It's hard to go anywhere in Australia and avoid coriander. IMHO restaurants here put it in everything and it annoys me as I don't like it :).
It's available everywhere.
Hi Deb
In Australia, try using Cottees Double Concentrate Cordial (it comes in a 1 litre bottle I think) and reduce it down over a simmering heat until the quantity halves. It's very close to what you want.
You can make pasta using semolina and water at home...very easy.
Just mix both to an almost dry (when pea-sized formations start occuring in the mix) then roll with a rolling pin if thats all you have. Cut to size and let it dry overnight and voila!
That's a very simplified way of doing it...
Vegetarian pasta
Real pasta does not contain any egg...the one that does is a modern interpretation of "pasta" made for immediate consumption.
Traditional pasta is semolina and water ONLY, but this needs to be made the day before use and dried overnight.
As I say, you add an egg ONLY if you...
I should add that my favourite thing is Asian influences in cooking, and this guys seems to have a background in it. Does anyone have any other books by him?
I bought this book for myself for Christmas :cool: and have been busy making meals from it for the past week...the first time I've been excited about a book for a while now.
I guess I got bored with most of them and my interest was lagging - thus finding forums to read like this one as well :)...