Asian Salads shows you how to prepare the amazing variety of delicious Asian vegetables, herbs, and seasonings found in your local supermarket, farmers market, and world food market. It presents 75 recipes that will excite and awaken your palate and open up new food horizons! Dozens of fragrant herbs like cilantro, Thai basil, and lemongrass are combined with delicious fresh Asian vegetables like Napa cabbage, spicy kimchi, daikon, and many more! These healthy recipes are simple and very easy to prepare based on classic dishes found in Vietnam, Thailand, India, China and Korea. Many of the salads have meat or seafood options, and are perfect as side dishes or as complete and satisfying one-dish meals! Easy step-by-step instructions and photos provide shortcuts and substitutes to save you time. The salad recipes are organized into four chapters: Mixed Salads, including: Vietnamese Beef and Avocado Salad Spicy Thai Salad with Pork and Mint Green Onion Salad with Kimchi and Pork; Fried Salads, including: Ginger Shrimp Spring Rolls with Pea Sprout Salad Green Leaf Lettuce Salad with Indian Vegetable Samosas Red Leaf Lettuce Salad with Thai Lemongrass Meatballs; Pickled and Marinated Salads, including: Tomato Salad with Korean Gochujang Dressing Spicy Sour Cabbage, from China Pickled Purple Onion, from India; Quick Stir-Fry Salads, including: Japchae Glass Noodle Salad Tandori Chicken Salad Celery and Crab Stir Fry with Rice Wine. Simple enough for everyday meals and interesting enough for special occasions, you can't go wrong with these delicious Asian recipes!

About the Author
Maki Watanabe is recognized for her easy-to-understand recipes and her innovative combinations of ingredients and seasonings. She is active in the natural lifestyle community in a variety of ways, including her collaboration with SHOP to produce original kitchen utensils and clothing, as well as in magazines and books, advertisements, and on television. She has written many books in Japanese, including her two-time Recipe Book Award winner, Daily Side Salads.

Reviews
"Many of the salads are exceptionally simple productions, yet filled with flavor. The color photos that accompany each provide mouth-watering attraction, enhancing a collection that's highly recommended for any Asian food or salad cook." -- Midwest Book Review/Donovan's Bookshelf
"This book is a great pick for those interested in trying a variety of salad and vegetable-based recipes. There is a nice mixture of light salads along with more intricate ones filling enough to be a main course. Some take as little as 5 minutes to prepare, with no cooking required, while a few others involve more complicated techniques." -- Tara's Multicultural Table
"The book, as the title explains, is filled with 72 different salad recipes from the countries of Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, and India. The salads run the gamut from marinated and pickled salads to salads with meat or seafood. I set out to try a variety of recipes from the book, and all were delicious...Grab a copy of the book and jump on the salad train with me!" -- La Fuji Mama blog



Book Information
ISBN 9780804851039
Author Maki Watanabe
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Tuttle Publishing
Publisher Tuttle Publishing