JUNGLE NOTES
Intel from across the tropics.
A growing reference for the ingredients found around the tropical world and the techniques to choose, prepare, use them. Written for cooks who want to know what they’re cooking with, not just how to cook it.
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New Guides and Ingredients
How to Use Lemongrass for Stocks, Curries, and ...
A handy guide for getting the absolute most out of lemongrass.
How to Use Lemongrass for Stocks, Curries, and Drinks
A handy guide for getting the absolute most out of lemongrass.
How to Use Kaffir Lime Leaves and Peel
A useful guide to adding a unique zest to your meals.
How to Use Kaffir Lime Leaves and Peel
A useful guide to adding a unique zest to your meals.
How to Tell Bitter Cassava from Sweet Cassava
An important, potentially life-saving guide to differentiating between the two types of cassava.
How to Tell Bitter Cassava from Sweet Cassava
An important, potentially life-saving guide to differentiating between the two types of cassava.
Tropical Ingredients
The tropical pantry, explained.
Kohila
A jungle vegetable with no English name.
Jackfruit
The largest tree-borne fruit in the world.
Cobra Chilli
Fruity scotch-bonnet-style chilli grown on Sri Lankan smallholdings.
Nutmeg
Volcanic-soil nutmeg from the Banda Islands. Warm, sweet, faintly piney
Ash Plantain
Sri Lanka
Similar to a potato but with a subtle banana undertone.
Moringa
The leaf with more iron than spinach. Mild, grassy, cooks like kale.
Coconut
Fresh-scraped, never powdered. The base note of Sri Lankan home cooking.
Finger Millet
High-iron, gluten-free grain. Nutty, earthy. Centuries old, suddenly trendy.
How-to Guides
Working with tropical ingredients.
How to Use Lemongrass for Stocks, Curries, and Drinks
A handy guide for getting the absolute most out of lemongrass.
How to Use Kaffir Lime Leaves and Peel
A useful guide to adding a unique zest to your meals.
How to Tell Bitter Cassava from Sweet Cassava
An important, potentially life-saving guide to differentiating between the two types of cassava.
How to Prep and Cook Snake Gourd
A handy guide to a gourd you may not have considered adding to your next dish.
How to Make Pandan Extract at Home
A guide to upgrading your desserts with a homemade pandan extract that beats store-bought every time.
How to Eat Kohila Safely
A practical guide to eating a highly nutritious, yet relatively unknown shoot safely.