.org/picklesandtea/, http://www.facebook.com/Picklesandtea, or follow her on Twitter:@PicklesandTea and Instagram:@Pickles.and.Tea
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In this cookbook, Asian-American food expert Patricia Tanumihardja shows you how to buy fresh ingredients, condiments and spices from your local supermarket, farmers market or health food store on a budget, then how to use them to prepare delicious and flavorful Asian dishes using an Instant Pot.
The author takes you through all the basics--including making rice and soup stocks--then shows you how to prepare all the popular dishes you love, including:
- Sweet and Sour Pork (Chinese)
- Lemon Teriyaki Chicken (Japanese)
- Kalbijjim Braised Beef Short Ribs (Korean)
- Chicken Adobo (Filipino)
- Pho Chicken Noodle Soup (Vietnamese)
- Pad Thai Rice Noodles (Thai)
- Red Lentil Dal with Dates and Caramelized Onions (Indian)
To round off the menu, Tanumihardja even presents a handful of popular Asian desserts and snacks. Sticky rice with mango or Filipino caramel flan? As the author reveals, everything is possible in your Instant Pot, and this cookbook shows you how to do it!
Easy recipes for making pickles and fermented foods from all over Asia
Whether you’re a first-time fermenter or a pickling pro, it’s never been easier to create flavorful Asian pickles from the comfort of your own kitchen. Asian Pickles at Home is packed with straightforward guidance and delicious recipes for fast and fresh pickles, chutneys and sauces, kimchi, and other fermented foods from Japan, China, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia.
This guide to Asian pickling includes:
- A pickling primer―Learn all about the history and process of fermentation, the health benefits of pickles, using the right ingredients, and how to outfit your kitchen for pickling success.
- Your pickling passport―Explore what makes each country’s pickles and pickling techniques unique, and get detailed instructions for canning and fermenting Asian pickles.
- Simple recipes―Discover uncomplicated recipes that require only easy-to-find ingredients and basic techniques to create the complex flavor profiles you know and love.
Master the art of Asian pickles from around the globe with this essential pickling book.
Each chapter based on seasonal vegetables provides a wide range of choices using produce that is available at that time of year--making it easy to plan a variety of menus that are never dull. Here are just a few examples of the tempting Asian recipes in this book:
- Starters and Snacks such as Crispy Spring Rolls, Green Apple Salad with Tangy Thai Dressing, Butternut Squash Pot Stickers and Korean-Style Buffalo Broccoli
- Family-Style Meals such as Asparagus in Lemongrass-Coconut Cream Sauce, Grilled Vegetable Kebabs with Two Marinades, General Tso's Eggplant and Kung Pao Potatoes
- All-in-One Meals such as "Have It Everyday" Pad Thai, Crispy Noodles with Savory Vegetables, Sweet Potato Rice Stew and Easy Miso Ramen
A home cook at heart, Pat's recipes are very straightforward without lots of exotic ingredients or specialized tools. They are also easy and quick to prepare. She shows you how adding a few Asian fermented and pickled vegan products like miso or pickled greens will add a new universe of flavors to your cooking. The same is true for flavor-enhancers like fried shallots, crispy fried garlic and the flavored oils that Asian chefs and restaurants use on a regular basis.