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Thinly sliced pork is stirred fried with red peppers, onions and pineapple in this healthier version of your typical battered fried sweet and sour pork.

This Burmese-style vegetable curry is subtly flavored with coconut milk, ginger, curry powder, and turmeric. The flavor of this dish is exotic but not overpowering. The vegetables listed in this recipe are what I used when preparing the dish for this post, but any of your favorite fresh vegetables can be substituted.

Semolina Cake is a dense coconut-flavored snack cake made with semolina flour — the same flour used to make pasta. I decreased the sugar a bit from the original recipe and since I love cardamom, I increased that spice a bit as well. Semolina Cake is delicious served with hot tea or coffee.

This miso soup recipe is made with wakame, tofu, green onions and dashi, a Japanese soup stock.

Ginger and mushrooms are the primary flavors in this shrimp stir fry.

This Chinese Cabbage Salad gets its great texture from slivered almonds and ramen noodles

This creamy flavorful Black-Eyed Peas Soup is a perfect way to eat your black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck.

My daughter Amy and I can nearly wipe out the entire batch of these Korean steamed buns in one sitting. They are so delicious, and although a tiny bit time consuming, they are not at all difficult to prepare. Experiment with different seasonings, vegetables and meats until you find your own favorite combination.

The instant ramen noodle was voted the greatest Japanese invention of the 20th century by popular poll! South Koreans consume the greatest amount of instant ramen noodles per capita per year!

This Korean beef stir fry recipe is delicious and quick and easy to prepare. The beef is cut into very thin strips, seared over high heat with bean sprouts and spinach, and seasoned with garlic, jalapeno, ginger, cilantro, and sesame seeds.