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International Ingredients

Don't be intimidated by unfamiliar ingredients. We'll be your guide to international ingredients so that you can explore a whole new world of cuisine.
Golden syrup
What Is Golden Syrup?
Pork Mei Fun
What Is Mei Fun?
Ethiopian Doro Wat
38 Comfort Food Recipes From Around the World
A bottle of Kewpie mayo next to a spoon of mayo
This Easy DIY Kewpie Mayo Will Take Your Regular Mayo To Umami Town
South Indian-Style Chicken Curry with green chiles in a pan
The South Indian Pantry
Sweet and Spicy Tacos al Pastor
The Mexican Pantry
Rajma Dal: Red Kidney Bean Curry in a pot
The North Indian Pantry
Bibingka (Filipino Savory Coconut Rice Cake)
The Filipino Pantry
Colombian Empanadas: Fried Empanadas With Beef and Potato Filling on a platter
The Colombian Pantry
tamales
What is Nixtamalization
Cuy
What Is Cuy?
Paneer cheese
What Is Paneer Cheese?
Gorgonzola Cheese
Gorgonzola Cheese
A wedge of Manchego cheese with four small slices
Manchego Cheese
fontina cheese slices and brick of cheese on marble surface
Fontina Cheese
Rose Jam
Rose Jam
Bowls of various superfoods
Which Superfoods Are Worth It?
merguez sausage on butcher paper
What Is Merguez?
Pizza dough
What Is 00 Flour?
Comte cheese
What Is Comté Cheese?
Dried long peppers on a white plate.
What Is Long Pepper?
Bottarga
What Is Bottarga?
Tamarillo
What Is Tamarillo?
Cotija Cheese
Cotija Cheese
Shiso leaves
What Are Shiso Leaves?
Colatura
What Is Colatura?
Calabrian Chiles
What Are Calabrian Chiles?
Mung bean sprouts
What Are Mung Bean Sprouts?
Gochujang
What is Gochujang?
Lychee Jelly on Toast
What Is Lychee Jelly?
A small plate of matchstick-cut jicama, with a half and whole jicama in frame
What Is Jicama?
Rocoto pepper
What Is Rocoto Pepper?
yuba
What Is Yuba?
Masa Harina
What Is Masa Harina?
manioc flour
What Is Manioc Flour?
Wasabi
What Is Wasabi?
Glass Noodles in a bowl
What Are Glass Noodles?
Pistachio bundt cake
13 Best Recipes Featuring Pistachios
Gyros Doner Kebab
Popular Shawarma Sauces
Murgh musallam
Indian Spiced Chicken
Three Sofritos copyright Hector Rodriguez
All About Sofrito: Origins, History, and Variations
Chicken Adobo
Adobo Seasoning: Description, Ingredients, and Recipes
Two separate bowls of Sriracha sauce
The History and Uses for Sriracha Sauce
Ras el Hanout spices in a wooden bowl
Easy Ras El Hanout
Cumin seeds
Top Commonly Used Middle Eastern Spices and Herbs
lemons packed with salt
How To Make Moroccan Preserved Lemons
South Indian fish curry
Meen Kulambu: South Indian Fish Curry
Spanish Chorizo
What Is Chorizo?
Cantonese Roast Duck
Cantonese Roast Duck
Wooden bowls of different spices such as tumeric, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and more all on a granite surface
Glossary of Spices Used in Moroccan Cooking
dhal puri
Caribbean Dhal Puri
A bowl of Nama Shoyu.
What Is Nama Shoyu?
Sesame Seed Dessert Balls (Jian Dui) on a platter and on a plate
Sesame Seed Dessert Balls (Jian Dui)
Chadon Beni (Culantro)
Chadon Beni (Culantro)
Masala gosht
Masala Gosht Indian Meat Curry
A close-up of plated bananas on a table
How Are Green Bananas Used in Caribbean Food?
Fresh culantro resting on a counter
What Is Culantro?
Sofrito in a wooden bowl
Introduction to Latin Caribbean Culinary Tastes
White and black sesame seeds
What Is Sesame in Chinese Cooking?
Dried fenugreek seeds
What Is Fenugreek?