Asian cuisine
Asian cuisine includes several major regional cuisines such as the following:
- Central Asian,
- East Asian,
- North Asian,
- South Asian,
- Southeast Asian, and
- West Asian cuisines.
What is a cuisine?[edit | edit source]
A cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, usually associated with a specific culture.
Unique cultures[edit | edit source]
Asia, being the largest and most populous continent, is home to many cultures, many of which have their own characteristic cuisine. Some of the cuisines in Asian based on the country include the following:
- Afghan cuisine
- Armenian cuisine
- Azerbaijani cuisine
- Bahraini cuisine
- Bangladeshi cuisine
- Bhutanese cuisine
- Bruneian cuisine
- Burmese cuisine
- Cambodian cuisine
- Chinese cuisine
- Cypriot cuisine
- East Timorese cuisine
- Egyptian cuisine
- Georgian cuisine
- Indian cuisine
- Indonesian cuisine
- Iranian cuisine
- Iraqi cuisine
- Israeli cuisine
- Japanese cuisine
- Jordanian cuisine
- Kazakh cuisine
- North Korean cuisine
- South Korean cuisine
- Kuwaiti cuisine
- Kyrgyz cuisine
- Lao cuisine
- Lebanese cuisine
- Malaysian cuisine
- Maldivian cuisine
- Mongolian cuisine
- Nepalese cuisine
- Omani cuisine
- Pakistani cuisine
- Philippine cuisine
- Qatari cuisine
- Russian cuisine
- Saudi Arabian cuisine
- Singaporean cuisine
- Sri Lankan cuisine
- Syrian cuisine
- Tajik cuisine
- Thai cuisine
- Turkish cuisine
- Turkmen cuisine
- Emirati cuisine
- Uzbek cuisine
- Vietnamese cuisine
- Yemeni cuisine
Common ingredients[edit | edit source]
Ingredients common to many cultures in the East and Southeast regions of the continent include rice, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, chilies, dried onions, soy, and tofu.
Cooking methods[edit | edit source]
Common cooking methods include:
- Stir frying,
- steaming, and
- deep frying
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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