RECIPES

Taste the world of The Global Cookbook

Taste is always connected with memories. 
Maybe the people in my films, with their stories and their homemade dishes will make you curious to cook their authentic recipes at home. With each new episode you’ll find the right recipe here. Enjoy!

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Meet Ketut and her delicious Balinese Mengguh

Together with her mother, Ketut prepares Mengguh in her kitchen at home. A delicious homemade specialty from her village. It consists of tuna, rice, shalots, garlic, spices, bamboo shoots, spinach and a homemade delicious peanut paste. A mouthwatering recipe that you should definitely try, as it is absolutely delicious!

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Four best friends and a delicious Lao fish dish

The focus is on a unique Lao fish dish with the local name „Or A-Lod“, which translates as small fish stew. The main ingredient is the small fish from the Nam Song River. However, these are very expensive since rare, which makes the dish an almost luxurious meal. The special:

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Kak´s Spicy Catfish Salad – Larb Pla Duk

Kak prepares four dishes and a dip in this double feature. Larb Pla Duk, the spicy catfish salad, a long bean som tam, grilled catfish, a chili dip made with charred chilies and vegetables, and a bamboo curry. It quickly became clear as Kak’s episode would consist of two parts,

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Oanh’s bánh trôi recipe

Bánh trôi are cooked glutinous rice balls filled with a small cube of palm sugar. The simple but wonderful combination of rice and sugar was a delightful new taste experience for me. The special thing is that there is no quantity specification for the dough for the ratio between water

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Dung’s outstanding fish noodle soup Bún cá

Dung prepares the Vietnamese cuisine classic Bún Cá in her kitchen in Hanoi. Bún cá is a noodle soup with fried fish. It is an elaborate dish as it involves many individual preparation steps and needs a lot of ingredients. However, the taste of the soup is indescribably delicious and

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